Teaching and Learning - The Essential Readings
Published on 17. March 2008
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288 pages
978-0-470-69004-8 (ISBN)
Description
This is the first collection of key articles on the psychology behind educational attainment. It brings together in one volume for students a set of accessible but influential papers, representing the best classic and cutting edge work in the field.
Reviews / Votes
"a collection of interesting, albeit idiosyncratic, readings ... the book touches most of the important bases" Guy Claxton, University of Bristol Graduate School of Education, Cambridge Journal of Education, Vol. 33, No. 2, 2003More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Hoboken
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight
528 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-470-69004-8 (9780470690048)
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05/2008
Wiley-Blackwell
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Person
Charles Desforges is Professor of Education at the University of Exeter. His previous books include An Introduction to Teaching (Blackwell, 1995). He has also been the Director of the ESRC Teaching and Learning Programme for the past three years, the largest education research programme ever funded in the UK. Richard Fox has recently retired after ten years as a lecturer and Senior Lecturer in Primary Education at The School of Education, University of Exeter
Content
Part I Learning. 1. Attaining Excellence Through Deliberate Practice: Insights from the Study of Expert Performance. (K. A. Ericsson). 2. Rhyme, Language and Children's Readering. (P. Bryant, M. Maclean and L. Bradley). 3. The Rebirth of Children's Learning. (R. Siegler). 4. Candy Selling and Math Learning. (G. B. Saxe). 5. Understanding Academic Performance at University. (N. J. Entwistle). Part II Teaching. 6. On Becoming a Tutor: Toward an Ontogenetic Model. (D. Wood, H. Wood, S. Ainsworth and C. O'Malley). 7. Teacher Expectation: Implications for School Improvement. (C. Rogers). 8. An Exploration of Long-Term Far-Transfer Effects Following an Extended Intervention Program in the High School Science Curriculum. (P. Adey and M. Shayer). 9. Reconstructing Context: the Conventionalization of Classroom Knowledge. (D. Edwards and N. Mercer). 10. The Role of Assessment in a Learning Culture. (L. A. Shepard). Index.