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Provides an overview of the key issues and dominant theories of teaching and learning as they impact upon the practice of classroom teachers. It includes questions, points for consideration and ideas for further reading and research.
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The Teaching about Learning Series is aimed at student teachers, teacher trainers and inservice teachers. Each book will focus on the central issues around a particular topic supported by examples of good practice with suggestions for further reading. These accessible books will help students and teachers to explore and understand critical theoretical issues in ways that are challenging, that invite reappraisals of current practices and that provide appropriate links between theory and practice.
Teaching and Learning: Pedagogy, Curriculum and Culture provides an overview of the key issues and dominant theories of teaching and learning as they impact upon the practice of classroom teachers. Punctuated by questions, points for consideration and ideas for further reading and research, the book's intention is to stimulate discussion and analysis, to support understanding of classroom interactions and to contribute to improved practice .
Topics covered include:
an assessment of dominant theories of learning and teaching;
the ways in which public educational policy impinges on local practice;
the nature and role of language and culture in formal educational settings;
an assessment of different models of 'good teaching', including the development of whole-school policies;
alternative models of curriculum and pedagogy
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