This title, first published in 1990, examines the work of teachers in the classroom and the school from a sociological perspective. It will be important reading for teacher education students who have little or no background in sociology, providing them with information, understanding and techniques which will enable them to operate as competent teachers in the classroom.
The Practice of Teaching in the Secondary School
An introduction to the techniques, contemporary theories and methods of teaching from facilitating problem-based learning to the role of the lecture, this book explores the issues that underpin interpersonal methods of teaching, and offers ...
Suitable for beginning teachers in early childhood, primary and secondary, this book will be an invaluable reference throughout your studies and into your teaching career.
This book is a must-read for contemporary teacher educators that offers elegant theory and common-sense examples.” —Heather C. Hill, Jerome T. Murphy Professor of Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education Contributors Chandra L. ...
(Lantolf and Thorne 2006: 278–280) Language learning is facilitated by interactions like the ones described in this section in which the interaction proceeds as a kind of joint problem solving between teacher and student.
This is a comprehensive introduction to contemporary theories and modern practices of learning. Updated and expanded, this second edition should be of interest to teachers, facilitators, human resource developers and students of education.
For Kelly, the social and the emotional advantages to be derived make it unwise and undesirable that non-readers should be excluded from mixed- ability work. Kelly's solution is to give these students individual assignments in group ...
My purpose for engaging in these autobiographical activities was: i) to produce an autobiographical narrative that ... Seeing myself through the 'eye' of the video camera confronted me with all of my practice, an experience that was ...
In addressing these questions, this book offers not only a new statement in the philosophy of teaching but also an important advance in professional ethics.
New York: Pearson. Richards, J. C. (1998). Beyond training. New York: Cambridge University Press. Richards, J. C. (2001). Curriculum development in language teaching. New York: Cambridge University Press. Richards, J. C., & Crookes ...