This volume explores the tension between the search for generic
principles of good teaching that cut across school subjects and the
belief that portrayals of best practices ought to be framed
separately for each subject. Its contributors all favor teaching in
ways that encourage students to learn each subject with
understanding of its big ideas, appreciation of its value, and
acquisition of the disposition to apply it in their lives outside
of school. They consider curricular, instructional, and assessment
aspects of best practices that foster this kind of learning in
fourteen school subjects, focusing on instructional methods and
learning activities. In the introduction, Editor Jere Brophy
presents twelve generic guidelines for good teaching that he
believes represent current consensus about best practices that
should be applicable to any school subject. Then, leading scholars
concerned with curriculum and instruction in particular school
subjects (beginning reading, content area reading and literature
studies, writing, number, geometry, biology, physics, chemistry,
earth science, history, physical geography, cultural studies,
citizenship education, and economics) synthesize current thinking
about best practices in teaching their respective subjects,
commenting on the applicability of generic principles but focusing
on subject-special goals and methods. These state-of-the-field
contributions take into account not only relatively formal
research, but also the wisdom of practice as represented in
standards documents, case studies of good teaching, and the methods
and activities commonly recommended in subject-specific teacher
education texts. The fourteen chapters examine best practices with
a much closer lens than more conventional approaches that consider
language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies teaching in
general but do not focus on the strands that compose these four
broad curricular areas. In a final discussion chapter, Brophy draws
from these chapters to reassess the applicability of generic
guidelines across subjects and to identify commonalities and points
of contention in what the authors have to say about instructional
materials, content representations, discourse management, learning
activities, assessment, technology, and other factors involved in
teaching school subjects effectively.
General
Imprint: |
JAI Press Inc.
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Advances in Research on Teaching |
Release date: |
April 2001 |
First published: |
2001 |
Editors: |
Jere E Brophy
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Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 26mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
|
Pages: |
480 |
Edition: |
1st ed |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-7623-0615-2 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Education >
Teaching skills & techniques
|
LSN: |
0-7623-0615-7 |
Barcode: |
9780762306152 |
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