Theories of Learning and Studies of Instructional Practice (Paperback, 2011 ed.)

This is a book about an attempt to change the way math was taught in a particular classroom. Its title plays on our everyday usage of the terms theory and practice. In education, these terms are conventionally treated oppositionally-we have theories about what we should do and we have what teachers actually do do. In this way, theory stands prior, logically and chronologically, to practice; practice inevitably becoming theory's imperfect realization. We seek in this volume, however, to develop a different stance with regard to the relationship between the two. Taking the details of instructional practice as our principle object of study, we explore what role theories of learning might play in illuminating such practices. The book is about actual practices by which teaching is done and how contemporary theories of learning might help us understand those practices. It seeks to provide a foundation for future practice-based inquiry in education, by addressing the methodological question: How do we go about studying instructional practice in a principled way?

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag New York
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Explorations in the Learning Sciences, Instructional Systems and Performance Technologies, 1
Release date:	May 2013
First published:	2011
Editors:	Timothy Koschmann
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	488
Edition:	2011 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-1-4614-2867-1
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Education > Philosophy of education Books > Social sciences > Education > Teaching skills & techniques Promotions
LSN:	1-4614-2867-X
Barcode:	9781461428671

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