D. Bob Gowin (New York Cornell University), Marino C. Alvarez (Tennessee State University)

The Art of Educating with V Diagrams

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

With V diagrams allowing students to analyze complex problems into constituent parts, they become active participants in the learning process. The Art of Educating with V Diagrams explains how educating works.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 362g
• ISBN-13: 9780521604147
• ISBN-10: 0521604141
• Artikelnr.: 14676191

Autorenporträt

Marino C. Alvarez is a professor in the Department of Teaching and Learning of the College of Education at Tennessee State University. He received his MA and doctoral degree (Ed.D.) from West Virginia University. His interest in content literacy stems from his years of teaching Social Studies in middle and secondary schools.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Part I. Four Commonplaces of Educating Plus One: 1. The art of educating; 2. Simplifying complexity without denying it; Part II. The V Diagram: 3. Thinking around the V; 4. Structuring knowledge; 5. Minding events and making a V; 6. Learning and teaching the V; Part III. Analyzing, Evaluating, and Conducting Research: 7. Evaluating V diagrams; 8. Researching educating; Part IV. Reasoning with Technology: 9. Electronic educating; Epilogue.

Rezensionen

?The authors of this timely text pose a question: ?Why read this book?? They then proceed to define and explain the use and value of Venn Diagrams as utilized in an eight-year Exploring Minds Project at Tennessee State University. Educators interested in developing the critical thinking skills of students in courses from math to social studies will find these results useful.?
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