Robert Leamnson

Thinking About Teaching and Learning

Developing Habits of Learning with First Year College and University Students

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Building on the insights offered by recent discoveries about the biological basis of learning, and on his own thought-provoking definitions of teaching, learning and education, the author proceeds to the practical details of instruction that teachers are most interested in--the things that make or break teaching.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 182
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 355g
• ISBN-13: 9781579220136
• ISBN-10: 1579220134
• Artikelnr.: 21575172

Autorenporträt

Robert Leamnson was Professor of Biology and Director of Multidisciplinary Studies at University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth.

Inhaltsangabe

1. thinking about thinking about teaching How a philosophy of teaching
develops and why it is important to have one 2. the biological basis of
learning Learning as brain change, rather than brain use 3. language On the
questionable utility of unexpressed ideas 4. today's first-year students
Culture, motivation and preparation 5. teaching and pedagogy How the way we
teach affects the way students learn 6. the classroom The classroom as
dynamic arena-What students are really doing 7. writing and other
technologies Technology, old, and new, and as a means to an end 8. final
thoughts Reflections and ruminations