Problem Solving for Teaching and Learning (eBook, ePUB)

A Festschrift for Emeritus Professor Mike Lawson
Redaktion: Askell-Williams, Helen; Orrell, Janice

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This text explores the importance that problem solving has in learning in everyday personal and social contexts. It also suggests how effective problem solving activities can be incorporated more explicitly in learning and teaching and examines the benefits of this approach.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 306
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Juni 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429684081
• Artikelnr.: 58397486

Autorenporträt

Helen Askell-Williams (PhD) is an Associate Professor of Education at Flinders University. Helen teaches cognitive psychology and educational practice and building positive mental health in school communities. Her research focusses on teachers' and learners' knowledge about learning, and on promoting student wellbeing and positive mental health. Her most recent research is leading an Australian Research Council Discovery Grant project, Sustainability of Effective Educational Initiatives, investigating features that support the long-term success of educational programs. Janice Orrell is an Emeritus Professor of Higher Education and Assessment in the College of Education, Psychology and Social Work at Flinders University. Her work largely focusses on assessment and work integrated learning in higher education. Her recent research focusses on initial teacher education and pre-service teachers' thinking about the work and role of teachers. She works with a non-formal school for tribal and Dalit women in southern India focussing on non-formal education for liberation and empowerment.

Inhaltsangabe

Section 1: Setting the Scene, 1: Michael Lawson: Teacher of Teachers and
Researchers, and Academic Citizen, 2: Learning is a Problem-solving
Activity, Section 2: Conceptualising Problem Solving, 3: Human Problem
Solving and Instructional Design, 4: Academic Challenges as Opportunities
to Learn to Self-regulate Learning, 5: Word Knowledge Quality and Literacy,
6: Developing Problem Solving and Other General Capabilities: What Will It
Take and How Can We Be Sure of Success?, 7: Messy Problems of Personal and
Family Life: Solving Inheritance Problems, Section 3: Teachers' Knowledge
and Beliefs about Problem Solving, 8: Teachers' Beliefs and Knowledge, 9:
The Quality of Knowledge and Beliefs that Teachers Use When Solving
Teaching and Learning Problems, 10: Problematising Assessment of Student
Learning, 11: Types of Knowledge Teachers Use When Solving Educational
Problems: A Case Study of the Implementation of the Promoting Alternative
Thinking Strategies (PATHS) Program , Section 4: Fostering Students'
Problem-solving Capabilities, 12: Problem Solving by Students with
Intellectual Disability, Chapter 13: What Gifted Students and a Regular
Class of Primary School Students Know and Do about Problem Solving, Chapter
14: Problem Solving Using the Keyword Method and Mental Imagery During
Vocabulary Recall, Chapter 15: The Advantages and Disadvantages of
Problem-solving Practice When Learning Basic Addition Facts, Chapter 16:
Problem Solving in Mathematics: Evidence of High-gain Strategies, Chapter
17: Synergy between Teachers' Knowledge and Students' Learning:
Perspectives from Research on Mathematics Education, Chapter 18:
Reflections on a Ten-year Research Partnership with Glenunga International
High School