When teaching becomes learning : a theory and practice of teaching / Eric Sotto.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sotto, Eric.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Teaching.

Learning.

Learning, Psychology of.

Physical Description:

vi, 320 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum International, 2007.

Summary:

Intended to help anyone who teaches, this book has something of a cult following. Drawing on extensive teaching experience, the author presents a personal account of good practice, written in an engaging and accessible style and based on extensive scholarly sources.

Part I 'Learning' and Part II 'Teaching' complement one another, and the book as a whole offers an insight into how to teach in any set of circumstances. It does so without being prescriptive, instead helping teachers to think through their own problems and situations. As a result, When Teaching Becomes Learning is a book to which teachers will return on countless occasions. This edition has been updated throughout and now has two new chapters - Reflections of Educational Technology, and Why Teach? Chapters are now divided up so they are each shorter and more user-friendly than before.

Contents:

Learning

Motivation

Two accounts of learning

The learning process

Talking and feeling

Perception

Where are the answers?

Why only living things learn

Two memories

Explaining and experiencing

A theory of learning

Teaching

The transmission method and an alternative approach

Research into teaching

Clarity, enthusiasm and variety

Indirectness, opportunities and fit

Theory and practice

Reflections on educational technology

Planning

Communicating and participating

Interacting

Discussing

Difficult lessons

Learning a new approach

Variations on a theme

Overview

Why teach?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [279]-318) and index.

ISBN:

0826489087

0826489095

9780826489081

9780826489098

OCLC:

71329840