Theory and practice of education / David A. Turner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Turner, David A. (Professor of education)

Series:

Continuum studies in education

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education--Philosophy.

Education.

Physical Description:

172 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : Continuum, [2007]

Summary:

The first section of the book will re-cap some of the aspects of game theory and chaos theory, and stress particularly the links between those theories and mathematical models on the one hand, and the description of people in non-formal settings on the other. The second section of the book will take issues of perennial interest to educators and show how these models can be used to develop an understanding of those issues in useful ways. These topics will include choice of career path through education systems, classroom management, teaching and learning in groups, quality assurance mechanisms and equality of opportunity in access to educational institutions.

Contents:

Part 1 Theory 15

2 As Simple as Possible 17

3 An Arrow into the Air 30

4 Modelling 44

Part 2 Practice 55

5 Classroom Management 57

6 The Parting of the Ways 75

7 Equality of Opportunity 97

8 Learning and Teaching 114

9 Quality Assurance 133

Part 3 Theory into Practice 151

10 Conclusions: Evidence-based Policy and Policy-based Research 153.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780826491077

0826491073

OCLC:

77796712