Teacher proof : why research in education doesn't always mean what it claims, and what you can do about it / Tom Bennett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bennett, Tom, 1971-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education--Philosophy.

Education.

Physical Description:

vi, 219 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2013.

Summary:

Do the findings from educational science ever really improve the day-to-day practice of classroom teachers? What can teachers do to find the proof within the pudding, and how can this actually help them on wet Wednesday afternoon? Drawing from a wide range of recent and popular education theories and strategies, Tom Bennett highlights how much of what we think we know in schools hasn't been 'proven' in any meaningful sense at all. He inspires teachers to decide for themselves what good and bad education really is, empowering them as professionals and raising their confidence in the classroom and the staffroom alike. Readers are encouraged to question and reflect on issues such as: the most common ideas in modern education and where these ideas were born; the crisis in research right now; how research is commissioned and used by the people who make policy in the UK and beyond; the provenance of education research: who instigates it, who writes it, and how to spot when a claim is based on evidence and when it isn't; the different way that data can be analysed; what happens to the research conclusions once they escape the laboratory. Controversial, erudite and yet unremittingly entertaining, Tom includes practical suggestions for the classroom throughout. This book will be an ally to every teacher who's been handed an instruction on a platter and been told, 'the research proves it.' Book jacket.

Contents:

Quid est veritas?

What is science? how we understand the physical world

What a piece of work is man: the rise of the social sciences

Educational science and pseudo science

Multiple intelligences: if everyone's smart, no one is

My NLP and brain gym hell

Group work: failing better, together

I'm with stupid: emotional intelligence

Buck Rogers and the 21st century curriculum

Techno, techno, techno, techno: digital natives in flipped classrooms

The holy trinity of the three-part lesson

There are no such things as learning styles

Game over: the gamification of education

Learning to learn to learn to learn

The hard smell: smell/ dance/ box/sing yourself smarter/ happier/ healthier

Thinking hats on!

School uniform armageddon

What everyone in education should do next.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780415631259

0415631254

9780415631266

0415631262

9780203782293

0203782291

OCLC:

802325920