Learning by teaching : evidence-based strategies to enhance learning in the classroom / David Duran and Keith Topping.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Duran, David, author.

Topping, Keith J., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reflective teaching.

Learning.

Physical Description:

vi, 98 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.

Summary:

This book provides an essential overview of "learning by teaching", unpacking the underpinning theory, research evidence and practical implications of peer learning in a variety of classroom contexts. It aims to offer practical guidance for practitioners in structuring effective peer learning - between professionals and between students alike. It locates this phenomenon in current conceptions of learning and teaching, far removed from traditional ideas of one-way transmission of knowledge. Exactly what happens to promote learning by teaching is explored. Examples of learning by teaching are discussed and it is noted that this happens in school, university and the workplace, as well as through the Internet. Learning by teaching within the student body is then explored, and many different methods described. The organizational features needed to improve learning by teaching consciously and deliberately are investigated. These can be before teaching, during teaching or after teaching. Evidence-based practical guidance is given. Of course teachers can deploy learning by teaching for themselves, but what if they also organize their students to teach each other, thereby giving many more opportunities to discuss, practise, explain and question? This takes pedagogical advantage of the differences between students - turning classrooms into communities of learners where students learn both from their teacher and from their peers. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Learning by teaching: a new game of words? 1

We all have experiences of having learned something by teaching it 1

Is there scientific evidence that teaching is a way of learning? 3

What do teachers think of all this? 3

2 Teaching and learning in the age of knowledge 7

Teaching and learning in our species 7

Changes in the conceptions of teaching and learning 11

The evolution of teaching and learning 13

3 Learning by teaching: what do we know? 21

Students as mediators and teachers 21

Evidence of tutor learning 27

Learning to teach: better than learning for oneself 28

To learn and explain: better than just learning to teach 29

Teaching interacting: better than teaching and explaining 32

4 Learning by teaching others informally 37

Learning by teaching informally, but in person 37

Learning by teaching at work 40

Learning by teaching informally, through the Internet 42

Some lessons from informal learning 45

5 Learning by teaching in formal education 51

Formal education in change 52

Formal situations of students who learn by teaching 58

6 Teaching others and learning oneself: how can teachers learn by teaching? 71

Predisposition to learning by teaching: my students are a source for my learning 72

Pre-active: learning when preparing classes for learning 74

Interactive: promoting bidirectionality to learn as we teach 76

Post-active: shared and reflective learning spaces for learning with others 81.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138122987

113812298X

9781138122994

1138122998

OCLC:

960834796