Understanding Teaching and Learning : Classroom Research Revisited / edited by Baljit Kaur.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Baljit Kaur.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education.

Local Subjects:

Education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (336 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2012.

Place of Publication:

Rotterdam : SensePublishers : Imprint: SensePublishers, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

• How do children, individually and collectively, make meanings of their learning experiences? • How can teachers become aware of children’s meaning making on an ongoing basis? • Is it possible and useful to create an integrated theory of student learning? • How can classroom research enhance critical understandings of the situated nature of learning and teaching, while taking into account the systemic and educational policy contexts? • How do differences, such as class, race, culture, gender and sexualities, interact with student learning? • How can teachers respond effectively to the realities of today’s diverse classrooms? • What are the current and emerging issues in classroom research? These are just some of the questions this book grapples with. It pays tribute to Professor Graham Nuthall’s (1935-2004) research contributions - a pioneering and internationally renowned classroom researcher of teaching and learning from New Zealand. It has been written by emerging and experienced classroom researchers from several countries as part of a project aimed at building on and extending Nuthall’s research and promoting the conducting, teaching and supervision of classroom research. The authors engage critically with theoretical, methodological and pedagogical possibilities of their research using Nuthall’s work as a springboard. As a result, all authors make links between theory and practice. Further, several leading international researchers contribute comments on future directions for classroom research and its relevance for teaching and learning. Understanding teaching and Learning: Classroom Research Revisited would be of interest to practicing or prospective teachers and teacher educators, as well as scholars and students of teaching and learning.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / Baljit Kaur

Understanding What Students Learn / Graham Nuthall

Reassessing the Nature of Learning in a Science or Mathematics Classroom / Ellice Ann Forman

Exploring Classroom Life and Student Learning / Judith Green and Maria Lucia Castanheira

Students’ Learning Experiences / Jane Abbiss

“The Truth Lies in the Detail” / Fritjof Sahlström

Commentary / Neil Mercer

The Acquisition of Conceptual Knowledge in the Classroom / Graham Nuthall

Bending and Bouncing / Jane McChesney

Accessing Children’s Beliefs about Mathematics through Their Drawings / Catherine Solomon

Finding Out about Fossils in an Early Years Classroom / Bronwen Cowie , Kathrin Otrel-Cass and Judy Moreland

Exploring Learning in the Early Years / Keryn Davis and Sally Peters

Sink or Swim / Michelle Clarke

Commentary / Greta Morine-Dershimer

“Facilitative Inclusion” in Early Childhood and New Entrant Classrooms / Christine Rietveld

Weaving the Dimensions of Culture and Learning / Angus H. Macfarlane and Sonja L. Macfarlane

Whānau Classroom “Lessons” Illuminate Bicultural and Bilingual Literacy Learning Processes for Māori Children / Fleur Harris

Culturally Diverse Children in the Classroom / Jae Major

Commentary / Neil Harrison

Some Historical Reflections on a National Curriculum / Gregory Lee and Deb J. Hill

Assessment, Teaching and Learning in and beyond Classrooms / Peter Johnston and Heidi Andrade

Searching for Compassion in the Classroom / Grace Feuerverger

Learning the Hard Way / Kathleen Quinlivan

Commentary / Kristiina Kumpulainen

Commentary / Alan Davis

Commentary / Joanna Kidman and Hiria McRae

Notes on Contributors / Baljit Kaur

Index / Baljit Kaur.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9789460918636

9460918638

9789460918643

9460918646

OCLC:

823163604