Classroom pedagogy and primary practice / David McNamara.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McNamara, David.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Elementary school teaching--Great Britain.

Elementary school teaching.

Classroom management--Great Britain.

Classroom management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (176 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1994.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this provocative book, David McNamara argues that a `teacher-centred' approch to teaching in the primary school, especially in the later years is actually in the best interests of the children - that the teacher must be seen to have ultimate responsibility for what and how children learn. He attempts to define the distinctive professional expertise of the primary teacher - the application of subject knowledge within the special circumstances of the classroom - and to show how this expertise can be articulated to establish a body of educational knowledge which is both derived from practice a

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; On teaching; On learning; The teacher's responsibility for learning; Relating teaching to children's aptitudes; Organising teaching to promote learning; Organising subject matter for learning; Pedagogy in practice: the case of subtraction; Teachers' pedagogic expertise; The professional authority of the teacher; Notes and references; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [146]-161) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-88959-3

1-134-88960-7

1-280-32826-6

0-203-30870-0

0-203-13395-1

9780203133958

OCLC:

252792783