Commonsense questions about instruction : the answers can provide essential steps to improvement / Gerard Giordano.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Giordano, Gerard, 1946-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education.

Transfer of training.

School improvement programs.

Educational change.

Students--Psychology.

Students.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (177 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield Education, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Parents want teachers to explain how they instruct children. They become annoyed when the teachers are silent or surly. Parents counter with explicit, common sense questions: how do teachers arouse interest, design curricula, reinforce discipline, assign grades, designate textbooks, and select technology? This book examines the parents questions, the answers they elicited, the allies they attracted, and the improvements they initiated.

Contents:

Contents; Preface: Have Commonsense Questions Affected Teaching?; Acknowledgment; Chapter 1: Why Ask Shrewd Questions?; Chapter 2: What Is Instruction's Goal?; Chapter 3: What Are the Fundamental Subjects?; Chapter 4: What Prods Learning?; Chapter 5: How Complex Is Classroom Discipline?; Chapter 6: What Are the Right Questions about Textbooks?; Chapter 7: How Much Technology Do Teachers Need?; Chapter 8: Do Grades Matter?; Chapter 9: What Prods Politicians to Collaborate on Schools?; Chapter 10: How Much Data on Teachers Is Needed?; References; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

979-82-16-34877-1

1-4758-0510-1