Classroom Pedagogy and Primary Practice
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 …
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- Full title :Classroom Pedagogy and Primary Practice.
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.
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- Publication Date:2002.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Taylor and Francis
- Place of Publication:Hoboken
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2002.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (176 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0415083125, 9780415083126
- oclc:ocn994347771
- LC Classification:LB1555 .M425 1993
- Dewey Decimal:372.11020941
Table of 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.
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