Full Description
A companion volume to Primary School Teaching and Educational Psychology, this book concerns itself with the day-to-day business of teaching in a secondary school. Throughout the book four themes reoccur: that teachers can best understand the development of children by observing their learning and their relationships within school; that assessment and evaluation are integral to effective teaching; that effective teaching and learning depend on both teacher and child being able to monitor own progress and to find solutions to problems that occur; and finally that there must be explicit recognition of the common-ground between educational psychology and other disciplines such as sociology, philosophy and the history of education.
Contents
Editor's preface
Author's preface
Note on Authorship
Dedication
Acknowledgements
Lists of figures and tables
Disclaimers
1. Getting started: understanding children's needs
2. Similarities and differences
3. Special educational needs
4. Interaction in the classroom
5. How do learners make sense of the information around them
6. Classroom management
7. Personal and social education
8. Assessment and evaluation
9. Conclusions
Overview
Bibliography
Index
