Full Description
Jonathan Tummons has sensitively updated Curzon's long-established Teaching in Further Education, ensuring that not only does this new edition provide the academically rigorous approach of previous editions but it also offers an up to date guide to current practice and research. Topics covered include:
- Theories of learning
- The teaching-learning process
- Instructional techniques
- Assessment and evaluation
- Intelligence and ability
This is the complete guide for those training to work in the Further Education sector.
Contents
Preface
Part I: An Overview of the Teaching-Learning Process
1. Education, Teaching and Learning
2. Defining and Understanding the Practice of Teaching
Part II: Theories of Learning: Psychological Perspectives
3. Behaviourism
4. Neo-behaviourism
5. Gestaltism
6. Cognitivism
6. Humanism
Part III: Theories of Learning: Social and Cultural Perspectives
8. Learning as a Social Practice
9. Social Constructivism
10. Communities of Practice
11. Activity Theory and Expansive Learning
12. Social and Cultural Research Perspectives on Further Education
Part IV: Communication and Control: The Essence of the Teaching-Learning Process
13. Communication in Teaching and Learning
14. Controlling and Managing Teaching-Learning Processes
15. Aims, Objectives and Outcomes in Planning for Learning
16. Taxonomies of Learning
Part V: Managing the Teaching-Learning Process
17. The Teacher as Manager and Leader
18. Course and Curriculum Design and Content
19. Theoretical and Practical Approaches to Learning and Knowing
20. Motivating Students to Learn
21. Managing Behaviour
22. Working with Adult Learners
Part VI: Strategies and Techniques for Teaching and Learning
23. Planning Lessons within Academic and Professional Contexts
24. Planning Lessons within Vocational and Technical Contexts
25. Planning for Student-Centred Learning and Teaching
26. Working Alongside Other Professionals
27. Audio-Visual Resources for Teaching and Learning
28. E-learning and Blended Learning in Further Education
Part VII: Assessment and Evaluation
30. Theories and Principles of Assessment
31. Designing, Administering and Evaluating Assessment Tasks
32. Reflective Practice and the Evaluation of Teaching
Part VIII: Intelligence and Ability: Issues and Debates
33. Conceptions of Intelligence
34. Nature, Nurture and Neuroscience
Endnote
Index
