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Problems in Primary Education (RLE Edu K).

The first part of the book discusses aims, who should determine them and how they might be determined. The second part discusses some more specific topics of learning and teaching, such as learning how to learn, the integrated day and the use of competition. The author distinguishes three broad leve...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dearden, R. F. F.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2012.
Colección:Routledge library editions. Education.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • PROBLEMS IN PRIMARY EDUCATION; Copyright; Problems in primary education; Original Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part One Aims and principles; Chapter 1 Who should determine aims?; The Plowden Report on aims; The school's autonomy in determining aims; The determination of aims by experts; De-schooling and learner autonomy; Chapter 2 Aims and objectives; Our knowledge of others' behaviour; Determining aims by a survey of opinions; Preparation for life as an aim; Chapter 3 Curricular aims and curricular integration; The child-centred alternative; Four general principles.
  • Curricular integration or differentiation?Chapter 4 Child-centred education; Child-centred education considered; Part Two Teaching and learning; Chapter 5 The concept of teaching; Chapter 6 Learning how to learn and learning by discovery; A universal skill?; Learning how to learn and autonomy; Learning by discovery; Chapter 7 What is the integrated day?; A conceptual map; The integrated day located; An integrated curriculum; Team teaching; Integration and streaming; Some advantages and disadvantages; Chapter 8 Reading and research; Reading; Meaning; Educational decisions.
  • Decisions about readingChapter 9 Competition in education; What is competition?; What things can be competed for?; What things ought to be competed for?; Notes and references; Index.