Developing pedagogy : researching practice /
edited by Janet Collins, Kim Insley and Janet Soler.
- London : Paul Chapman, 2000.
- 224p.
- Developing practice in primary education .
- Developing practice in primary education. .
Published in association with the Open University. Includes bibliographical references.
PART ONE: CONCEPTS IN PRIMARY EDUCATION Towards a New Perspective on Children\'s Learning? - Andrew Pollard Just for Fun? - Janet Moyles The Child as Active Learner and Meaning Maker Defining Classroom Knowledge - Mary Phillips Manke The Part that Children Play Critical Pedagogy, Empowerment and Learning - Sonia Nieto PART TWO: PEDAGOGIC ISSUES Organizing the Primary Classroom Environment as a Context for Learning - Pam Pointon and Ruth Kershner Balancing Individual and the Group - Margery D Osborne A Dilemma for the Constructivist Teacher \'Sally, Would You Like to Sit Down?\' - Mary Phillips Manke How Teachers use Politeness and Indirect Discourse The Literary Hour - Roger Hancock and Melian Mansfield A Case for Listening to Children Silence as a Fortress and Prison - Karen Gallas PART THREE: APPLICATION OF PRACTICE What Is Curriculum? - Alistair Ross Will the Curriculum Caterpillar Ever Learn to Fly? - Mike Davies and Gwyn Edwards Challenging Prescription in Ideology and Practice - Bob Jeffrey The Case of Sunny First School The Impact of the National Curriculum on Play in Reception Class - Elizabeth Wood Value Pluralism, Democracy and Education for Citizenship - Don Rowe ICT in Subject Teaching an Opportunity for Curriculum Renewal? - Michael Bonnet, Angela McFarlane and Jacquetta Williams Critical Literacy and the Case for It in the Early Years of School - Kathy Hall
Developing Pedagogy is a course reader for the Open University course E842. The contributors explore aspects of current thinking in education that focus on the process of teaching. It is illustrated throughout with case studies.