Teaching and Learning The Essential Readings

This is the first collection of key articles on the psychology behind educational attainment. It brings together in one volume for students a set of accessible but influential papers, representing the best classic and cutting edge work in the field. Under the themes of basic processes in learning, interactions between teachers and learners, and metacognitive approaches to learning, the thirteen readings cover a wide range of topics. To help students gain an overview of the subject, each article is introduced and contextualized by the editors, as is the volume as a whole. Each paper is also accompanied by suggestions for further reading so that students can investigate topics in more depth if they wish. This book of readings can be used alone or alongside a text on teaching and learning. In either context, it offers an ideal starting point for the exploration of key issues in educational attainment.

Charles Desforges is Professor of Education at the University of Exeter. His previous books include An Introduction to Teaching (Blackwell, 1995). He has also been the Director of the ESRC Teaching and Learning Programme for the past three years, the largest education research programme ever funded in the UK.

Richard Fox has recently retired after ten years as a lecturer and Senior Lecturer in Primary Education at The School of Education, University of Exeter

Acknowledgments

ix

Introduction

xiii

Part I Learning

1

(124)

Introduction to Part I

2

(1)

Expert Performance

Introduction

3

(1)

Attaining Excellence through Deliberate Practice: Insights from the Study of Expert Performance

4

(36)

K. Anders Ericsson

Rhyme, Language, and Reading

Introduction

38

(2)

Rhyme, Language, and Children's Reading

40

(23)

Peter Bryant

Morag MacLean

Lynette Bradley

Learning and Development

Introduction

61

(2)

The Rebirth of Children's Learning

63

(23)

Robert S. Siegler

Maths Learning

Introduction

84

(2)

Candy Selling and Math Learning

86

(22)

Geoffrey B. Saxe

Learning in Higher Education

Introduction

107

(1)

Understanding Academic Performance at University: a Research Retrospective

108

(17)

Noel J. Entwistle

Part II Teaching

125

(129)

Introduction to Part II

126

(2)

Becoming a Tutor

Introduction

128

(2)

On Becoming a Tutor: toward an Ontogenetic Model

130

(22)

David Wood

Heather Wood

Shaaron Ainsworth

Claire O'Malley

Teacher Expectations

Introduction

151

(1)

Teacher Expectations: Implications for School Improvement

152

(21)

Colin Rogers

Accelerating Development

Introduction

171

(2)

An Exploration of Long-term Far-transfer Effects Following an Extended Intervention Program in the High School Science Curriculum

173

(39)

Philip Adey

Michael Shayer

Classroom Knowledge

Introduction

210

(2)

Reconstructing Context: the Conventionalization of Classroom Knowledge

212

(17)

Derek Edwards

Neil Mercer

Assessment and Learning

Introduction

228

(1)

The Role of Assessment in a Learning Culture

229

(25)

Lorrie A. Shepard

Index

254

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