Tasks and Social Relationships in Classrooms - A Study of Instructional Organisation and Its Consequences

Klappentext In Atkinson's study the social organisation of the classroom emerges as more significant than individual relationships in understanding behaviour. Zusammenfassung When the author explores the implications of classroom organisation for group relations! the importance of the structure of resources! roles! expectations! values and verbal exchanges in the school environment fades in relation to that of the structure of tasks! task evaluation systems and supervision. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of tables; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. The setting and study design; 3. Four classrooms; 4. The teacher-pupil relationship; 5. Peer relations; 6. The impact of task organisation; 7. Activity structures and learning: some implications; Appendices; Notes; References.

Product details

• Authors: Bossert, Steven T. Bossert
• Assisted by: Ernest Q. Campbell (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.09.1979
• EAN: 9780521295055
• ISBN: 978-0-521-29505-5
• No. of pages: 132
• Series: American Sociological Associat
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology