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List of contents
1 Knowledge bases for learning to teach 2 Performance in subject-matter knowledge in science 3 Performance in subject-matter knowledge in mathematics 4 Student-teachers’ knowledge and beliefs about language 5 General beliefs about teaching and learning 6 Learning to teach—the impact of curriculum courses 7 Theory into practice 8 The purpose and impact of school-based work: the supervisor’s role 9 The purpose and impact of school-based work: the class teacher’s role 10 Knowledge bases and teaching performance 11 Case studies in learning to teach 12 The first year of teaching 13 Learning to teach
About the author
Neville Bennett is Professor of Primary Education at the University of Exeter and co-director of the Leverhulme Primary Project. His publications include Teaching Styles and Pupil Progress (1976), The Quality of Pupil Learning Experiences (with Charles Desforges, Anne Cockburn and Betty Wilkinson, 1984), A Good Start? Four Year Olds in Infant School (with Joy Kell, 1989) and Talking and Learning in Groups (with Elisabeth Dunne; Routledge, 1990), part of the Leverhulme Primary Project Classroom Skills series of notebooks. Clive Carré is coordinator of the Leverhulme Primary Project and editor of the Leverhulme Primary Project Classroom Skills series. His publications include Language Teaching and Learning in Science (1981) and Visual Communication in Science: Learning through Sharing Images (with D. Barlex, 1985).
Summary
A detailed look at what is happening in teacher education today and how novice teachers learn their craft.
