Beyond Buzzwords - Why Some Ideas Fail to Improve Instruction

Beyond Buzzwords examines popular but ineffective instructional concepts and explains why many popular educational ideas lack evidence and theoretical support for improving instruction. This book also critically examines instructional goals and the meaning of evidence-based instruction.

List of contents

Preface
Introduction
Chapter One: The Goals of Improved Instruction
Chapter Two: What Evidence?
Chapter Three: Big Ideas, Little Evidence
Chapter Four: What Can Improve Instruction?
Chapter Five: An Information Processing Instructional Model
Chapter Six: Instructional Support for Internalization
Chapter Seven: Supporting Externalization
Chapter Eight: Instructional Environments
Chapter Nine: Peer-to-Peer Collaborative Learning Methods
Chapter Ten: Using the I-E Instructional Model to Design High-Quality Instruction

About the author

By Robert L. Jorczak

Summary

Beyond Buzzwords examines popular but ineffective instructional concepts and explains why many popular educational ideas lack evidence and theoretical support for improving instruction. This book also critically examines instructional goals and the meaning of evidence-based instruction.

Product details

• Authors: Jorczak, Robert L. Jorczak
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2017
• EAN: 9781475834758
• ISBN: 978-1-4758-3475-8
• No. of pages: 152
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; EDUCATION / Administration / General, EDUCATION / Professional Development, Organization & management of education, teacher training, Teaching skills & techniques, Educational administration & organization, EDUCATION / Teaching / General, Learning;Memory