Myths and Misconceptions About Teaching - What Really Happens in the Classroom

Informationen zum Autor Vicki Snider has taught students with mild disabilities at the elementary level for 12 years. She has been a teacher educator in special education at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire for 20 years. Klappentext In this book, Vicki Snider describes six teaching myths that prevent reform in education, examines the beliefs that guide teaching practices, and she uses current research on teaching reading to illustrate the faulty premises that underlie the myths and their harmful effects on children and adolescents. Zusammenfassung In this book! Vicki Snider describes six teaching myths that prevent reform in education! examines the beliefs that guide teaching practices! and she uses current research on teaching reading to illustrate the faulty premises that underlie the myths and their harmful effects on children and adolescents. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 The Problem Chapter 3 The Myth of Process Chapter 4 The Myth of Fun and Interesting Chapter 5 The Myth of Eclectic Instruction Chapter 6 The Myth of Good Teachers Chapter 7 The Myth of Learning Style Chapter 8 The Myth of Disability Chapter 9 The Origins of Myth Chapter 10 From Myth to Science

Product details

• Authors: Vicki Snider, Vicki E. Snider, Snider Vicki
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.03.2006
• EAN: 9781578863457
• ISBN: 978-1-57886-345-7
• No. of pages: 232
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; EDUCATION / General, Education, Education / Educational sciences / Pedagogy