Having of wonderful ideas - and other essays on teach

Informationen zum Autor Eleanor Duckworth is Professor of Education at Harvard University. She worked with Jean Piaget for more than two decades, as a student and colleague. Klappentext Duckworth's ideas contained in these timeless essays are more important than ever to the public discourse on education. They are a much-needed antidote to many of today's school reform practices! where a number is accepted as an adequate representation of a student's learning. This revised edition features a new Introduction and a new chapter on critical exploration in the classroom. Zusammenfassung Provides an introduction to the author's writings and includes a chapter on critical exploration in the classroom. Touching on many subjects! the essays in this work support the author's belief that ""the having of wonderful ideas is the essence of intellectual development!"" and that the focus of education should be on the learner's point of view.

Product details

• Authors: Eleanor Duckworth, Eleanor Ruth Duckworth
• Publisher: External catalogues US
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.11.2006
• EAN: 9780807747308
• ISBN: 978-0-8077-4730-8
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 230 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology; Didaktische Kompetenz und Lehrmethoden, EDUCATION / Teaching Methods & Materials / General, EDUCATION / Educational Psychology, EDUCATION / Professional Development, Education / Teaching