Overview
Promotes a consistent theoretical framework across school subject areas
Addresses a balanced approach to teaching practices
Rich in examples from science, mathematics and the humanities
Offers vital new perspective on educational method and process
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Instructional Explanations in the Teaching and Learning of Science
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Instructional Explanations in the Teaching and Learning of Mathematics
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Instructional Explanations in the Teaching and Learning of the Humanities
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Back Matter
Keywords
- Framing Inst
- Gaea Leinhardt
- Instructional Conversations
- Instructional Explanation
- Instructional Explanations in Informal Settings
- Language in Historical Explanations
- Learning Chemistry
- Learning and Identity
- Lehrer
- Modeling
- Teaching and Learning Mathematics
- Teaching and Learning of Humanities
- Teaching and Learning of Science
- attention
- learning
- learning and instruction
About this book
In today’s climate of accountability and standards, increasing attention is focused on teacher "quality," with less emphasis on what teachers actually do to interest and engage students in learning. This path-breaking volume addresses this research problem with a clear definition and a content-specific analysis of the most essential teaching moment—the instructional explanation—for vital new perspectives on educational method and process.
Rich in examples from science, mathematics, and the humanities, Instructional Explanations in the Disciplines explores a variety of interactive contexts for teaching and learning, which may be collaborative between teachers, students, and others, performed in non-classroom settings, or assisted by technology. The book’s subject-matter-specific framework reveals key elements in the process, such as carefully examining the question to be answered, making connections with what is already known, and developing examples conducive to further understanding.
Instructional Explanations in the Disciplines is a valuable addition to the education library, giving researchers new methods of unpacking educational process as few books before it.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Instructional Explanations in the Disciplines
Editors: Mary Kay Stein, Linda Kucan
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0594-9
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag US 2010
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-0593-2Published: 14 December 2009
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-8316-9Published: 07 October 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4419-0594-9Published: 27 November 2009
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 237
Topics: Administration, Organization and Leadership, Teaching and Teacher Education, Educational Psychology, Learning & Instruction