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Title Contemporary issues in learning and teaching / edited by Margery McMahon, Christine Forde and Margaret Martin
Published London ; Los Angeles, Calif. : SAGE, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 216 pages)
Contents COVER; CONTENTS; Preface; Acknowledgements; ABOUT THE EDITORS ANDCONTRIBUTORS; Abreviations; Chapter 1 Introduction -- ContemporaryIssues in Learning and Teaching; Section 1 Policy; Section Overview; Chapter 2 Critically ReadingEducation Policy; Chapter 3 Schools and Schooling; Chapter 4 Education and Work; Chapter 5 Inclusion and Pedagogy; Section 2 Learning; Section Overview; Chapter 6 Collaborative ProfessionalEnquiry; Chapter 7 Nurture groups and Inclusion; Chapter 8 Children's socialrelationships; Chapter 9 Gifted and TalentedEducation; Section 3 Practice; Section Overview
Summary Contemporary Issues in Learning and Teaching looks at current issues across the three key areas of policy, learning and practice. It will help you to think critically on your Education course, and to make connections between the processes of learning and the practicalities of teaching. The book addresses key issues in primary, secondary and special education, and includes examples from all four countries of the UK. The contributors reflect on current thinking and policy surrounding learning and teaching, and what it means to be a teacher today. Looking at the practice of teaching in a wider co
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Teaching -- Great Britain -- Textbooks
Education -- Aims and objectives -- Great Britain -- Textbooks
Education and state -- Great Britain -- Textbooks
EDUCATION -- Teaching Methods & Materials -- General.
Education -- Aims and objectives
Education and state
Teaching
Great Britain
Genre/Form Textbooks
Form Electronic book
Author McMahon, Margery
Forde, Christine
Martin, Margaret, 1952-
ISBN 9781446247761
1446247767