Rethinking Secondary Education: A Human-Centred Approach

ISBN-13: 9781408284780 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 312 str.

Scherto Gill

Opis

This text is aimed at all those involved in the study of education or teacher training. It explores, debates and critiques new and alternative approaches to teaching young people today. The book discusses a human-centred approach to curriculum, pedagogy, assessment, and the culture of schools and colleges.

Spis treści

PART 1  Towards human-centred education

 

Chapter 1  The aims of education
Chapter 2  The natureof learning
Chapter 3  Motivation and emotion
Chapter 4  The experience of being an adolescent
Chapter 5  Understanding adolescence
Chapter 6  Human-centred education

 

PART 2  Rethinking secondary education

 

Chapter 7  Curriculum
Chapter 8  The teacher and the art of teaching
Chapter 9  Assessing assessment
Chapter 10  Young people’s experience of secondary schooling
Chapter 11  Building learning communities - humanising schools

O autorze

Dr Scherto Gill is a Research Fellow at the Guerrand-Hermès Foundation for Peace and Visiting Fellow at the School of Education, University of Sussex. She has published widely in education. Her recent books include Transformation Through Education and Learning Across Cultures.

Professor Garrett Thomson is the Compton Chair in Philosophy, College of Wooster, Ohio, USA and the Chief Executive Officer of the Guerrand-Herm's Foundation for Peace. He is the author of many books on philosophy, including Needs and On the Meaning of Life.