Teachable Moments and the Science of Education

ISBN-13: 9780367587673 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 202 str.

Greg Seals

Opis

By formulating an understanding of the teachable moment as predicated upon ‘educational energy,’ this book takes up John Dewey’s view of teaching to articulate a law-like, scientifically oriented pedagogical theory.

Spis treści

Introduction: Educational Scarcity

Chapter 1: Developing a Winning Strategy for the Battle at the Ampersand

Chapter 2: Expanding the Idea of ‘Teachable Moments’

Chapter 3: Focusing on Planned Teachable Moments

Chapter 4: Creating Educational Energy

Chapter 5: Interpreting Dewey’s Law

Chapter 6: Humanizing Dewey’s Law

Chapter 7: Making Sense of a Science of Teaching

Chapter 8: Teachers Win!

Chapter 9: A Well-Functioning Ethnographic Infrastructure

Chapter 10: Teacher Professionalism and Teacher Accountability

Chapter 11: Love, Intimacy, and Tenure

Chapter 12: Teachers’ Mythography

Conclusion: Educational Abundance

Gramsci’s Razor

Democracy without Ideology

Progressivism and Educational Policy and Practice

A Bread and Butter Issue for Teachers

The Future of Dewey’s Law

References

O autorze

Greg Seals is Senior Education Consultant with Rides Over Mountains, LLC in Hightstown, NJ, USA.