In the UK and elsewhere, the training of teachers is increasingly seen as a matter of partnership between schools and institutions of higher education. There is thus an urgent need within the profession to define more carefully what the role of teachers acting as mentors should be. Clearly some aspects of professional knowledge can only be acquired from practical experience in school, and this book draws on extensive research on students' school-based learning to isolate and analyze those aspects.
In the UK and elsewhere, the training of teachers is increasingly seen as a matter of partnership between schools and institutions of higher education...
In the UK and elsewhere, the training of teachers is increasingly seen as a matter of partnership between schools and institutions of higher education. There is thus an urgent need within the profession to define more carefully what the role of teachers acting as mentors should be. Clearly some aspects of professional knowledge can only be acquired from practical experience in school, and this book draws on extensive research on students' school-based learning to isolate and analyze those aspects.
In the UK and elsewhere, the training of teachers is increasingly seen as a matter of partnership between schools and institutions of higher education...
The last quarter of the 20th century was a very important period in history of education. Beginning with the so-called Great Debate, the period witnessed intense public and political interest in educational issues, culminating in an almost unprecedented amount of education-related legislation, the most symbolic of which was the Education Reform Act of 1988. Some scholars have rightly claimed that the education system was transformed during this period, pointing to major changes in the ways in which schools, further education colleges and universities were organized, managed and controlled....
The last quarter of the 20th century was a very important period in history of education. Beginning with the so-called Great Debate, the period witnes...
What are young people really doing on computers at home? Computers feature heavily in the lives of young people and this book sets out to question commonplace assumptions about the use of technology by children at home. Bringing together research from the perspectives of psychology, sociology, education and media studies, the authors ask whether we are really witnessing the rise of a new digital generation.
What are young people really doing on computers at home? Computers feature heavily in the lives of young people and this book sets out to question com...
Learning with technology is viewed globally as crucial to establishing a skilled workforce and empowering citizens by offering opportunities to those who would be otherwise excluded. Governments around the world have therefore set targets and developed policies to help all adults learn, work and live with the support of information and communications technologies (ICTs). This illuminating and engaging book sheds light on the ways in which adults in the 21st century interact with ICTs for learning at home, work and within the wider community. Based on one of the first large-scale academic...
Learning with technology is viewed globally as crucial to establishing a skilled workforce and empowering citizens by offering opportunities to those ...
This engaging book sheds light on the ways in which adults in the twenty-first century interact with technology in different learning environments. Based on one of the first large-scale academic research projects in this area, the authors present their findings and offer practical recommendations for the use of new technology in a learning society. They invite debate on:
why ICTs are believed to be capable of affecting positive change in adult learning
the drawbacks and limits of ICT in adult education
what makes a lifelong learner
the wider...
This engaging book sheds light on the ways in which adults in the twenty-first century interact with technology in different learning environments....
This study focuses on the development of the discipline of education, how it is understood and practised in contemporary universities, and the potential threats to its future. As the author, John Furlong argues, disciplines are not only intellectually coherent fields of study; they also have a political life, they are argued for, supported, challenged and debated.
This study focuses on the development of the discipline of education, how it is understood and practised in contemporary universities, and the potenti...
