Subject-Specific Instructional Methods and Activities

Name: Subject-Specific Instructional Methods and Activities
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ISBN: 9780762306152

ISBN-10: 0762306157

ISBN-13: 9780762306152

Edition: 2001

Authors: Jere E. Brophy

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Researchers in education and geography embed analysis of instructional methods and learning activities such as lecture, discussion, and simulation into the context of purposes and goals of specific subject matter. They respond to the dilemma that teacher education textbooks and much research on teaching have focused on relatively generic methods, often with little consideration of subject matter or instructional goals. However, commonly endorsed ideas about good teaching typically include the alignment of methods with goals and intended outcome, pedagogical content knowledge, and teaching within students' prior knowledge and proximal development. These all suggest that good teaching varies…

Book details

List price: $166.99
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
Publication date: 4/6/2001
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 478
Size: 5.91" wide x 8.86" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.804
Language: English



List of Contributors


Introduction



Beginning Reading Instruction: Moving Beyond the Debate Over Methods Into the Study of Principled Teaching Practices



Content Area Reading and Literature Studies



Instructional Methods and Learning Activities in Teaching Writing



Teaching and Learning Mathematics: How Instruction Can Foster the Knowing and Understanding of Number



A Research-Based Perspective on Teaching School Geometry



High School Biology Instruction: Targeting Deeper Understanding for Biological Literacy



The Teaching and Learning of Physics



Chemistry: A Matter of Understanding Representations



Earth Science



Subject Specific Teaching Methods: History



Teaching Methods in Physical Geography: Bridging Tradition and Technology



Teaching Methods in Cultural Geography: Making A World of Difference



Principles of Subject-Specific Instruction in Education for Citizenship



Enhancing Economic Education Through Improved Teaching Methods: Common Sense Made Easy



Discussion