Author: E. Stone
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: approach, pedagogical, education, psychology
Number of Pages: 512
Published: 1984-09-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0416376606
ISBN-13: 9780416376609

Professor Stones develops the thesis that teaching involves the teacher in psychological experimentation. Thus one of the most important laboratories for testing the application of learned theories is the classroom.

Author: H.d. Adamson
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: perspective, pedagogical, theoretical, variation, interlanguage
Number of Pages: 214
Published: 2008-12-10
List price: $125.00
ISBN-10: 0805855769
ISBN-13: 9780805855760

In this book H.D. Adamson reviews scholarship in sociolinguistics and second language acquisition, comparing theories of variation in first- and second-language speech, with special attention to the psychological underpinnings of variation theory.

Author: Terence Odlin
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: applied, linguistics, cambridge, grammar, pedagogical, perspectives
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 1994-03-25
List price: $38.00
ISBN-10: 0521449901
ISBN-13: 9780521449908

In Perspectives on Pedagogical Grammar, Professor Odlin brings together eleven authorities from various parts of the world to update current theory and research in this area of language pedagogy. The first section addresses grammatical analysis, covering Chomskyan Universal Grammar and a number of alternative models. Section two shows how lexicon and discourse rules interact with and influence the grammatical system. A final section deals directly with applications, outlining effective methods of teaching grammar in different areas of the language curriculum.

Authors:DIANE HOEVELER, JEFFREY CASS,
Publisher: Ohio State University Press
Keywords: pedagogical, approaches, contextual, orientalism, interrogating
Number of Pages: 328
Published: 2006-11-04
List price: $41.95
ISBN-10: 0814210325
ISBN-13: 9780814210321

Orientalism is based upon the traditional belief that Western culture is superior to that of Islamic countries of the Near and Middle East. It arose in the British colonial period in the belief that the East was not civilized enough to understand itself; therefore, it had to be "interpreted" by the West for both Easterners and Westerners, thus giving rise to an "Us versus Them" dichotomy which has proved to be increasingly dangerous. As a concept, Orientalism has generated new fields of study and dynamically affected fields as diverse as anthropology, history, popular culture,

Authors:Regan A. R. Gurung, Beth M. Schwartz,
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Keywords: pedagogical, research, practicing, learning, teaching, optimizing
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2009-01-27
List price: $52.95
ISBN-10: 1405161795
ISBN-13: 9781405161794

Optimizing Teaching and Learning will serve as a practical guide for anyone, anywhere, who is interested in improving their teaching, the learning of their students, and correspondingly, contribute to the scholarship of teaching and learning. Bridges the gap between the research and practice of SoTL Provides explicit instructions on how to design, conduct, analyze, and write-up SoTL work Includes samples of actual questionnaires and other materials (e.g., focus group questions) that will jumpstart investigations into teaching and learning Explores the advantages and d

Author: The AACTE Committee on Innovation and Technology
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: tpck, educators, knowledge, content, technological, pedagogical, handbook
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 2008-01-15
List price: $69.95
ISBN-10: 0805863567
ISBN-13: 9780805863567

Published by Taylor & Francis Group for the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education This Handbook addresses the concept and implementation of technological pedagogical content knowledge -- the knowledge and skills that teachers need in order to integrate technology meaningfully into instruction in specific content areas. Recognizing, for example, that effective uses of technology in mathematics are quite different from effective uses of technology in social studies, teachers need specific preparation in using technology in each content area they will be teaching. Offeri

Author: Davies Bronwyn/Gannon Susanne (eds.)
Publisher: Peter Lang
Keywords: series, curriculum, studies, book, conversation, encounters, complicated, pedagogical
Number of Pages: 170
Published: 2009-10-16
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 143310816X
ISBN-13: 9781433108167

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