Reviews: Active learning
7 reviews found for "Active learning"
- Book Review: Action Research in Teaching and Learning: A practical guide to conducting pedagogical research in universities
- Book Review: Action Research in Teaching and Learning: A practical guide to conducting pedagogical research in universities
- Book Review: When Teaching Becomes Learning: A Theory And Practice Of Teaching
- The book comprises two complementary sections, Learning and Teaching. It is crucial for Sotto that learning is considered first. He uses a successful blend of relevant theories and his own personal experiences to situate his approach in a rigorously academic, yet thoroughly practical manner, and the result would be attractive to practitioners who otherwise might shy away from theory (i.e. busy practising teachers). However, it is a dense volume...
- Book review : Gifted and talented in the early years : practical activities for children aged 3 to 5
- This is a book review of Gifted and talented in the early years : practical activities for children aged 3 to 5 by Margaret Sutherland, published by Paul Chapman Educational Publishing in 2005, ISBN 9781412903684. It was reviewed by Keith Savage of Stockport College on behalf of ESCalate. This book is a guide for practice rather than an academic text, but it introduces in a fairly gentle way the ideas of Bruner (learning and culture), Gardner...
- Book review : Action research in the classroom
- This is a book review of Action research in the classroom by Vivienne Baumfield, Elaine Hall, and Kate Wall, published by Sage Publications in 2008, ISBN 9781412930406. It was reviewed by Andy Reynolds of Swansea Metropolitan University for ESCalate. The seven sections of the book guide the reader through the action research journey: Creating and Translating Knowledge about Teaching and Learning, Deciding on a Research Question and Choosing...
- Book review : Teaching in the lifelong learning sector
- This is a book review of Teaching in the lifelong learning sector by Peter Scales, published by the Open University Press in 2008, ISBN 9780335222407. It was reviewed by Jonathan Tummons of the University of Teesside on behalf of ESCalate. The book has a number of key textual features that are present throughout the book. Chapters have specific aims and are mapped to relevant parts of the QTLS framework; extracts from reflective journals provided...
- Book review : The book : mark project
- This is a book review of The book : mark project edited by Lucy Austin et al., and published by Real Ideas Organisation in 2008. It was reviewed by Keith Savage of Stockport College on behalf of ESCalate. Lucy Austin worked with two primary schools in Bristol as an artist-in-residence and records and reports here how she tried to get pupils, parents and teachers to think differently about how to set about working as an artist. In a dozen very...
- Book review : Doing action research : a guide for school support staff
- This is a book review of Doing action research : a guide for school support staff, by Claire Taylor, Min Wilkie, Judith Baser, published by Paul Chapman Educational Publishing in 2006, ISBN 9781412912785. It was reviewed by Keith Savage of Stockport College on behalf of ESCalate. This book is very much a manual rather than a textbook. In six short chapters and less than 100 pages we are presented with a guide that should enable us to complete...