Description
Book SynopsisThis book will enhance teachers' ethical decision-making and start important new conversations about power and opportunity.
Trade ReviewThis stimulating, challenging analysis encourages readers to develop questions of their own . . . Students, teachers, and administrators should all discuss the questions Vassallo raises.
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ChoiceTable of ContentsAcknowledgments
Introduction
Educational Psychology's Value for Teaching
A Critical Pause
Analyses in Educational Psychology
Engaging with the Analyses
1. Knowing Your Students
The Composition of Students
Ways of Knowing Students
Know Thyself
Conclusion
2. Principles of Motivation
Background
Approaches to Motivating Students
Critical Analysis
Conclusion
3. Higher Order Thinking
Creativity
Self Regulated Learning
Critical Thinking
Problem Solving
Critically Engaging with Higher Order Thinking
4. Theories of Developmen
Background
Dominant Theories
Contemporary Theory
Critical Analysis
A New Starting Point
5. Teaching as Management
Two Orientations to Management
Ethical Management
Conclusion
6. Attention
Conceptualization
The Crisis of Attention
Critical Analysis
Conclusion
7. Assessment and Measurement
Background
Conceptualization
Types of Assessments and Measurements
The Ethics of Assessment and Measurement
Conclusion
Conclusion
References
Index
