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Book Synopsis`
Learning to Read Critically in Teaching and Learning offers a contribution to the debates on curriculum and pedagogy. The title itself is especially noteworthy since it indicates quite clearly that the reader is being encouraged both to learn and to develop their critical faculties on the topic of teaching and learning. This is a clever multi-layering of meaning that reflects the aims of the book extremely well' -
School Leadership & ManagementThis book combines a teaching text with exemplary reports of research and a literature review by international scholars. Part One offers ideas on: how to become a critical reader and self-critical writer of literature; how to apply these insights in planning a written assignment, dissertation or thesis.
The student is provided with a framework for the critical analysis of any text and shown how to incorporate it in a literature review.
Part Two presents accounts of leading-edge resea
Table of Contents
PART ONE: BECOMING A CRITICAL CONSUMER OF THE LITERATURE Critical Reading for Self-Critical Writing - Mike Wallace and Louise Poulson Designing and Writing about Research - Louise Poulson and Mike Wallace Developing a Critical Frame of Mind PART TWO: MEETING THE CHALLENGE OF REPORTING RESEARCH Changing Instructional and Assessment Practices through Professional Development - Hilda Borko with Kathryn Davinroy, Carribeth Bliem and Kathryn Cumbo Learning from Homework - Martin Hughes and Pamela Greenhough A Case Study An Inquiry into the Moral Dimensions of Teaching - Gary Fenstermacher and Virginia Richardson Investigating Formative Classroom Assessment - Harry Torrance and John Pryor Participation and Control in Learning - Diane Reay and Madeleine Arnot A Pedagogic Democratic Right? Primary School Teachers′ Theoretical Beliefs about Literacy - Louise Poulson and Elias Avramidis An Exploratory Study PART THREE: MEETING THE CHALLENGE OF REPORTING A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE Promoting Inclusive Education - Elias Avramidis and Brahm Norwich A Review of Literature on Teachers′ Attitudes towards Integration and Inclusion
