The concept of pedagogy has become increasingly important as a frame of reference for debate about teaching and learning. In this book, the authors analyseand explore contemporary ideas of pedagogy and explain how a new conception of pedagogy could transform educational institutions, particularly schools. In locating pedagogy as central to the process of education the authors: explore the historical and cultural antecedents of our understanding of pedagogy, analyse the way understanding of the working of the human mind influences teachingand learning, review and critique ideas about learning and the construction of knowledge, examine the way new forms of communication are impacting on the processes and purposes of pedagogic activity.
- ISBN: 978-1-4129-0723-1
- Editorial: Sage Publications Limited
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 192
- Fecha Publicación: 01/02/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés