Learners, Learning and Educational Activity
Judith Ireson
Routledge
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Professor of Psychology in Education Judith Ireson presents
Learners, Learning and Educational Activity, a discussion of advanced
educational concepts that collects ideas and research from psychology
and social theory. The primary emphasis is that learning in schools and
other settings is best understood and improved staying alert to both the
needs of individual learners and the educational contexts in which
learning takes place. Chapters discuss diverse cultural perspectives on
learning and thinking, the interconnections between the individual and
his or her culture both at home and at school, how to best optimize
interactions for students' learning, and more. "Classroom talk
may also be used to encourage children's participation in
meaningful exchanges that build on and develop their ideas and lines of
thinking. Particular forms of interaction encourage these types of
exchange, especially those that reduce the teacher's traditional,
domination of classroom talk through transmission of information.
Exchanges that encourage dialogic, as opposed to monologic, styles of
interaction provide students with space to explore an express their own
ideas and think about them in relation to those of their classmates and
their teacher." A welcome contribution to educational studies
shelves that reviews crucial topics and problems confronted by teachers
and educational professionals on a day-to-day basis.
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