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Education Studies for Initial Teacher Development
L RAMRATHAN, L LE GRANGE & P HIGGS (EDITORS)
Education Studies for Initial Teacher Development provides foundational knowledge for education students engaged in initial teacher education programmes. It is structured according to the following key questions: What should initial teacher education students know about education as a foundational discipline in teaching? and, How should this foundational knowledge of education inform their practice as a professional teacher? The book includes the traditional foci of philosophy, sociology, psychology and teaching and learning, and emphasises how these foci influence the practice of teaching.
978 1 48510 266 3 978 1 48512 356 9 2017
528 PAGES
ZAR R427.00 ZAR R399.00
CONTENTS
Part 1: Learning and Teaching
• Understanding policy analysis: South
African policies shaping teachers as
professionals
• The challenge of a critical history of
education for South Africa
• The novice teacher as learner:
Becoming a strategic weaver of self-
directed professional learning
• Exploring teaching methods for
diverse educational milieux
• Technology in education for teachers
• Becoming and being a teacher leader
in schools
Part 2: Curriculum Studies
• Classical theories and theorists of
curriculum studies
• Contemporary curriculum theories
and their influence on teaching and
learning
• Curriculum development and design
• Outcomes-based Education:
Reviewing a system for education
• Assessment and curriculum Part 3: Philosophy in Education
• Why is philosophy important (for
education)?
• Apostmodernapproachtophilosophy
of education
• The crisis in education: Questioning
relations in education
ABOUT THE EDITORS
• Introducing philosophy for children in the school curriculum
• Can we speak of an African philosophy of education? Part 4: Sociology in Education
• The relevance of sociology for education
• Critical thinking and critical pedagogy in education
• Bourdieu and his key concepts relevant to education
• Exclusion, violence and education • Making sense of sociology in
schooling today
Part 5: Psychology in Education
• Educational psychology for teachers:
From philosophical-humanistic
analysis to scientific research methods • From the cognitive revolution to
constructivism
• Working memory in the classroom • Learning difficulties
• Inclusive education
Part 6: Research in Education
• Educational research: Key concepts • Key concepts and processes in
developing a research proposal • Ethicsineducationalresearch • Emancipatory action research • Decolonising or Indigenous
methodologies
Labby Ramrathan is an Associate Professor in the School of Education at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. Lesley le Grange is a Distinguished Professor at the University of Stellenbosch. Philip Higgs is an Emeritus Professor and Research Fellow in the Department of Education Studies at the University of South Africa.
SUITABLE FOR
BEd and PGCE pre-service teachers (all phases); practising teachers.
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