New Designs for Teaching and Learning Promoting Active Learning in Tomorrow's Schools

by Adams, Dennis; Hamm, Mary

• ISBN13: 9780787900205
• ISBN10: 0787900206
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1994-10-28
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

Offers a practical survey of the most important trAnds in education--including critical thinking, cooperative learning, and portfolio assessment--and shows how they can be translated into classroom practice.

Author Biography

DENNIS ADAMS is a professor in the Department of Childhood Studies and Reading at West Chester University, West Chester, Pennsylvania. MARY HAMM is a professor of Education at San Francisco State University.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
The Authors	xv
Introduction: Revitalizing Teaching	1	(12)
Part One: New Instructional Developments	13	(120)
Critical Thinking	15	(26)
Cooperative Learning	41	(34)
Electronic Learning	75	(38)
Assessment Alternatives	113	(20)
Part Two: Content in the Classroom	133	(196)
Integrated Language Arts	135	(46)
Mathematical Power	181	(40)
Scientific Literacy	221	(38)
The Arts	259	(42)
Social Responsibility	301	(20)
Conclusion: A Bottom-Up Approach to Reform	321	(8)
References	329	(14)
Name Index	343	(4)
Subject Index	347