Learning to Read Critically in Teaching and Learning / Edition 1

by Louise Poulson, Mike Wallace

Overview

This book combines a teaching text with exemplary reports of research and a literature review by international scholars.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761947981
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	10/21/2003
Series:	Learning to Read Critically series , #515
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	232
Product dimensions:	6.69(w) x 9.53(h) x (d)

About the Author

Mike Wallace is a Professor of Public Management at Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University, where he teaches postgraduate courses on research methods. He was formerly an Associate Director of the Advanced Institute of Management Research (AIM), responsible for research capacity building in the management field, and also the Economic and Social Research Council’s Strategic Adviser for Researcher Development. His research on managing change in the public services is reported in many books and academic journals. Most recently, he is lead author of a major monograph Developing Public Service Leaders: Elite Orchestration, Change Agency, Leaderism and Neoliberalization (Oxford University Press 2023). He is co-author of Critical Reading and Writing for Postgraduates (4th edition 2021).

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