Commonsense Questions about Instruction

Gerard Giordano

doi:10.5771/9781475805109

Summary

Parents want teachers to explain how they instruct children. They become annoyed when the teachers are silent or surly. Parents counter with explicit, common sense questions: how do teachers arouse interest, design curricula, reinforce discipline, assign grades, designate textbooks, and select technology? This book examines the parents' questions, the answers they elicited, the allies they attracted, and the improvements they initiated.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2014
ISBN-Print: 978-1-4758-0508-6
ISBN-Online: 978-1-4758-0510-9
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 162
Product type: Book Titles

1. Contents No access
2. Preface: Have Commonsense Questions Affected Teaching? No access
3. Acknowledgment No access
Chapter 1: Why Ask Shrewd Questions? No access Pages 1 - 12
Chapter 2: What Is Instruction’s Goal? No access Pages 13 - 24
Chapter 3: What Are the Fundamental Subjects? No access Pages 25 - 40
Chapter 4: What Prods Learning? No access Pages 41 - 54
Chapter 5: How Complex Is Classroom Discipline? No access Pages 55 - 68
Chapter 6: What Are the Right Questions about Textbooks? No access Pages 69 - 82
Chapter 7: How Much Technology Do Teachers Need? No access Pages 83 - 94
Chapter 8: Do Grades Matter? No access Pages 95 - 106
Chapter 9: What Prods Politicians to Collaborate on Schools? No access Pages 107 - 116
Chapter 10: How Much Data on Teachers Is Needed? No access Pages 117 - 128
References No access Pages 129 - 160
About the Author No access Pages 161 - 162