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Annotation `This presents a useful and thoughtful overview of the ways in which thinking about pedagogy has changed in research and practice' - Dr A Loveless, University of Brighton `I commend it to anyone with a concern for teaching in any of its forms' - School Leadership and Management In this controversial book, Peter Mortimore and a team from London University's Institute of Education explore what is meant by the term pedagogy. They investigate its context and describe some of the recent shifts in thinking about it. Pedagogy affects the way hundreds of thousands of learners of different ages and stages are taught. Yet, until recently, it has been a neglected topic. Instead of having access to systematic evidence about its impact, innovative teachers have been guided only by ideological positions, folk wisdom and fashionable enthusiasms for particular approaches. The contributors to this book, all with professional backgrounds as teachers, have scoured the literature to examine the impact of different pedagogies on nursery, primary and secondary schools as well as on further education colleges, universities and the workplace. The book also considers learners with special educat

Author

Peter Mortimore

Publisher

SAGE Publications, Limited SAGE Publications, Incorporated [distributor

Published

1999

Language

EN

ISBN

9781853964527

Subjects

Education