Contemporary Issues in Teaching and Learning (Paperback)

Contents:
1. Introduction 2. Communities of learning and thinking, or a content by any other name A.L. Browne and J.C. Campoine 3. Physics in the primary school: peer interaction and the understanding of floating and sinking C. Howe and A. Tolmie 4. Learning from Jason M.J. Drummond 5. Integrating assessment with learning - a constructivist approach P. Murphy 6. Educational assessment: the myth of measurement P. Broadfoot 7. Responding to pressures: a study of four secondary schools S. Brown, S. Riddell and J. Duffield 8. The challenge of turning round ineffective schools J. Gray and B. Wilcox 9. The problem of good primary practice R. Alexander 10. A new professional discourse? Adjusting to managerialism P. Woods and R. Jeffrey 11. Schooling and the cultural production of masculinities M. Mac an Ghaill 12. Redefining black womanhood H. Mirza 13. Liberal education and the nature of knowledge P.H.Hirst