Instructional Risk in Education
why instruction can fail
- Paperback
158 pages
- Release Date
11 May 2018
Summary
This book is based on the idea that instruction carries in-built risks, and instructional practices can be counterproductive unless used with care. Referencing a wide range of approaches to increasing effectiveness, Instructional Risk provides an explanation of why some forms of instruction are less powerful than they should be. Elaborating on rather than advising against these forms of instruction, it illustrates how teachers can use instructional practices effectively through managing ri…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780815355847 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 081535584X |
| Author: | Stuart McNaughton |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis Inc |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 158 |
| Release Date: | 11 May 2018 |
| Weight: | 249g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 156mm |
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Critics Review
Instructional Risk in Education: Why Instruction Can Fail is a thoughtful and provocative book that deserves to be widely read and discussed. At the heart of it are analyses of the types of knowledge involved in successful teaching and considerations of how education may be lost. McNaughton draws on an extensive range of ideas in psychology and education. He illustrates his points with telling examples from work on primary and secondary schooling, but it has much to offer those interested in any phase of education.
Richard Cowan, UCL Institute of Education, UK
About The Author
Stuart McNaughton
Stuart McNaughton is Professor of Education at the University of Auckland and New Zealand’s Chief Education Scientific Advisor.
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