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UNINA9910817281103321 |
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Titolo |
Bad education : debunking myths in education / / edited by Philip Adey and Justin Dillon |
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Maidenhead, Berkshire ; ; New York, : Open University Press, 2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-96129-6 |
0-335-24602-8 |
9780335246021 |
9780335246014 |
033524601X |
9781283961295 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xxv, 297 pages) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Education - Research |
Charter schools |
Education - Aims and objectives |
Teaching |
Learning |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Bad Education : Debunking myths in education; Contents; Notes on contributors; Foreword; Introduction; Part 1: School organization; 1 Are there 'good' schools and 'bad' schools?; 2 Is vocational education for the less able?; 3 Grouping pupils by ability in schools; 4 Class size: is small better?; 5 Supporting learning?: How effective are teaching assistants?; Part 2: Teaching methods; 6 Traditional versus progressive education; 7 Synthetic phonics: the route to reading?; 8 Is informal education better than formal education?; 9 The social and emotional aspects of learning (SEAL) |
10 Computers good, calculators bad?Part 3: Learners; 11 Left-brain, right-brain, brain games and beanbags: neuromyths in education; 12 From fixed IQ to multiple intelligences; 13 Learning styles: unreliable, invalid and impractical and yet still widely used; 14 'TV is bad for children' - less emotion, more science please!; 15 Playing with |
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