Review of Reid & Ali (2020). Making Sense of Learning: A research based approach.
One of my publications is:
Taber, K. S. (2021). Making sense of a pedagogic text. Foundations of Chemistry. doi:10.1007/s10698-021-09405-8
Review of Reid, N., & Ali, A. A. (2020). Making Sense of Learning: A research based approach. Evidence to guide policy and practice,
with an emphasis on secondary stages. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature Switzerland AG. Softcover, ISBN 978-3-030-53676-3, £74.99. 1st ed. 2020, XXI, 496pp
Contents:
Introduction
Reviewing a textbook
A focus on general educational issues rather than subject pedagogy
Taking a polemic approach
A gloss on the history of education
Researching professional practice
Meaningless comparisons
Criticisms of educational research
Researching complexity
The trivia of methodologies
Why are there so many studies claiming constructivist pedagogy is superior?
Simplifying human learning
The critical role of WM
What is thinking?
A knowledge paradox
Long Term Memory is not a store
A teaching model of teaching
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