Understanding and Using Educational Theories
- Karl Aubrey - Bishop Grosseteste University, UK
- Alison Riley - Bishop Grosseteste University, UK
Early Childhood Education | Primary Education (General) | Teaching Methods & Learning Styles
" I expect that this book will equip and inspire students to engage first-hand with the texts of these creative and influential educational writers."-David Aldridge, Programme Lead: Professional Education, Oxford Brookes University
If you’re training to teach or studying education a clear understanding of major educational theories and the thinkers behind them is essential in order to appreciate how different practices impact on learning.
This textbook gives you a clear overview of the most influential twentieth and twenty-first century thinkers on education, including established names (including Vygotsky, Bruner, Dewey), more recent writers (such as Freire, Kolb, Claxton) and many other important theorists whose writings have helped shaped our views on teaching and learning.
Each chapter includes:
- Practical examples showing how theories can be used to inform classroom teaching
- Critiques of each theorist exploring opposing viewpoints and the strengths and weaknesses of different ideas
- Reflective tasks inviting you to apply what you’ve read to your own educational experiences
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The chapters are accessibly written and accurate, serving to set the selected thinkers in context and draw the student’s attention to key themes. I expect that this book will equip and inspire students to engage first-hand with the texts of these creative and influential educational writers.
Accessible, broad introduction for teachers and trainee teachers to be able to dip into (or read through) to understand educational theory & theorists and their contexts. An essential for all interested in educational theory.
An excellent introduction to educational theories and their major proponents.
This book represents a clear introductory text to a range of educational theory. They provide entry-level access to key ideas, critique and links to other theories. The further reading suggestions are also helpful for students who wish to engage more deeply with the theorists.
This book covers early years, school and adults contexts with the inclusion of early theorists such as Dewey to more contemporary theorists like Claxton. The book contains a summary of each theory together with a critique and practical ideas to apply the theory to the classroom. This is a useful book that encourages reflection and the application of theory to practice. It will be adopted for our reading list.
fantastic book for learners to be able to digest knowledge about a variety of theorists at a level that is understandable to them.
It is broken down into sections which are clearly labelled and accessible for a variety of levels.
This is a very accessible text which provides a clear overview of core educational theories. Undergraduates will find this particularly useful when trying to categorise and compare educational concepts.
This book provides practitioners and student teachers with a good overview as to key theories and theorists, as well as outlining how the those elements might be implemented within practice. We wholly recommend this book for use by our initial teacher trainees from the outset of their course.
Very specific to the course content for the course. Supports students understanding of complex ideas well
The book gives a concise guide to some of the most relevant educational theories, providing background to the theorist and notes on critiquing and using the theory in practice. This book allows the student to explore further the educational theories that are relevant to their teaching practice and to enable them to begin to embed educational theory into their own teaching practice. The book also provides an excellent reference for their continued professional development as teachers.
