{"product_id":"essays-on-pedagogy-paperback","title":"Essays on Pedagogy - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobin Alexander\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeven authoritative contributions to the emerging field of pedagogy and to comparative, cultural and policy studies in education. A must for those who want to do more than merely comply with received versions of 'best practice'. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePedagogy is at last gaining the attention in English-speaking countries which it has long enjoyed elsewhere. But is it the right kind of attention? Do we still tend to equate pedagogy with teaching technique and little more? Now that governments, too, have become interested in it, is pedagogy a proper matter for public policy and official prescription?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Essays on Pedagogy, Robin Alexander brings together some of his most powerful recent writing, drawing on research undertaken in Britain and other countries, to illustrate his view that to engage properly with pedagogy we need to apply cultural, historical and international perspectives, as well as evidence on how children most effectively learn and teachers most productively teach. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book includes chapters on a number of themes, expertly woven together: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003ethe politicisation of school and classroom life and the trend towards a pedagogy of compliance; \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003ethe benefits and hazards of international comparison; \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003epedagogical dichotomies old and new, and how to avoid them; \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003ehow education and pedagogy might respond to a world in peril; \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003ethe rare and special chemistry of the personal and the professional which produces outstanding teaching; \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003ethe scope and character of pedagogy itself, as a field of enquiry and action. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor those who see teachers as thinking professionals, rather than as technicians who merely comply with received views of 'best practice', this book will open minds while maintaining a practical focus. For student teachers it will provide a framework for their development. Its strong and consistent international perspective will be of interest to educational comparativists, but is also an essential response to globalisation and the predicaments now facing humanity as a whole. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobin Alexander is Fellow of Wolfson College at Cambridge University, UK, Professor of Education Emeritus at Warwick University, UK, and Director of the Primary Review. His Culture and Pedagogy (2001) won the Outstanding Book Award of the American Educational Research Association.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47220125466873,"sku":"9780415454834","price":89.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/MWlCZ2t2QmttcUwvV1JxYjd4Tlp3QT09.webp?v=1768174113","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/essays-on-pedagogy-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}