The book discusses the complex nature of understanding and what it means to teach for understanding. The processes and strategies that can support teaching for understanding are then exemplified in the context of different areas of the primary / elementary (4-11 years) school curriculum.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Editorial
Douglas P. Newton: Helping Children to Understand
Sue Beverton: Whatever Happened to Primary English Knowledge and Understanding?
Andrew Davis: Teaching for Understanding in Primary Mathematics
Lynn D. Newton: Teaching for Understanding in Primary Science
Anthony Blake: Developing Young Children’s Understanding: An Example from Earth Science
Steve Higgins: ICT and Teaching for Understanding
John Halocha: Teaching for Understanding in Primary Geography
Lynn D. Newton: Encouraging Historical Understanding in the Primary Classroom
Peter Millward and Anthony Parton: Expression in the Visual Arts
Eve English: Teaching for Understanding: Curriculum Guidance for the Foundation Stage
Notes on Contributors
Über den Autor
Lynn Newton taught for many years in the North East of England, initially as a primary teacher and then as an advisory teacher for primary science. She moved to Newcastle University in 1987, where she was Director of the Primary PGCE programme. She is now Director of Primary Programmes at Durham University and the tutor in charge of primary science. Her most recent publications are Co-ordinating Science Across the Primary School (Falmer, 1998) and Meeting the Standards in Primary Science (Routledge-Falmer, 2000).
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