| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 164 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-159) and index. |
| Contents |
1 Curriculum, teaching methods and learning difficulties; 2 Teacher-centred approaches to instruction; 3 Student-centred approaches to learning; 4 Classroom interactions for learning and teaching; 5 Teaching basic academic skills: literacy; 6 Teaching basic academic skills: mathematics; 7 Teaching science; 8 Teaching social studies, history, geography and environmental education; 9 Support for learning; References; Index. |
| Summary |
Using a cross-curricular perspective, this text explores a number of teacher-directed and student-centred instructional approaches for classroom use. Strengths and weaknesses in each approach are highlighted, and specifi c aspects of any approach that may cause or exacerbate learning diffi culties are identifi ed and discussed. In addition to basic academic skills of literacy and numeracy, the writer has extended his discussion of effective teaching methods into the subject domains of science, social studies, history, geography and environmental education. Attention is also given to cla. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Effective teaching.
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Effective teaching. |
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Learning.
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Learning. |
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Education -- Curricula.
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Education -- Curricula. |
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Learning disabilities.
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Learning disabilities. |
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Literacy -- Study and teaching.
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Literacy -- Study and teaching. |
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Literacy. |
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Numeracy -- Study and teaching.
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Numeracy -- Study and teaching. |
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Numeracy. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| In: |
Humanities & Social Sciences Collection. Melbourne, Vic: RMIT Publishing |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Westwood, Peter S. Teaching and learning difficulties. Camberwell, Vic. : ACER Press, 2006 0864314930 9780864314932 (OCoLC)76888273 |
| ISBN |
9781429490337 (electronic book) |
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1429490330 (electronic book) |
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9780864314932 |
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0864314930 |
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