Classroom Pedagogy and Primary Practice

In this provocative book, David McNamara argues that a 'teacher-centred' approch to teaching in the primary school, especially in the later years is actually in the best interests of the children - that the teacher must be seen to have ultimate responsibility for what and how children learn.

He attempts to define the distinctive professional expertise of the primary teacher - the application of subject knowledge within the special circumstances of the classroom - and to show how this expertise can be articulated to establish a body of educational knowledge which is both derived from practice and practically useful to others. At a time when increasing emphasis is being placed on the role of the practising teacher as a mentor in intitial teacher education, this book will help teachers at all levels to define their own role in the creation of educational knowledge.

Book Details

• Authors: David McNamara, Professor David Mcnamara
• Publisher: Routledge
• eBook ISBN: 9781134889594, 1134889593
• Print ISBN: 9780415083126, 0415083125
• Other ISBNs: 0415083117, 1138411302, 9780415083119, 9781138411302, 0203133951, 6610328269, 1280328266, 1134889550, 1134889607, 0203308700, 9780203133958, 9786610328260, 9781280328268, 9781134889556, 9781134889600, 9780203308707