Working in Classrooms: Teaching, Time and Space. Learning Guide - Section One
Time and space are the medium of human existence. Everything we do happens somewhere and takes some time, perhaps a minute, perhaps an hour, perhaps years. All our projects and activities -large and small, serious and playful- are enabled and constrained by time and space. But this does not mean that we are somehow at the mercy of time and space. As human agents– that is as people able to... more
Working in Classrooms: Teaching, Time and Space. Learning Guide - Introduction
Working in Classrooms looks at how arrangements of time and space shape school teaching; and at how teachers, principals and government departments of education shape the time and space for learning in schools. more
Working in Classrooms. Reading 9 - A staffroom conversation
This dialogue is one of the series of dialogues and cases that Wally Morrow and other members of the writing team prepared for the Learning Guide Working in Classrooms: Teaching, Time and Space. more
Working in Classrooms. Reading 8 - Amusing ourselves to death
Although both extracts about television, they also present a set of arguments about information, learning and education. more
Working in Classrooms. Reading 5 - The children and their learning needs: Balancing individual and whole class teaching
An important part of a teacher’s work is to establish a classroom climate that encourages and enables learning. In the first set of extracts below, Janet Moyles suggests ways in which primary teachers can establish a positive classroom climate, especially at the beginning of the school year with a new class. more
Using Media in Teaching: Learning Guide. Section Seven - Using Computer Technologies in Schools
The current optimism about computers makes it easier to find funding for projects that involve computers than it is to find sources willing to contribute to teacher development or basic infrastructure, such as toilets, chairs or chalk. Computers and the Internet are 'cool' and easy to generate enthusiasm about. As with television, though, we need to view such enthusiasm for computers... more
Using Media in Teaching: Learning Guide. Section Six - Using Textbooks in Teaching
Textbooks are very useful educational resources. But they must be used well. In order to make the best use of textbooks within a media-rich teaching style, we need to understand how textbooks differ from the popular media resources we will use in our classroom. more
Using Media in Teaching: Learning Guide. Section Five - Understanding Popular Media
How can we help learners to develop the ability to respond to media more critically? This section aims to enable you to do just that. In Section 5.1 we introduce you to two approaches teachers can use to teach media literacy. We will call these approaches – that, you will notice, have important overlaps – a MAP approach and a Keys Concepts approach. more
Using Media in Teaching: Learning Guide. Section Four - Using Popular Electronic Media in Teaching
Popular electronic media provide teachers with excellent resources for improving language skills, such as listening and speaking. Like newspapers and magazines, radio and television also provide a rich resource base for enriching the teaching of content knowledge in different learning areas. more
Using Media in Teaching: Learning Guide. Section Three - Using Popular Print Media in the Classroom
In this section we will explore how popular print media – in particular newspapers and magazines – can be used to improve classroom learning and teaching. more
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