The Quality of Pupil Learning Experiences (RLE Edu O) - Hardcover

Bennett, Neville; Desforges, Charles; Cockburn, Anne; Wilkinson, Betty

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415508738 ISBN 13: 9780415508735

Publisher: Routledge, 2011

Synopsis

Very little is known about the quality of the learning experiences provided for pupils. This book contains the results of a major research project, conducted in a sample of English primary schools, in which particular attention was paid to the tasks children were assigned, to the degree of match between assigned tasks and pupil attainment, to the detailed observation of children at work. The teacher’s problems in assigning work appropriate to children’s attainments and the special problem of matching posed by the transfer of children from one class to another were also subjected to analysis. Lessons learned from the project were used as a basis for the design of an in-service course for teachers. The course, which was aimed at improving teachers’ matching skills was closely evaluated. The report contains data and analysis pertinent to each of the above issues. The findings reveal that despite the conscientious efforts of able teachers a number of serious issues are apparent – particularly in areas such as classroom organization and teacher diagnosis of children’s work.

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About the Author:

Charles DesForges is currently a partner of CMD Associates (a Brussels-based, management consultancy group) and Chairman of Casect. From May 1997 until October 2000 he was Executive Director of IMnl, an international metal mining consortium based in Paris. From April 1993 to December 2000 he was Chief Executive of VSL (UK-based organisation specialising in innovation management and investment, European/USA strategic alliances and international licensing) and Chairman of Royston Lead plc from January 1996 to October 1997. He was Chairman and President of TII (The European Association for Technology Transfer, Innovation and Industrial Information) based in Luxembourg/Brussels from March 1988 to May 1996. He has been an adviser to the CEC for 15 years and since 1984 consultant to and director of a number of companies involved in strategic innovation and international business development.

Anne D. Cockburn is a Professor Emeritus in Early Years Education at the University of East Anglia (UEA). She was educated in Edinburgh before reading Psychology at the University of St Andrews. Subsequently, she trained to be a primary teacher and taught in Scotland. In 1979, she became a Research Fellow at the University of Lancaster, working with Neville Bennett and Charles Desforges. Her PhD was completed in 1986 at the UEA. Following a period of working as a researcher, she took up her first lectureship at UEA in 1989. She became an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society in 1994. Initially Anne's teaching focused on pre-service teacher education (BA and PGCE), gradually extending to in-service courses (BPhil and MA) and research (PhD and EdD). Throughout, she continued with her own research, with many of the catalysts for her investigations stemming from the needs and interests of professional practitioners and those with whom they work. More recently, she also started working with MA counselling students. Anne has examined doctoral theses, undergraduate and postgraduate courses at universities across the United Kingdom, Australia and Norway. She was a member of the Economic and Social Research Council Board of Examiners for studentships (2002 2005).

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0415508738
• ISBN 13: 9780415508735
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 274