Teaching in Further Education An Outline of Principles and Practice [Hardcover]

Jonathan Tummons has sensitively updated Curzon's long-establishedTeaching in Further Education, ensuring that not only does this new edition provide the academically rigorous approach of previous editions but it also offers an up to date guide to current practice and research. Topics covered include:

- Theories of learning
- The teaching-learning process
- Instructional techniques
- Assessment and evaluation
- Intelligence and ability

This is the complete guide for those training to work in the Further Education sector.

L. B. Curzon, formerly principal of colleges of FE in Chester and London, UK, was an experienced teacher with a background in economics and law.

Jonathan Tummonsis Lecturer in Education and Pathway Leader for the MSc in Educational Assessment at Durham University, UK.

Preface
Part I: An Overview of the Teaching-Learning Process
1. Education, Teaching and Learning
2. Defining and Understanding the Practice of Teaching
Part II: Theories of Learning: Psychological Perspectives
3. Behaviourism
4. Neo-behaviourism
5. Gestaltism
6. Cognitivism
6. Humanism
Part III: Theories of Learning: Social and Cultural Perspectives
8. Learning as a Social Practice
9. Social Constructivism
10. Communities of Practice
11. Activity Theory and Expansive Learning
12. Social and Cultural Research Perspectives on Further Education
Part IV: Communication and Control: The Essence of the Teaching-Learning Process
13. Communication in Teaching and Learning
14. Controlling and Managing Teaching-Learning Processes
15. Aims, Objectives and Outcomes in Planning for Learning
16. Taxonomies of Learning
Part V: Managing the Teaching-Learning Process
17. The Teacher as Manager and Leader
18. Course and Curriculum Design and Content
19. Theoretical and Practical Approaches to Learning and Knowing
20. Motivating Stls.