Researching Cultures of Learning

Type Book Section - Reforming Teacher Education in East Africa: The Importance of Socio-cultural Context
Title Researching Cultures of Learning
Author(s)
Publication (Day/Month/Year) 2013
Page numbers 80-94
Publisher Palgrave Macmillan UK
URL http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1057/9781137296344_5
Abstract
Enabling pupils to become proficient at using spoken language is seen as one of the major goals of education. Pupils are expected to express their thoughts and engage with others in joint intellectual activity so as to advance their individual capacity for productive, rational and reflective thinking. The guided co-construction of knowledge, in which a teacher talks with pupils in whole class, group and individual situations to guide their thinking, together with opportunities for collaborative learning to promote critical thinking and problem solving, is, therefore, seen as being central to the educational process (Hardman, 2008a).

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