Ways of Thinking, Ways of Teaching

by George Hillocks

Book Overview

Ways of Thinking, Ways of Teaching presents a model of teacher thinking and action - one that explains teacher decisions about what and how to teach. Combining qualitative and quantitative data drawn from observations and interviews with urban teachers of writing, George Hillocks argues that teacher knowledge is not simply transferred from some source to the teacher. Rather, it is constructed on the basis of assumptions about epistemology, students,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807738034
• ISBN13: 9780807738030
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Length: 149 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.2" x 9.0"