Author : Soo Boon Ng
Publisher : LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9783838347110
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (471 download)
Book Synopsis Creating Thoughtful Classroom by : Soo Boon Ng
Download or read book Creating Thoughtful Classroom written by Soo Boon Ng and published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2010-04 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reports show that many thinking based curriculum have not been successfully implemented, mismatch between intended and implemented curriculum persists. This book explored how four secondary school master teachers involved in curriculum review internalized and taught using a new thinking science curriculum. Based on inquiry onto their understanding of the curriculum and observation of their teaching, the writer explored how they planned and created thoughtful classroom. Content of this book is based on finding of a qualitative case study using Strauss & Corbin s coding procedure and the Paradigm Model with constant comparative technique. Detailed explanation of research design, methodology, instrument, validity, reliability, with-in case and cross case analysis is provided. The book also recorded the writer s working experience in creating a thinking based curriculum. This book can be used by curriculum developers to improve the process of dissemination, guide teachers to discover their conception of teaching. The cases of teaching described will add to the reservoir of knowledge on practice of teaching to be used by teacher trainers and others.