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...educational setting and are interested in learning more about some of the theory that underpins good teaching. At the heart of education are knowledge and learning. Both are complex but how they are viewed has profound effects on what happens in formal educational settings such as classrooms. Together they are manifested in classroom ‘pedagogy’, defined as ‘the...

...Technological Education, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 79–96 [Online]. Available at dx.doi.org/10.1080/02635140120046240 (Accessed 16 May 2016). Vosniadou, S., Ioannides, C., Dimitrakopoulou A. and Papademetriou, E. (2001) ‘Designing learning environments to promote conceptual change in science,’ Learning and Instruction, vol. 11, no. 4-5, pp. 381–419. Watts, D. (1998)...

...education...This free course, School geography: Exploring a definition, focuses on how geography is currently being taught and understood. While studying it you will read about the significance of geography as a subject, looking at differing views as to exactly which disciplines make up geography. The course also includes a lesson plan and a look at definitions of...

...education approach, but I don’t remember how the topic of pregnancy came up. What I do remember is her telling me that she and her friends talked a lot about pregnancy and “diseases” she could get through sex. As I probed further, she matter-of-factly explained a variety of “facts” she had heard that were completely inaccurate. You couldn’t get pregnant until...

...educational apps] Digital books have several practical assets that position them ahead of print books: e-books are readily available on devices that children from low-income families already have in their hands. Individual titles are cheaper to buy and easier to distribute on scale. It follows that replacing digital reading with print reading would remove access to texts...

...education for a few years, Danielle discovered OpenLearn, through which she discovered a love of psychology, which ultimately led to her returning to education with The Open University. As she says, ‘I’ve become a lifelong learner!’...[Danielle Martin]Danielle is studying for a BSc in Psychology at The OU, starting her third module in October 2022, but it all...