Description

Problem Solving for Teaching and Learning explores the importance of problem solving to learning in everyday personal and social contexts.

This book is divided into three sections: Cognitive Architecture of Problem Solving, Teaching as Problem Solving, and Learning as Problem Solving, allowing readers to gain an insight into the various sub-topics that problem solving in learning and teaching introduces. Drawing together diverse perspectives on problem solving located in a variety of educational settings, this book explores problem solving theory, including its cognitive architecture, as well as attending to its translation into teaching and learning in a range of settings, such as education and social environments. This book also suggests how effective problem solving activities can be incorporated more explicitly in learning and teaching and examines the benefits of this approach.

The ideas developed in Problem Solving for Teaching and Learning will act as a catalyst for transforming practices in teaching, learning and social engagement in formal and informal educational settings, making this book an essential read for Education Academics and

Editor: Askell-Williams, Helen, Editor: Orrell, Janice

Topic: Education / Teaching
Media: Book
ISBN: 367001837
Language: English
Pages: 340