158 Pages
by
Routledge
158 Pages
by
Routledge
Also available as eBook on:
First published in 1972, Discovery Learning in the Primary School explores what is recognized as the fundamental process in primary school education, discovery learning. The author discusses and analyzes informal learning situations, examines the educational principles involved and assesses the success of the methods and techniques used. Mr Foster’s discussion deals with discovery learning by... Read more
1. Introduction 2. Children learning by discovery individually 3. Children learning by discovery in groups 4. Children learning by discovery as a class 5. Children learning by discovery as a school 6. The development of a discovery learning 7. Discovery learning—the question of organization 8. Discovery methods and the slow-learning child 9. Discussion topics—a miscellaneous selection of in-tray exercises, simulations, and instructional discourses 10. A list of children’s books useful for discovery learning approaches 11. Some personal conclusions
Biography
John Foster
