1st Edition

On the Theory of Content Transformation in Education The 3A Methodology for Analysing and Improving Teaching and Learning

192 Pages 21 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

192 Pages 21 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

192 Pages 21 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This volume presents a novel, theoretical, micro-analytical model – the 3A Methodology – for assessing the quality of school education. Drawing on philosophers as well as theoretical and pedagogical traditions from European and American contexts, the authors construct a model that is relevant to teachers, researchers, and teacher educators regardless of cultural setting. The chapters explain... Read more

 

Contents

Acknowledgements

List of Key Terminology

Part one: Introduction and Context

 

1 Introduction

 

2 Didactics (Re)Discovered

 

Part Two: Theory of Content Transformation

 

3 Towards the Theory of Content Transformation

 

4 Active Content: From Content Transformation to Cognitive Change

 

5 Cognitive Change between the Subject and Culture

 

Part Three: Research in Transdisciplinary Didactics

 

6 Content-Focused Approach for Improving Teaching and Learning: 3A Methodology for Didactic Case Studies

 

7 Research on Content Transformation in Transdisciplinary Didactics: Identifying Aspects of Quality of Teaching and Learning

8 Conclusions and Outlook

 

Index

Biography

Tomáš Janík is a professor of Educational Sciences and a Head of the Institute for Research, School of Education, Faculty of Education, Masaryk University, Czech Republic.

Jan Slavík is an associate professor of Educational Sciences, Department of Art Education and Culture, University of West Bohemia in Pilsen, Czech Republic.

Petr Najvar is an associate professor of Education, Department of Primary Education, Faculty of Education, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.

Tereza Češková is an assistant professor at the Department of Primary Education and the Institute for Research in School Education, Faculty of Education, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.