1st Edition

Teachable Moments and the Science of Education

By Greg Seals Copyright 2019
212 Pages
by Routledge

212 Pages
by Routledge

212 Pages
by Routledge

This book develops a general theory of autonomous teaching by examining a mysterious educational idea: the teachable moment. By formulating an understanding of the teachable moment as predicated upon ‘educational energy,’ this book takes up John Dewey’s view of teaching to articulate a law-like, scientifically oriented pedagogical theory. By offering a testable hypothesis about effective teaching... Read more

Introduction: Educational Scarcity



Chapter 1: Developing a Winning Strategy for the Battle at the Ampersand



Chapter 2: Expanding the Idea of ‘Teachable Moments’



Chapter 3: Focusing on Planned Teachable Moments



Chapter 4: Creating Educational Energy



Chapter 5: Interpreting Dewey’s Law



Chapter 6: Humanizing Dewey’s Law



Chapter 7: Making Sense of a Science of Teaching



Chapter 8: Teachers Win!



Chapter 9: A Well-Functioning Ethnographic Infrastructure



Chapter 10: Teacher Professionalism and Teacher Accountability



Chapter 11: Love, Intimacy, and Tenure



Chapter 12: Teachers’ Mythography



Conclusion: Educational Abundance



Gramsci’s Razor



Democracy without Ideology



Progressivism and Educational Policy and Practice



A Bread and Butter Issue for Teachers



The Future of Dewey’s Law



References

Biography

Greg Seals is Senior Education Consultant with Rides Over Mountains, LLC in Hightstown, NJ, USA.

"Dr. Seals provides simultaneously an anchor and scaffold for the non-science-oriented educationist to grasp the conceptualization of teaching as basic and applied science. This discussion of teaching moves our thinking beyond the simplistic notion of standardized test results as evidence on which to base teaching practices that facilitate learning."
-John Dewey Society Award Committee