A Pedagogy of Difficulty: Preparing Teachers to Understand and Integrate Complexity in Teaching and Learning

Autor/inn/en	Nelson, Carolyn; Harper, Victoria
Titel	A Pedagogy of Difficulty: Preparing Teachers to Understand and Integrate Complexity in Teaching and Learning
Quelle	In: Teacher Education Quarterly, 33 (2006) 2, S.7-21 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0737-5328
Schlagwörter	Student Teachers; Transformative Learning; Critical Thinking; Curriculum Development; Continuous Progress Plan; Teacher Education Programs; Instructional Innovation; Teaching Methods; Attitude Change; Learning Theories; Cognitive Psychology; Knowledge Base for Teaching + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lehramtsstudent; Lehramtsstudentin; Referendar; Referendarin; Pädagogische Transformation; Kritisches Denken; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Educational Innovation; Bildungsinnovation; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung; Learning theory; Lerntheorie; Kognitive Psychologie; Teaching theory; Theory of teaching; Unterrichtstheorie
Abstract	In this article, the authors explore the notion of difficulty and the vital role it can play in the learning journey of student teachers, both with respect to their own and their students' educational maturation. Confronting today's popular but flawed American reductionist learning models, the authors explicate the opportunity for deeper learning provided by a proactive engagement with, rather than suppression of difficulty. Thus, difficulty is seen not as an impediment to learning but as a source of motivation and impetus for a deeper, transformative learning. In addition, the authors present a theoretical framework for this alternative approach to learning developed to guide the students in reconceptualizing teaching and learning, promoting what Salvatori (2000) calls a "pedagogy of difficulty" (p. 81). (Contains 1 note and 4 figures.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10