Buenas prácticas en docencia y política universitarias

AN ARROW IN THE BULLSEYE - Evaluation as learning - Evaluation is an educational phenomenon that conditions the whole teaching and learning process and it can be good for many purposes. The important thing is to use it as learning, as a way of understanding, to improve the practices to which it is applied. The metaphor of the arrow in the bullseye is good to understand, in an obvious way, that one may evaluate to classify, to compare, to select or, simply, to qualify. It is necessary, however, to use it to learn and to improve the learning of the students, the dynamics of the centres, the...

In recent months there has been pressure from the community that question the ways in which homework aggravates social inequalities due to the difference between students who rely on family support that is not always available. In some cases, an overabundance of homework leaves children without a childhood. This reflection on the usefulness of homework serves as an invitation to rethink what it means today to educate, both inside and outside the classroom.

Con un tono positivo y realista y con un estilo rápido y ameno, a lo largo de estas páginas el lector encontrará las ideas que necesita para determinar qué aspectos contribuyen a mejorar el carácter del adolescente. Una ayuda para padres y educadores.

En un estilo simpático y con ayuda de curiosas anécdotas, Walter L. Bateman explica cómo logra motivar a sus alumnos a usar su razonamiento para resolver los misterios del mundo que los rodea. En forma de conversaciones y cartas explica los métodos de la indagación, ofrece pautas para seleccionar temas de discusión, preparar presentaciones en el aula y para ocuparse con especial cuidado de los alumnos con dificultades. Los generosos consejos, basados en toda una vida de docencia, no sólo sirven para las asignaturas de ciencias y letras, sino también para educar a convivir como...