Knowing and Teaching

Theory of mind and children’s understanding of teaching and learning during early childhood

How children understand the concepts of teaching and learning is inherently underpinned by their mental state understanding and critical to the successful transition to formal schooling. Knowledge is a private representational mental state; learning is a knowledge change process that can be either intentional or not; and teaching is an intentional attempt to change others’ knowledge state. Theo...

Knowing how and knowing that : a tale of two ontologies

Outdoor education has traditionally dealt with sources of knowledge that originate within the experience itself. This situated source exists in tension with more traditional modes of institutionalized learning which emphasize knowledge as an objectified curriculum content. Two types of knowing emerge: one reflected in a more practical knowing how, the other in a more theoretical knowing that. T...

‘Not Knowing is Hence, Not Loving’ The Significance of Raising Language Awareness Amongst Teachers of Content Area Learning

Listening to or speaking another language that we do not know or rarely use can be a daunting or even a frustrating experience in communication. Similarly, for language not to be addressed in content area, teaching and learning may hence do a disservice to students especially ones that find learning in another language challenging. Thus ‘Not knowing is hence not loving’, a literal translation f...

Book Review: Knowing and Teaching Elementary Mathematics by Liping Ma

Guidance-Based Teaching Methods; An Up-to-Date Ethical Appendix for the Effectiveness of Islamic Teachings Courses in Universities

One of the most important educational goals in teaching the Islamic teachings is to improve the level of knowledge and faith of the students by providing appropriate educational content. To achieve this goal, various educational methods can be suggested. According to the present writer, “Guidance-based teaching method” as one of the subsets of active teaching methods is one of the most effectiv...

Exploring technical knowledge in the primary technology classroom

The aim of this article is to explore the use of categories and aspects of technical knowing which have been identified in specific contexts and related to specific learning objects to identify technical knowing and technical content in another teaching context. In this way, we want to contribute to the understanding of technical knowing within primary technology education, as well as to the de...