ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of keyconcepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. An analysis of teaching, and its impact on learning, on the basis of classroom research and educational psychology are explaind here. Some accounts of learner-centredness in education sometimes reduce the teacher to the role of the impotent and passive spectator. The accounts of teaching provided in this section demonstrate, if such demonstration were required, that the teaching strategies described place the fullest demands on the skill and resourcefulness of the teacher. Each of the strategies of teaching and assessment is analysed to make clear its underlying principles. To describe how it operates in practice; to identify potential operational problems and how these might be overcome. Finally, to suggest criteria which might be used in its evaluation. Collectively, these various portrayals offer those involved in the discussion of the enrichment of teaching and learning a view of alternative possibilities.
