Readings: Teaching

EDUCATION, COGNITION, THE BRAIN



 READINGS: TEACHING
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THE TEACHING BRAIN
Books 
  • Pearson, A. (1989). The teacher: Theory and practice in teacher education. New York and London: Routledge.  
Papers
  • Battro, A. (2010). The teaching brain. Mind, Brain, Education, 4, 1, 28-33. http://gene.sbnec.org.br/Antonio%20Bratto.pdf
  • Battro, A., Calero, C., Goldin, A.P., Holper, L., Pezzatti, L., Shalom, D.E., Sigman, M. (2013). The cognitive neuroscience of the teacher-student interaction. Mind, Brain, and Education, 7, 3, 177-181. http://neuro.org.ar/?q=content/cognitive-neuroscience-teacher-student-interaction
  • Holper, L., Goldin, A., Shalom, D., Battro, A., Wolf, M., & Sigman, M. (2013). The teaching and the learning brain: A cortical hemodynamic marker of teacher–student interactions in the Socratic dialog. International Journal of Educational Research, 59, 1–10.
  • Rodriguez V. (2012). The teaching brain and the end of the empty vessel. Mind, Brain, and Education, 6, 4, 177-185. http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/vanessarodriguez/files/vrodriguez_publishedmbe-article_11-16-12.pdf
  • Rodriguez, V. (2013). The human nervous system: A framework for teaching and the teaching brain. Mind, Brain, and Education, 7, 2–12. 
  • Strauss, S. (2014). A call for a multidisciplinary approach to the study of teaching: Inspirations from Howard Gardner. In: M. Konhaber & E. Winner: Mind, Work, and LIfe. A festschrift in the occasion of Howard Gardner's 70th birthday.  Cambridge: The Offices of Howard Gardner. http://howardgardner01.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/festschrift-_-volumes-1-2-_-final.pdf
  • Strauss, S., & Ziv, M. (2012). Teaching is a natural cognitive ability for humans. Mind, Brain, and Education, 6, 186–196.  
  • Watanabe, K. (2013). Teaching as a dynamic phenomenon with interpersonal interactions. Mind, Brain, and Education, 7, 91–100. 
Teaching as a natural cognitive ability
  • Strauss, S. (2005). Teaching as a natural cognitive ability: Implications for classroom practice and teacher education. In D. Pillemer and S. White (Eds.), Developmental psychology and social change (pp. 368-388). New York: Cambridge University Press. http://people.ucsc.edu/~ktellez/strauss.pdf
  • Strauss, S. & Ziv, M. (2012). Teaching is a natural cognitive ability for humans. Mind, Brain, and Education, 6, 4, 186-196. http://www.researchgate.net/publication/233756046_Strauss_S.__Ziv_M._%282012%29._Teaching_is_a_natural_cognitive_ability_for_humans._Mind_Brain_and_Education_6%284%29_186-196._doi_10.1111j.1751-228X.2012.01156.x

Natural pedagogy
  • Csibra G, Gergely G. Natural pedagogy as evolutionary adaptation. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 2011;366:1149-57. http://cognitivescience.ceu.hu/publications/csibra/2011/25122
  • Csibra G, Gergely G. Natural pedagogy. Trends in Cognitive Sciences. 2009;13(4):148-53. http://cognitivescience.ceu.hu/node/6886
  • Csibra G, Gergely G. Social learning and social cognition: The case for pedagogy. In: Munakata YJohnson MH, editors. Processes of Change in Brain and Cognitive Development. Attention and Performance XXI. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 2006. p. 249-74. http://cognitivescience.ceu.hu/node/6890
  • Gergely G, Csibra G. Sylvia's recipe: The role of imitation and pedagogy in the transmission of human culture. In: Enfield NJLevinson SC, editors. Roots of Human Sociality: Culture, Cognition, and Human Interaction. Oxford: Berg Publisher; 2006. p. 229-55. http://cognitivescience.ceu.hu/node/7740
  • Sage, K. & Baldwin, D.  (2012) Exploring natural pedagogy in play with preschoolersCues parents use and relations among them. Education Research and Perspectives, 39, 153-181. http://www.erpjournal.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/ERPV39-Sage-Baldwin-2012-Exploring-natural-pedagogy-in-play.pdf
The evolution of teaching
  • Barnett, S.A. (1973) Homo docens. J. Biosoc. Sci. 5, 393–403
  • Boesch,C. (1991) Teaching among wild chimpanzees. Anim.Behav. 41, 530–532.
  • Byrne & Rapaport (2011). What are we learning from teaching?  Animal Behaviour. 825p. 1207-1211. 
  • Caro, T.M. and Hauser, M.D. (1992) Is there teaching in nonhuman animals? Q. Rev. Biol. 67, 151–174
  • Csibra, G. (2007). Teachers in the wildTrends in Cognitive Sciences, 11, 95-96. http://www.cbcd.bbk.ac.uk/people/scientificstaff/gergo/pub/index.html/pub/csibra.tics.2007.pdf
  • Fogarty, L., Strimling, P. & Laland, K. N. (2011). The evolution of teaching. Evolution 65102760-2770. http://lalandlab.st-andrews.ac.uk/documents/Publication169.pdf
  • Franks, N.R. and Richardson, T. (2006) Teaching in tandem-running ants. Nature 439, 153. http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v439/n7073/full/439153a.html
  • Hoppitt, W. et al. (2008). Lessons from animal teaching. Trends in ecology & evolution, 3, 29, 486-493.  http://lalandlab.st-andrews.ac.uk/documents/Hoppitt_et_al_TREE_2008.pdf
  • Kline, M. (2014). How to learn about teaching: An evolutionary framework for the study of teaching behavior in humans and other animals - Preprint (to appear in BBS)
  • Premack, D. (1984) Pedagogy and aesthetics as sources of culture. In Handbook of Cognitive Neuroscience (Gazzaniga, M.S., ed.), pp. 15–35, Plenum Press
  • Rapaport, L.G. and Ruiz-Miranda, C.R. (2002) Tutoring in wild golden lion tamarins. Int. J. Primatol. 23, 1063–1070
  • Rapaport, L.G. (2006) Parenting behavior: babbling bird teachers? Curr. Biol. 16, R675–R677.
  • Skerry et al. (2013). The origins of pedagogy : Developmental and evolutionary perspectives. Evolutionary psychology, 11, 3, 550-572
  • Thornton, A. & Raihani, N.J. 2008. The evolution of teaching. Animal Behaviour, 75, 1823-1836. http://www.wildcognitionresearch.com/files/evolution-of-teaching.pdf
  • Thornton, A., Raihani, N.J. & Radford, A.N. 2007. Teachers in the wild: some clarification. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 11, 272-273. http://www.wildcognitionresearch.com/files/Thornton-et-al2007Teachers-in-the-wild-clarification.pdf
  • Thornton, A. & McAuliffe, K. 2006. Teaching in wild meerkats. Science, 313, 227-229. http://www.wildcognitionresearch.com/files/Thornton-and-McAuliffe-2006.pdf
  • Thornton, A. & McAuliffe, K. 2012. Teaching can teach us a lot. Animal Behaviour, 83, e6-e9.  http://www.wildcognitionresearch.com/files/ThorntonMcAuliffe_Teachingcanteachus.pdfhttp://www.wildcognitionresearch.com/files/ThorntonMcAuliffe_Teachingcanteachus.pdf
  • Thornton, A. & Raihani, N. J. 2010. Identifying teaching in wild animals. Learning & Behavior, 38, 297-309. http://www.wildcognitionresearch.com/files/ThorntonRaihani_2010_Identifying-teaching.pdf
Evolution of social learning
  • Herrmann, E., Call, J., Hernández-Lloreda, M.V., Hare, B., & Tomasello, M. (2007). Humans have evolved specialized skills of social cognition: the cultural intelligence hypothesis. Science, 317, 1360-1366. http://www.eva.mpg.de/psycho/pdf/Publications_2007_PDF/Humans_have_evolved_07.pdf
  • Heyes, C.M. and Galef, B.G., Jr, eds), (1996) Social Learning and Imitation: the Roots of Culture, Academic Press.
  • Tomasello, M. & Herrmann, E. (2010). Ape and human cognition: What’s the difference? Current Directions in Psychological Science, 19, 3-8. http://email.eva.mpg.de/~tomas/pdf/Tomasello_Herrmann_2010.pdf
  • Tomasello, M., Carpenter, M., Call, J., Behne, T., & Moll, H. (2005). Understanding and sharing intentions: The origins of cultural cognition. Behavioral and Brain Sciences28, 675 - 691.http://wwwstaff.eva.mpg.de/~tomas/pdf/BBS_Final.pdf
  • Tomasello, M. (2007). For human eyes only. New York Times Op-Ed, January 13, 2007. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/13/opinion/13tomasello.html
  • Tomasello, M., Kruger, A.C. Ratner, H.H. (1993) Cultural learning. Behavioral Brain Sciences,  16, 495–511.
  • Whiten, A. (2000). Primate culture and social learning. Cognitive science, 24, 3, 477-508 http://www.ohio.edu/people/starzykj/network/Class/ee690/EE690%20Cognitive%20Architectures%202011/Reading%20Assignments/Primate%20Culture%20and%20Social%20Learning.pdf
Social influence
  • Chudek, M., Heller, S., Birch, S., Henrich, J. (2012). Prestige-biased cultural learning:bystander's differential attention to potential models influences children's learning. Evolution and human behavior, 33, 46-56. http://coevolution.psych.ubc.ca/publications.html
  • Galef, B. and Giraldeau,  L.A. (2001). Social influences on foraging in vertebrates: causal mechanisms and adaptive functions. Animal behavior, 61, 3-15.
  • Henrich, J. & Gil-White, F.J. (2001). The evolution of prestige. Freely conferred deference as a mechanism for enhancing the benefits of cultural transmission. Evolution and human behavior, 22, 165-196. http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/handle/2027.42/35640/b2014270.0001.001.pdf?sequence=2
Evolution of signaling
  • Dawkins, R. and Krebs, J.R. (1978). Animal signals: information or manipulation. Behavioural Ecology: An Evolutionary Approach. Oxford: Blackwell Scientific Publications. pp. 282–309.
  • Fernald, A. (1992). Human maternal vocalizations to infants as biologically relevant signals: An evolutionary perspective. In Barkow, J.H., Cosmides, L., Tooby, J., The adapted mind, Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. 
  • Krebs, J. R. and Dawkins, R. 1984. Animal signals: mind reading and manipulation. In: Behavioural Ecology (Ed. by J. R. Krebs & N. B. Davies), pp. 380–402. Sunderland, Massachusetts: Sinauer. 
  • Owren, M.J., Rendall, D., and Ryan, M. J. (2010) Redefining animal signalinginfluence versus information in communication. Biology and Philosophy, 25(5):755--780. http://web.biosci.utexas.edu/ryan/Publications/2010/2010BiolPhilos25%20755.pdf
Trust and vigilance mechanisms
  •  Harris, P. & Corriveau, K. (2011). Young children’s selective trust in informants.  Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 366, 1179-1190.
  • Sperber, D., Clément, F., Heintz, C., Mascaro, O., Mercier, H., Origgi, G., Wilson, D. (2010). Epistemic vigilance. Mind & Language, 25, 359–393.
Social cognition
  • Hamilton, A. and Marsh, L. (2013). Two systems for action comprehension in autism: mirroring and mentalizing. In  Baron-Cohen, Tager-Flusberg & Lonbardo Undestanding other minds. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Spelke, E., Bernier, E., Skerry, A. (2013).Core Social Cognition. In M. R. Banaji & S. A. Gelman (Eds.), Navigating the Social World. New York: Oxford University Press. http://www.wjh.harvard.edu/~lds/pdfs/Spelke_Bernier_Skerry_2013chapter.pdf
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THE TEACHER EFFECT AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL STUDIES ON TEACHING

  • Bressoux, P. (1994). Les Recherches Sur Les Effets-écoles et Les Effets-maîtres. Revue Française de Pédagogie, 108,  91–137 http://ife.ens-lyon.fr/edition-electronique/archives/revue-francaise-de-pedagogie/web/fascicule.php?num_fas=50
  • Bressoux, P., and Bianco, M. (2004). “Long-Term Teacher Effects on Pupils’ Learning Gains.” Oxford Review of Education 30, 3, 327–345.
  • Chetty, R., Friedman, J., Hilger, N., Saez, E., Withmore Schanzenbach, D., Yagan, D. (2011). How does your kindergarten classroom affect your earnings? Evidence from project STARThe Quarterly Journal of Economics 126, 4, 1593–1660 http://www.nber.org/papers/w16381
  • Chetty, R., Friedman, J., Rockof, J. (2011). The long-term impacts of teachers: teacher value-added and student outcomes in adulthood.  NBER Working Paper Series. National Bureau of Economic Research http://www.nber.org/papers/w17699
  • Cusset, P.Y. (2011). Que Disent Les Recherches Sur L’“effet Enseignant” ? Centre d’analyse stratégique, Note d’analyse 232 http://www.strategie.gouv.fr/content/que-disent-les-recherches-sur-leffet-enseignant-note-danalyse-232-juillet-2011
  • Krueger, A. (1999). Experimental Estimates of Education Production Functions. The quarterly Journal of Economics, 114, 2, 497-532 http://piketty.pse.ens.fr/files/Krueger1999.pdf
  • Gordon, R., T.J. Kane, and D.O. (2006). Identifying Effective Teachers Using Performance on the Job. The Brooking Institution http://www.brookings.edu/views/papers/200604hamilton_1_pb.pdf
  • Kane, T.J., and Staiger, D.O. (2008). Estimating Teacher Impacts on Student Achievement : An Experimental EvaluationNBER http://www.nber.org/papers/w14607
  • KonstantopoulosS. (2007). How Long Do Teacher Effects Persist? Discussion Paper Series. IZA http://psydok.sulb.uni-saarland.de/volltexte/2008/1632/pdf/dp2893.pdf
  • Nye, B., L.V. Hedges, and  Konstantopoulos, S. (2004). How Large Are Teacher EffectsEducational Evaluation and Policy Analysis 26, 3, 237–257 http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/scmsAdmin/uploads/002/834/127%20-%20Nye%20B%20%20Hedges%20L%20%20V%20%20%20Konstantopoulos%20S%20%20(2004).pdf
  • Shanzenbach, D.  (2006). What Have Researchers Learned from Project STARBrookings Papers on Education Policy, 205-228.
Effects of teachers' training/professional development
  • Angrist, J. D., Lavy, V. (2001). Does Teacher Training Affect Pupil Learning? Evidence from Matched Comparisons in Jerusalem Public Schools.  Journal of Labor Economics, 19(2), 343-36.9 http://www.nber.org/papers/w6781.pdf
  • Bressoux, P., Kramarz, F.  & Prost, C. (2008). Teachers’ Training, Class Size and Students’ Outcomes: Learning from Administrative Forecasting Mistakes. IZA, 2008. http://ftp.iza.org/dp3871.pdf
  • Harris D. N., Sass T. R (2011). Teacher Training, Teacher Quality and Student Achievement. Journal of public economics, 95, 7-8, 798-812. http://heartland.org/sites/default/files/1001059_teacher_training.pdf
  • Jacob B. A, Lefgren L. (2004) : The Impact of Teacher Training on Student Achievement : Quasi Experimental Evidence from School Reform efforts in Chicago. Journal of Human Resources. 39, 1, 50-79. http://www.nber.org/papers/w8916
  • Rivkin, S., Hanushek, E. & Kain, J. (2005). Teachers, Schools and Academic Achievement. Econometrica, 73, 2, 417-458. http://www.econ.ucsb.edu/~jon/Econ230C/HanushekRivkin.pdf
  • Yoon, K.S., Duncan, T.,  Wen-Yu Lee, S., Scarlos, B., and Shapley, K. (2007). Reviewing the Evidence On How Teacher Professional Development Affects Student Achievement. Issues & Answers Report. U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Science, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Regional Laboratory Southwest. http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/regions/southwest/pdf/rel_2007033.pdf
Evaluating teachers
  • MET  http://www.metproject.org/more/components.php  
  • Quality Science Teaching, Stanford Unviersity  http://scale.stanford.edu/teaching/qst
  • UTeach Teacher Observation Protocol (UTOP), University of Texas-Austin  http://thetrc.org/web/assets/files/evaluation/UTOP_Manual.pdf

The 2-sigma problem and the tutoring effect
  • Bloom, B. (1984). The 2 Sigma Problem: The Search for Methods of Group Instruction as Effective as One-to-One Tutoring. Educational researcher, 13, 6, 4-16. http://www.jstor.org/stable/1175554
Social effects
  • Algan, Y., Cahuc, P., Shleifer, A. (2013). Teaching Practices and Social Capital. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 5, 3,  189-210. http://econ.sciences-po.fr/sites/default/files/file/yann%20algan/TeachingPracticesAndSocial_preview.pdf
Cooperative learning
  • Bennett et al. (2005). A systematic review of the nature of small-group discussions aimed at improving students' understanding of evidence in science. Department of educational studies Research paper 2005/03 http://www.york.ac.uk/media/educationalstudies/documents/research/SciEPPI3.pdf
  • Cook, S. W., Mitchell, Z., & Goldin-Meadow, S. Gesture makes learning last, Cognition, 2008, 106, 1047 - 1058. http://goldin-meadow-lab.uchicago.edu/sites/goldin-meadow-lab.uchicago.edu/files/uploads/PDFs/2008_Cook_Mitchell_GM.pdf 
  • Cook, S. W., Duffy, R.G. & Fenn, K. M. (in press). Consolidation and transfer of learning after observing hand gesture. Child Development. http://scholar.google.fr/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=g35Ez50AAAAJ&citation_for_view=g35Ez50AAAAJ:8k81kl-MbHgC
  • Goldin-Meadow, S. Learning through gesture, WIREs (Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews): Cognitive Science, published online, March 2011. DOI:10. 1002/wcs. 132. http://goldin-meadow-lab.uchicago.edu/sites/goldin-meadow-lab.uchicago.edu/files/uploads/PDFs/2011_GM.pdf
  • Palincsar, A.S. & Brown, A.L (1984). Reciprocal teaching of comprehension-fostering and comprehension-monitoring activities. Cognition and interaction, 1, 2, 117-175. https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/bitstream/handle/2142/17612/ctrstreadtechrepv01983i00269_opt.pdf?sequence=1
  • Slavin, R.E. (1996). Research on cooperative learning and achievement: What we know, What we need to know. Contemporary educational psychology, 21, 43-69. http://www.konferenslund.se/pp/TAPPS_Slavin.pdf
  • Slavin, R.E. (2010).  What makes group work work. In OECD The nature of learning. Paris: OECD.
  • Slavin, R.E. (1988). Cooperative learning and students' achievement. Educational leadership, 31-33. http://www.ascd.org/ASCD/pdf/journals/ed_lead/el_198810_slavin.pdf
  • Springer, L., Stanne, M. E., and Donovan, S. S. (1999), “Effects of Small-Group Learning on Undergraduates in Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology: A Meta-Analysis,” Review of Educational Research, 69, 1, 21-51. 
Projects
  • Hole in the wall http://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/index.html

Teaching for learning
  • Bargh, J. and; Schul, Y. (1989). On the cognitive benefits of teaching. Journal of educational psychology, 72, 5, 593-604.

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