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Understanding teaching needs development

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 June 2015

Sarah R. Beck*
Affiliation:
School of Psychology, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom. [email protected]/psychology

Abstract

To fully understand teaching, we need to know how it develops ontogenetically. Developmental questions about the emergence of different types of teaching behaviour in young humans and the psychological capabilities that underpin them are currently overlooked. Incorporating the individual's development from learner to teacher would expand the scope and impact of Kline's useful framework.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2015 

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