Reconstructing undergraduate education : using learning science to design effective courses /
Innes, Robert B.,
Reconstructing undergraduate education : using learning science to design effective courses / Robert B. Innes. - xv, 301 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 270-283) and index.
Overview of constructivism -- John Dewey and the foundations of constructivism -- Psychological constructivist perspectives on learning -- Course development case study I -- Sociocultural perspectives on learning -- Transactional constructivist perspectives -- Open dialogue, disciplinary discourse, and diversity in the learning community -- "Understanding organizations" case study II -- Developing a transactional constructivist teaching model -- Curriculum reform in higher education. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
"This book is designed to introduce professors and administrators in higher education to the philosophical, theoretical, and research support for using a constructivist perspective on learning to guide the reconstruction of undergraduate education. It presents an original framework for systematically linking educational philosophy and learning theories to their implications for teaching practice."--BOOK JACKET.
080584841X 9780805848410
2004043330
Education, Higher--Philosophy
College teaching
LB2324 / .I55 2004
378.12
Reconstructing undergraduate education : using learning science to design effective courses / Robert B. Innes. - xv, 301 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 270-283) and index.
Overview of constructivism -- John Dewey and the foundations of constructivism -- Psychological constructivist perspectives on learning -- Course development case study I -- Sociocultural perspectives on learning -- Transactional constructivist perspectives -- Open dialogue, disciplinary discourse, and diversity in the learning community -- "Understanding organizations" case study II -- Developing a transactional constructivist teaching model -- Curriculum reform in higher education. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
"This book is designed to introduce professors and administrators in higher education to the philosophical, theoretical, and research support for using a constructivist perspective on learning to guide the reconstruction of undergraduate education. It presents an original framework for systematically linking educational philosophy and learning theories to their implications for teaching practice."--BOOK JACKET.
080584841X 9780805848410
2004043330
Education, Higher--Philosophy
College teaching
LB2324 / .I55 2004
378.12