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Reconstructing undergraduate education : using learning science to design effective courses / Robert B. Innes.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Mahwah, N.J. : L. Erlbaum Associates, 2004Description: xv, 301 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 080584841X
  • 9780805848410
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 378.12 22
LOC classification:
  • LB2324 .I55 2004
Contents:
1. Overview of constructivism -- 2. John Dewey and the foundations of constructivism -- 3. Psychological constructivist perspectives on learning -- 4. Course development case study I -- 5. Sociocultural perspectives on learning -- 6. Transactional constructivist perspectives -- 7. Open dialogue, disciplinary discourse, and diversity in the learning community -- 8. "Understanding organizations" case study II -- 9. Developing a transactional constructivist teaching model -- 10. Curriculum reform in higher education.
Review: "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.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 270-283) and index.

1. Overview of constructivism -- 2. John Dewey and the foundations of constructivism -- 3. Psychological constructivist perspectives on learning -- 4. Course development case study I -- 5. Sociocultural perspectives on learning -- 6. Transactional constructivist perspectives -- 7. Open dialogue, disciplinary discourse, and diversity in the learning community -- 8. "Understanding organizations" case study II -- 9. Developing a transactional constructivist teaching model -- 10. Curriculum reform in higher education.

"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.

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