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

By:

Innes, Robert B [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: 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.

"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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