Engines for Education

ISBN-13: 9780805819458 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 248 str.

Roger C. Schank; Chip Cleary

Opis

This volume describes the progress being made at The Institute for the Learning Sciences using computers to provide motivating environments for learning. The text documents the authors' work from the cognitive psychology which underlies it.

Recenzje

"...a manifesto for the progressive-education movement, using research results from cognitive science to reinforce that philosophy and arguing that the availability of computers makes progressive education more practical than it had been previously....an extremely enthusiastic look into a future dominated by computer technology..."
—Minds and Machines

"...this book is most helpful in shaking up some assumptions about education."
—J. Educational Computing Research

"Although this book focuses on public school education (what needs to be done and how to do it), it serves as a provocative wake-up call for higher education."
—Educational Technology Review

"The software described in Engines for Education is intriguing because the program targets domains that are information-rich and ill-defined, such as biology, history, and human social interaction....readers can learn how computer scientists are attempting to design software to achieve some of our most important educational goals."
—The Journal of the Learning Sciences

Spis treści

Contents: Preface. Time for a Change. What Makes People Smart. Cultural Unliteracy. Natural Learning. Learning by Doing. Incidental Learning. Learning by Reflection. Case-Based Teaching. Learning by Exploring. Goal-Directed Learning and Creating the Software We Need. Goal-Based Scenarios and the Open Curriculum. A Look to the Future.

O autorze

Roger C. Schank and Chip Cleary