Examines controversial aspects of learning theories, in particular the differing perspectives on the process of knowledge construction, and makes explicit the implications of the various theories for assessment practice.
Examines controversial aspects of learning theories, in particular the differing perspectives on the process of knowledge construction, and makes expl...
This book foregrounds pedagogy in a way that challenges readers to reflect on themselves as teachers and learners, and to be reflexive about their own practices and contexts. Learning involves a transformation of identity which occurs through negotiation and repositioning, through new ways of relating, and through different ways of participating in practices. This book examines the meaning and implications for pedagogy in educational and workplace settings, and the role of the teacher in this sociocultural view of learning. By illustrating the mediated nature of agency and identity, the...
This book foregrounds pedagogy in a way that challenges readers to reflect on themselves as teachers and learners, and to be reflexive about their own...
By examining ideas about learning that transcend typical boundaries, such as school/workplace or home/school, this book emphasies the socially negotiated and embedded nature of meaning-making and how learners learn to use the cognitive tools of their cultural community through participation in social activity. The editors argue that this is the means by which individual agency is extended and learners' identities, as forms of competency, are transformed.
The book locates sociocultural understanding in a wide theoretical frame and demonstrates its implications for learning and...
By examining ideas about learning that transcend typical boundaries, such as school/workplace or home/school, this book emphasies the socially negotia...
Longstanding cultural heritages about the nature of knowledge continue to dominate Western education. Yet the ways of knowing represented through teaching and workplace practices, including assessment, and their relationship to views of learning, are often ignored in debates about learning. This book provides a rich collection of readings that challenge traditional understandings of knowledge and the view of mind that underpins them. It offers socioculturally informed alternatives and tools for innovating change and transforming practice that value different ways of knowing, embracing those...
Longstanding cultural heritages about the nature of knowledge continue to dominate Western education. Yet the ways of knowing represented through teac...
Examines controversial aspects of learning theories, in particular the differing perspectives on the process of knowledge construction, and makes explicit the implications of the various theories for assessment practice.
Examines controversial aspects of learning theories, in particular the differing perspectives on the process of knowledge construction, and makes expl...
