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Theoretical foundations of learning environments / edited by David Jonassen and Susan Land.

Contributor(s): Jonassen, David H, 1947-2012 | Land, Susan M.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: New York : Routledge, 2012Edition: 2nd ed.Description: x, 350 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780415894227 (pbk.) :; 0415894220 (pbk.) :; 9780415894210.Subject(s): Learning, Psychology of | Cognition | Learning | Education | Philosophy & theory of education | Open learning, distance education | Educational psychology | SchoolsDDC classification: 370.1523 THE Summary: "Theoretical Foundations of Learning Environments provides students, faculty, and instructional designers with a clear, concise introduction to the major pedagogical and psychological theories and their implications for the design of new learning environments for schools, universities, or corporations. Leading experts describe the most important contemporary theories that form the foundation of the conception and design of student-centered learning environments and new applications of educational technologies. This book is well suited as a textbook for courses in instructional design and theory, educational psychology, learning, theory, curriculum theory and design, and related areas. The rise of constructivism and its associated theories represented a paradigm shift for educators and instructional designers to a view of learning as necessarily more social, conversational, and constructive than traditional transmissive views of learning. This bestselling book was the first to provide a manageable overview of the altered field, and the second edition has been fully updated to include expert introductions to metacognition, Argumentation, and other key contemporary theories"-- Provided by publisher.

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Theoretical Foundations of Learning Environments provides students, faculty, and instructional designers with a clear, concise introduction to the major pedagogical and psychological theories and their implications for the design of new learning environments for schools, universities, or corporations. Leading experts describe the most important contemporary theories that form the foundation of the conception and design of student-centered learning environments and new applications of educational technologies. This book is well suited as a textbook for courses in instructional design, educational psychology, learning theory, curriculum theory and design, and related areas.

The rise of constructivism and its associated theories represented a paradigm shift for educators and instructional designers to a view of learning as necessarily more social, conversational, and constructive than traditional transmissive views of learning. This bestselling book was the first to provide a manageable overview of the altered field, and the second edition has been fully updated to include expert introductions to Metacognition, Argumentation, and other key contemporary theories.

Formerly CIP. Uk

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Theoretical Foundations of Learning Environments provides students, faculty, and instructional designers with a clear, concise introduction to the major pedagogical and psychological theories and their implications for the design of new learning environments for schools, universities, or corporations. Leading experts describe the most important contemporary theories that form the foundation of the conception and design of student-centered learning environments and new applications of educational technologies. This book is well suited as a textbook for courses in instructional design and theory, educational psychology, learning, theory, curriculum theory and design, and related areas. The rise of constructivism and its associated theories represented a paradigm shift for educators and instructional designers to a view of learning as necessarily more social, conversational, and constructive than traditional transmissive views of learning. This bestselling book was the first to provide a manageable overview of the altered field, and the second edition has been fully updated to include expert introductions to metacognition, Argumentation, and other key contemporary theories"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • List of Figures (p. v)
  • Preface (p. vii)
  • Part 1 Overview (p. 1)
  • 1 Student-Centered Learning Environments: Foundations, Assumptions and Design (p. 3)
  • Part 2 Theoretical Perspectives for Learning Environments (p. 27)
  • 2 From Practice Fields to Communities of Practice (p. 29)
  • 3 Designing Model-Based Learning Environments to Support Mental Models for Learning (p. 66)
  • 4 Conceptual Change and Student-Centered Learning Environments (p. 95)
  • 5 Argumentation and Student-Centered Learning Environments (p. 114)
  • 6 Theory and Practice of Case-Based Learning Aids (p. 142)
  • 7 Metacognition and Self-Regulated Learning in Student-Centered Learning Environments (p. 171)
  • 8 Embodied Cognition and Learning Environment Design (p. 198)
  • 9 Everyday Expertise: Learning Within and Across Formal and Informal Settings (p. 224)
  • 10 Activity Theory in the Learning Technologies (p. 242)
  • 11 Learning Communities: Theoretical Foundations for Making Connections (p. 268)
  • 12 What is a Community of Practice and How Can We Support It? (p. 286)
  • Part 3 Theoretical Perspective for Investigating Learning Environments (p. 301)
  • 13 Learning Environments as Emergent Phenomena: Theoretical and Methodological Implications of Complexity (p. 303)
  • List of Contributors (p. 335)
  • Index (p. 342)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

David Jonassen is Curators' Professor of Educational Psychology and Learning Technologies at the University of Missouri.
Susan Land is Associate Professor of Education in the Instructional Systems program at Penn State University.