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Summary. 1. Learning Theories politics and power, timeline. Direct instruction vs. Constructivism ( behaviorism vs. Piaget) 2. Social constructivism Vygotsky vs. Dewey. Collaborative learning . 3.Culture and Cognition in practice .
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Summary • 1. LearningTheories • politics and power, timeline. Directinstruction vs. Constructivism(behaviorism vs. Piaget) • 2. Social constructivism • Vygotsky vs. Dewey. Collaborativelearning. • 3.Culture and Cognition in practice. • Jean Lave : Situatedcognition and legitimate, peripheral participation. Critique of learning transfer and experiments in lt, everydaymathematics.
Summary • 4. ActivityTheory CHAT. • ”weaving the rope”Towardsovercoming the encapsulation of schoollearning (Engeström) • 5. LIFE • science learning in formal and informalenvironments. • 6. Democracy & criticalMathematicsEducation. • Skovsmose: Towards a Philosophy of CriticalMathematicsEducation
Research ideas • Micro – classrom observation(action research, in depthqualitative),language, task • Meso:Newmethodology: activelearning, collaborativelearning (experimental design) • Macro:Studentsanxiety, lack of motivation, conceptions ( quantitative:statisticalanalysis: who ? Howmany ? Where, gender etc. + in depthqualitative interviews (testing new activities ?) • Context and environment ? • …………
Dilemmas • Directinstruction vs. Constructivism • Teachercentred vs. Learnercentred • Mentoring vs. facilitating • Individuallearningvs-collaborativelearning • Formal vs. Informalenvironments • Elite educationvsmasseducation • Behaviorism vs. Cognitivism • Individualconstructivism vs. Social constructivism/Chat • SkillsvsCriticalthinking • State vs. Community • Rural vs urban • Tradition vsmodernization