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Education 173 Cognition and Learning in Educational Settings Constructivism

Dive into the philosophy of learning through constructivism and its various forms and implications for teaching. Learn how knowledge is constructed and why situated cognition is crucial in educational settings.

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Education 173 Cognition and Learning in Educational Settings Constructivism

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  1. Education 173 Cognition and Learning in Educational SettingsConstructivism Fall Quarter 2007

  2. What is Constructivism? • A Philosophy of Learning—an Epistemology • Many Varieties of Constructivism • Not a coherent theory • Knowledge is the Result of an Inventive Process

  3. Ideas Are Constructed • Philosophical Idealism • Reality is in our heads • Psychological Constructivism • The mind invents reality • Sociocultural Constructivism • The categories of our experience are given to use by our culture

  4. Where is the Mind? • In the Individual • In the Social Actions of Communities? • Both? • Degrees of Constructivism • One extreme: Radical constructivism • There is no external reality • Another extreme: Naïve realism • Minds have direct access to external truth

  5. The Learner Must Construct Knowledge • Is Constructivism: • A theory of learning • Or a theory of teaching? • Is Lecturing Compatible with Constructivism? • It is if the student is activity processing the lecture, and constructing meaning from it. • Are Student-Centered Approaches More Likely to Assure Knowledge Construction? • Maybe so

  6. Situated Cognition • Knowledge is: • Bound to the context in which it is learned • Deeply enmeshed in cultural institutions, roles, tools, and symbols • Made meaningful by its uses • Limited in transferability • Situated Cognition Theory Connects (And Corrects) Psychology with Anthropology

  7. Implications of Situated Cognition Theory • Questions Abstract (Context-Free) Assessment and Instruction • Promotes “authentic” assessment • Promotes “authentic” instruction • Questions General (Context-Free) Cognitive Abilities • Does intelligence make sense? • Questions Broad Transfer • Does transfer really happen? • Is it difficult? • Suggests that Teachers Should “Situate” Knowledge in Multiple Contexts

  8. Emphasizes Students’ point of view Prior knowledge as foundation for new learning Promotes Discovery learning Real-world problems Authenticity Cooperative learning, such as jigsaw Implications of Constructivism forTeaching

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