1st Edition
Reconstructing Undergraduate Education Using Learning Science To Design Effective Courses
By Robert B. Innes
Copyright 2004
248 Pages
by
Routledge
318 Pages
by
Routledge
248 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book is designed to introduce professors and administrators in higher education to the philosophical, theoretical, and research support for using a constructivist perspective on learning to guide the reconstruction of undergraduate education. It presents an original framework for systematically linking educational philosophy and learning theories to their implications for teaching practice.... Read more
Contents: Preface. Introduction. Overview of Constructivism. John Dewey and the Foundations of Constructivism. Psychological Constructivist Perspectives on Learning. Course Development Case Study I. Sociocultural Perspectives on Learning. Transactional Constructivist Perspectives. Open Dialogue, Disciplinary Discourse, and Diversity in the Learning Community. "Understanding Organizations" Case Study II. Developing a Transactional Constructivist Teaching Model. Curriculum Reform in Higher Education. Appendices.
Biography
Robert B. Innes
"...addresses very relevant issues for the redesign, reinvention, or reconstruction of undergraduate education by using theories of learning and teaching [and] an interesting case to explain and hold the interest of the reader."
—Albert Pilot
Utrecht University, The Netherlands
