Classroom Cognitive License Pedagogy 
Learning with e's
DECEMBER 31, 2014
More and more teachers are beginning to realise that creating environments and possibilities where students make things is a very powerful pedagogy. Seymour Papert ''s work on constructionism outlines the cognitive gain that occurs when we create something new rather than simply repeat knowledge that has already been acquired.
Learning with e's
APRIL 26, 2019
As politely as I could, I explained to him that making his students sit through a full 90 minutes of video was not particularly good pedagogy. He patiently listened to what I had to say, thanked me for my time, and then took the video cassette, walked into the classroom and played it in its entirety anyway. I was appalled.
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Learning with e's
APRIL 16, 2014
Later, Piaget, Inhelder and others were responsible for introducing a cognitive version of learning theory which held that children were ''solo scientists'' who constructed their own meaning through exploration of their environment. Unported License. Unported License. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e''s.
Learning with e's
FEBRUARY 8, 2018
The educational theorist and humanist Carl Rogers once wrote that we should aim to foster 'a climate of trust in the classroom in which curiosity and the natural desire to learn can be nourished and enhanced' (Rogers, 1983). 1993) Pedagogy of the Oppressed. Unported License. Unported License. It should focus on trust.
Learning with e's
NOVEMBER 5, 2014
Technology integration results in digital tools being embedded into learning, so that for example maker cultures emerge, or the classroom activities are flipped , supporting more effective pedagogies and improving student learning outcomes. One example is when classrooms began to be equipped with interactive whiteboards (IWBs).
Learning with e's
NOVEMBER 11, 2014
The first two levels, substitution and augmentation are often referred to as low levels of technology integration, in as much as they do not substantially impact upon or transform pedagogy. Photo by Jim Cianca on Wikimedia Commons The height of SAMR by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0
Learning with e's
MARCH 9, 2014
Many teachers welcome the idea of bringing new technology into the classroom. There is nothing wrong with any of these approaches, provided they don''t get in the way of good pedagogy. Or is it because you have actually sat down and worked out what problems technology will solve, and how pedagogy will be enhanced by its introduction?
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