Learning with e's
JULY 11, 2014
The role of stronger, or more knowledgeable learners within a learning community (e.g. a student cohort) can be extended by encouraging them to scaffold weaker, or less expert learners, to encourage and lead, in a kind of cognitive apprenticeship. Anderson ACT-R Cognitive Architecture 2. Festinger Cognitive Dissonance Theory 12.
Learning with e's
SEPTEMBER 26, 2014
Psychologists and cognitive scientists have offered a number of useful theories that aid our understanding of learning. In this post we return to the cognitive domain, with an examination of Allan Paivio''s theory of dual coding. Anderson ACT-R Cognitive Architecture 2. Festinger Cognitive Dissonance Theory 12.
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Learning with e's
OCTOBER 5, 2014
Psychologists and cognitive scientists have offered a number of useful theories that aid our understanding of learning. In this post we examine one of the most influential theories of the 20th Century - the stages of cognitive development model proposed by Jean Piaget. Anderson ACT-R Cognitive Architecture 2.
Learning with e's
SEPTEMBER 25, 2014
The Theory Not to be confused with constructivism, constructionism is a cognitive theory that relates to learning by making things. They represent the essence of rational thinking, developing cognitive skills that will prepare the child to deal with a multitude of challenges and problems they may encounter later in life.
Learning with e's
AUGUST 22, 2014
In this post, I extend this idea into the work Lave did with Etienne Wenger, which has become known as Communities of Practice. The work of Lave and Wenger advances this concept, turning its focus to the people who make up the learning communities we are all a part of. Anderson ACT-R Cognitive Architecture 2.
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. And yet these theories paid scant attention to the social contexts within which learning occurs.
Learning with e's
AUGUST 31, 2014
Transformative learning is found in the struggle to make sense of chaos, in the churn of the unfamiliar, and in the cognitive dissonance of doubt. Anderson ACT-R Cognitive Architecture 2. Festinger Cognitive Dissonance Theory 12. Lave and Wenger Communities of Practice 26. Reference Mezirow, J. Unported License.
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