The future of learning : issues and prospects / edited by Mario Tokoro and Luc Steels.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tokoro, Mario, 1947-

Steels, Luc.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Learning.

Physical Description:

viii, 251 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Burke, VA : IOS Press ; Tokyo : Ohmsha, 2003.

Contents:

Theme I. Education Must Be Learner-Centered

Chapter 1. The Knowledge Revolution / Mario Tokoro 15

1.1 Phases in Educational History 16

1.2 Learner-centered Learning 19

1.3 Brain Development 21

Chapter 2. Integrated Learning Environments / Caroline Nevejan 33

2.1 The Changing Spaces of Education 34

2.2 Integrated Learning Environments 37

2.3 Learning to Learn 39

2.4 How Information Technology Helps 42

2.5 Design 46

Theme II. The Well-Functioning Classroom

Chapter 3. The Joys of Preschool Learning / Carla Rinaldi 57

3.1 Our Image of the Child 58

3.2 The School Environment 61

3.3 Participation 62

3.4 Progettazione 62

3.5 Documentation 63

3.6 The Pedagogy of Listening 65

Chapter 4. Personality and Concept Formation / Mariane Hedegaard 79

4.1 What Needs to be Learned 80

4.2 The Double Move Approach 81

4.3 Different Learning Contexts 85

4.4 Motive Development 87

Theme III. The Developing Brain

Chapter 5. The Infant Brain / Mark Johnson 101

5.1 Nature, Nurture and Constructivism 102

5.2 Watching the Brain Develop 104

5.3 The Case of Face Processing 108

Chapter 6. Onceness / Ken Mogi 117

Theme IV. Learning Must Be Social

Chapter 7. Social Language Learning / Luc Steels 133

7.1 The Origins of Meaning 134

7.2 How to Study Learning? 138

7.3 Language Games 141

7.4 Experimental Results 147

7.5 Implications 150

Chapter 8. Playing and Learning with Robots / Kerstin Dautenhahn 163

8.2 Autism 165

8.3 Robots in Autism Therapy 166

8.4 Trials and Results 169

8.5 Instruction or Play 174

8.6 Challenges 175

Theme V. Learning Must Be Fun

Chapter 9. The Motivated Brain / Olivier J.-M. D. Coenen 189

9.1 The Impact of Stress 190

9.2 Role of the Hippocampus 191

9.3 Brain Plasticity 192

9.3.1 Experience Enrichment and Deprivation 195

9.4 Having Control over the Environment 199

9.5 Relationships to Learning and Education 199

Chapter 10. Mass Media and Science / Eduardo Punset 211

10.1 Obstacles to Scientific Understanding 212

10.2 Improving Scientific Communication 213

Chapter 11. Stimulating Brain Power / Bernard Allien 223

11.1 The Need for Change 224

11.2 Attitude in Learning 224

11.3 Stimulating Brain Power 226

11.4 "Soft" Thinking and Creativity 230

Theme VI. A Peek into the Future

Chapter 12. Brains at Play / Marleen Wynants 241.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1586033190

4274905772

OCLC:

52557857