Reconstructing undergraduate education : using learning science to design effective courses / Robert B. Innes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Innes, Robert B.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Higher--Philosophy.

Education, Higher.

College teaching.

Physical Description:

xv, 301 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Mahwah, N.J. : L. Erlbaum Associates, 2004.

Summary:

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 pre

Contents:

1 Overview of Constructivism 1

2 John Dewey and the Foundations of Constructivism 32

3 Psychological Constructivist Perspectives on Learning 69

4 Course Development Case Study I 101

5 Sociocultural Perspectives on Learning 126

6 Transactional Constructivist Perspectives 164

7 Open Dialogue, Disciplinary Discourse, and Diversity in the Learning Community 190

8 "Understanding Organizations" Case Study II 215

9 Developing a Transactional Constructivist Teaching Model 230

10 Curriculum Reform in Higher Education 248.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 270-283) and indexes.

ISBN:

080584841X

OCLC:

54677464