Changing minds and brains : the legacy of Reuven Feuerstein, higher thinking and cognition through mediated learning / Reuven Feuerstein, Louis H. Falik, Refael S. Feuerstein ; with contributions by Schmuel Feuerstein ; foreword by H. Carl Haywood.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Feuerstein, Reuven, author.

Falik, Louis H., author.

Feuerstein, Refael S., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Thought and thinking--Study and teaching (Elementary).

Thought and thinking.

Mediated learning experience.

Feuerstein, Reuven.

Physical Description:

xxv, 222 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Teachers College Press, [2015]

Summary:

In this final work, Reuven Feuerstein provides a first-person narrative of the implementation of mediated learning experience (MLE), past and present, including stories, new insights, observations, and newly formulated concepts on MLE and how it contributes to higher-level thinking and overcoming disability. This is essential reading for all educators looking to improve educational outcomes for diverse learners. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Mediated Learning Experience and the Theory of Structural Cognitive Modifiability 1

Distinguishing Development from Modifiability 2

MLE as a Proximal Determinant of Modifiability 5

Differentiating Piaget's View from Ours 8

The Process of Mediation 15

Summarizing the Meaning of These Differences and Accomplishments 19

2 Defining and Describing Mediated Learning Experience 21

Intentionality/Reciprocity 21

The Mediation of Transcendence 25

The Mediation of Meaning 27

Creating Consciousness: Integrating the "Universal" Parameters 29

The Effect of MLE on the Mediatee, and the Other Partners in the Interaction 30

The Three Partners in the Process of Modifiability 30

Reasons for and Consequences of a Lack of MLE 33

Differentiating Cultural Difference from Cultural Deprivation 34

Summarizing: Applying and Adapting Mediation 42

3 Applications of Mediated Learning Experience 44

Learning Disabled or Teaching Disabled? 44

The Importance of Consciousness 45

When MLE Is Not Offered or Is Insufficient 50

Understanding and Using the Situational Parameters of MLE 52

How to Respond/What to Do About It? 72

Application of the MLE Parameters: A Summary 74

4 Mediated Learning Experience and the Nature of Change 76

The Option for Modifiability 76

The Differential Application of MLE 77

How Does One Impart Learning to Learn? 82

Activating and Mediating the Brain Through the Mirror Neurons 84

The Modifiability of Intelligence 85

The Cognitive Component 89

Defining "Structure" in SCM 92

Applying SCM Through the Instrumental Enrichment Program 93

Overcoming the Barriers to Change 95

Two Cases That Challenge the Concept of Barriers 97

Summarizing 103

5 Sources of Support for the Theory of Structural Cognitive Modifiability 104

The Double Ontogeny of Human Development 104

Issues Related to the Double Ontogeny 106

Intelligence and Cognitive Development as States Rather Than Traits 108

The Issue of Medication: To Medicate or Not to Medicate? 112

How to Effect Changes in the State of Functioning 113

Mediated Learning Experience as a Third Ontogenetic Component: Supported by the Neurosciences 115

How the Neurosciences Have Confirmed and Supported SCM and MLE 117

6 Materialism, Spiritualism, the Mirror Neurons, and Cognitive Modifiability 121

Considering Human Behavior Through the Spectrum of MLE and Quantum Theory 122

Ways in Which Spiritual Mediation Affects the Matter of the Brain 126

Defining Materialism Versus Spiritualism and the Conceptualization of Human Behavior and Potential 129

The Confrontation of Materialism and Spiritualism 131

A New and Broader Perspective on the Modifiability of the Brain 133

7 How Mediated Learning Experience Produces Structural Cognitive Modifiability 134

Mediated Learning Experience to Modify the Capacity for Higher-Level Thinking 134

Application of MLE to Special Populations 137

The Application of MLE to the Deficient Cognitive Functions 140

Why Do We Focus on Deficient Cognitive Functions? 142

Mediational Interactions at the Input Phase 148

Mediational Interactions at the Elaboration Phase 154

Mediational Interactions at the Output Phase 164

Mediational Questions as the "Backbone" of MLE 170

8 Making Mediated Learning Experience Effective: Summarizing and Integrating 172

Mediation for Generalization 173

Mediation for Retention and Permanence 175

Mediation for the Formation of Relationships 176

The Amount and Nature of Necessary Mediation 177

Mediating for Resistance 181

Going Further 182

9 Questioning as a Basic Mechanism of Mediated Learning Experience / Shmuel Feuerstein Feuerstein, Shmuel 183

The Socratic Dialogue 184

Collaborative Learning 185

The Talmudic Study Paradigm 186

Summarizing the Contributions and Contrasts 188

10 Mediated Learning Experience and "Generation Y": Implications for Parents and Teachers / Refael S. Feuerstein Feuerstein, Refael S. 189

Mediated Learning Experience for Generation Y 189

What Are the Implications for Generation Y? 192

The Mediated Learning Experience Response to This Situation 193

Consequences for the Development of Learning Potential 197

Summing up 200.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780807756201

0807756202

9780807756218

0807756210

OCLC:

891125162