Psychology 2610G Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Educational Psychology, Wu Xing, Learning Sciences
9 Apr 2018
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Chapter 10 the learning sciences and constructivism. Objectives: describe the collaborative approach that led to the interdisciplinary field of learning sciences. Basic assumptions the learning sciences: experts have deep conceptual knowledge, learning comes from the learner, schools must create effective learning environments, prior knowledge is key, reflection is necessary to develop conceptual knowledge. Embodied cognition the learning sciences: our cognitive processes develop in the real-time, goal-directed interactions between our bodies and their environment. In educational psychology, the fundamental assumptions of the learning sciences and embodied cognition all lead to the conclusion that thinking is constructivist. Central ideas of constructivism: learners are active in constructing their own knowledge, social interactions are important in this knowledge construction process. Individuals make sense of the world based on individual knowledge, beliefs and self- concept: also sometimes called psychological or individual constructivism due to study of individual knowledge, beliefs, self-concept or identity, piaget.
