Psychology 2660A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Metacognition, Lev Vygotsky, Embodied Cognition

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2660A/B
• Professor: Elizabeth Hayden

Document Summary

An interdisciplinary field of learning based on research in psychology, education, computer science, philosophy, sociology, anthropology, neuroscience, and other fields that study learning. Focus on how deep knowledge in subjects like science, mathematics, and literacy is actually learned and applied in the real world of scientists, mathematicians and writers. Central ideas of constructivism: constructivism: learners are active in constructing their own knowledge in building understanding and making sense of information, social interactions are important in this knowledge construction process. How is knowledge constructed: 3 explanations of the construction of knowledge, 1. External: the realities of the external world direct knowledge construction: 2. Internal: internal processes (i. e. organization, assimilation, accommodation) dictate knowledge: 3. External world and internal processes: most psychologists believe there is a role for both, but differ in how they emphasize one of the other. Elements of constructivist approaches (5 conditions for learning: 1.