EDP 304 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Cooperative Learning, Discovery Learning, Dead Poets Society
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Individuals are active agents in constructing their own knowledge during the courseof interaction with the environment. Thinking is an active process whereby people organize their perceptions of the world. Encourage metacognitive processes for judging, organizing, and acquiring information. Robin williams character in dead poet"s society is a prime example of constructivist teaching, he encourages: Particularly effective when teaching content/ procedural skills that have: Specific set of identifiable operations or procedures. Can be illustrated with a large and varied number of exambles. Concrete examples, modeling, many questions, check understanding. Ask questions that promote active rather than passive thinking. Bring in anything to increase attention or interest. Ask probing questions often & observe wait time. Be creative; don"t lecture from text book: discovery learning. Encourages the development of critical thinking skills. Typically not as effective for students with limited prior knowledge: cooperative learning, cooperative learning. A focus on higher-order thinking after presentation of basic information.
