LearningTheory

Dialogical Classroom
 * Learning Theory**

//Designing Classroom Environments// "Students' abilities to acquire organized sets of facts and skills are actually enhanced when they are connected to meaningful problem solving activities, and when students are helped to understand why, when and how those facts and skills are relevant. And attempts to teach thinking skills without a strong base of factual knowledge do not promote problem-solving ability or support transfer to new situations."

1. Learner Centered-- Take into account preconceptions and prior knowledge of learner-- Individualized instruction
 * "attention to the knowledge, skills, and attitudes that learners bring into the classroom" (page 23).
 * examples: cultural differences, theories of intelligence

2. Knowledge Centered-- (move to learning for understanding) 3. Formative Assessments 4. Community Centered Approach-- (standards, mission statement, online extension to make course hybrid)
 * what--information and subject matter
 * why--understanding
 * how (to assess)--competence or mastery
 * Given by teacher and student reviewed
 * Purpose: to revise and improve thinking
 * Development of norms for the classroom and school
 * Connections to the outside world
 * Core Learning Values

Source: Bransford, J.D., Brown, A.L., & Cocking, R.R. (2000). //How People Learn//. Washington, D.C.: National Research Council.