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Constructivism and the Design of Learning Environments: Context and Authentic Activities for Learning

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Title
Constructivism and the Design of Learning Environments: Context and Authentic Activities for Learning
Abstract/Description
Apprenticeship is one of the earliest forms of learning by doing, where a student learns a task, such as weaving, masonry, or even thinking under the tutelage of an expert. Skill and knowledge development in apprenticeship can cross several disciplines, but is always set in the context of the authentic activity of solving the larger task at hand. A skill like masonry, therefore, may require knowledge of some aspects of geology, geometry, basic mathematics, structural engineering, etc. Similarly, the development of logical thought by Plato’s students was always set in the context of the larger philosophical debate and in developing rhetorical skills. Thus the larger task, the construction task, provides an organizing and unifying role and a purpose for learning.
Author/creator
Honebein, Peter C.
Duffy, Thomas M.
Fishman, Barry J.
Date
1993
In publication
Designing Environments for Constructive Learning
Editor
Duffy, Thomas M.
Lowyck, Joost
Jonassen, David H.
Welsh, Thomas M.
Series
NATO ASI Series
Pages
87-108
Publisher
Springer
Resource type
en Research/Scholarly Media
Resource status/form
en Published Text
Scholarship genre
en Theoretical
Keywords
instructional design
authentic activity
learning environment
metacognitive skill
proximal development
Language
en
Open access/full-text available
en No
Peer reviewed
en No
ISBN
978-3-642-78069-1
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-78069-1_5
URL
Official Publisher's Webpage (Springer Link)
Citation
Honebein, P. C., Duffy, T. M., & Fishman, B. J. (1993). Constructivism and the Design of Learning Environments: Context and Authentic Activities for Learning. In T. M. Duffy, J. Lowyck, D. H. Jonassen, & T. M. Welsh (Eds.), Designing Environments for Constructive Learning (pp. 87–108). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-78069-1_5
Cited in
Design Thinking and the Learning Sciences: Theoretical, Practical, and Empirical Perspectives
Place
Berlin, Heidelberg
Item sets
OB Citations - Design Thinking and the Learning Sciences

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