Portable Technologies: Science Learning in Context: 13 (Innovations in Science Education and Technology, 13) - Softcover

Book 10 of 20: Innovations in Science Education and Technology
 
9780306466434: Portable Technologies: Science Learning in Context: 13 (Innovations in Science Education and Technology, 13)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0306466430 ISBN 13: 9780306466434
Publisher: Springer, 2001

Synopsis

Education has traditionally studied the world by bringing it into the classroom. This can result in situated learning that appears to students to have no relevance outside the classroom. Students acquire inert, decontextualized knowledge that they cannot apply to real problems. The obvious solution to this shortcoming is to reverse the situation and bring the classroom to the phenomena: to learn in a rich, real-world context. The problem with the real world is that it is complex and filled with interactions that are hard to sort out. The editors and authors believe that the right tools might help students with this sorting process and result in learning in rich contexts. This book is an account of a series of experiments designed to explore the validity of this insight.

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Publisher
Springer
Publication date
2001
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0306466430
ISBN 13 
9780306466434
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
198
Editor
Tinker Robert, Krajcik Joseph