What Learning Looks Like: Mediated Learning in Theory and Practice, K-6 - Softcover

Reuven Feuerstein; Ann Lewin-Benham

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0807753262 ISBN 13: 9780807753262

Publisher: Teachers College Press, 2012

Synopsis

Brings to life the theory of mediated learning. Through numerous examples and scenarios from classrooms and museums, they show how mediated learning helps children to become more effective learners. Readers learn the steps in the process, including analysing the child’s problem, teaching the child to focus on the difficulty, and using the techniques of mediated learning to enable the child to overcome the learning challenge.

About this title

About the Author:

Reuven Feuerstein was the founder and director of the Feuerstein Institute (formerly ICELP) and professor of psychology in Bar-Ilan University's School of Education (Ramat-Gan, Israel), and a Nobel Prize nominee. Louis H. Falik is emeritus professor of counseling at San Francisco State University and a senior scholar at the Feuerstein Institute. Refael Feuerstein is chairman of the Feuerstein Institute. Their books include Beyond Smarter: Mediated Learning and the Brain's Capacity for Change and A Think-Aloud and Talk-Aloud Approach to Building Language: Overcoming Disability, Delay, and Deficiency.

About this edition

• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0807753262
• ISBN 13: 9780807753262
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240