Designing Environments for Constructive Learning: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on the Design of Constructivist Learning ... 14-18, 1991: v. 105 (NATO ASI Subseries F) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3540564527 ISBN 13: 9783540564522

Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K, 1993

Synopsis

The idea for this book grew out of a NATO Advanced Research Workshop held at the Catholic University at Leuven, Belgium. We are grateful to NATO for support in conducting this workshop and for support in the preparation of this book. We are particularly grateful for their emphasis on designing the workshop to build collegiality. They suggested that we hold the meeting in a small town and that we organize evening activities to keep the group together and to promote informal and extended discussions. What sage advice. The excitement grew over the three days as we shared understandings and enriched our perspectives. Indeed, there was even a proclaimed "near" conversion to a constructivist perspective from one colleague trained in traditional instructional design methods. While we report this as a bit of a humorous anecdote, it most clearly reflects the sense of excitement that developed. We would also like to thank the staff at the Catholic University for their great support during the workshop. Their efforts and their good cheer were important components in the success of the meeting. In particular we would like to thank Jan Elen, Catherine Vermunicht and Jef Vanden Branden. Finally we would like to thank the personnel at Indiana University for their help in assembling this book. Deborah Shaw prepared the index. We thank her for the skill and speed with which she was able to work.

About this title

Synopsis:

This volume contains the proceedings of a NATO Advanced Research Workshop held within the activities of the Special Programme on Advanced Educational Technology. It focuses on constructivist pedagogy and the implications of that pedagogy for the principles and strategies of instructional design and for the use of technology in instruction. A constructivist pedagogy emphasizes the "situatedness" of learning. In the first half of this book, the authors describe constructivist learning environments and the particular theoretical framework in which they are embedded. The second half focuses on instructional design principles to be derived from constructivism, the implications for the practice of instructional design, including principles for design, and the practical issues of implementing constructivist learning environments.

About this edition

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 3540564527
• ISBN 13: 9783540564522
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 382
• Editor: Duffy Thomas M., Lowyck Joost