Educational Theories: Comparison of the Views of Dewey and Stone John Dewey (1 - 5) is, of course, widely recognized as one of the key theorists in American education. J. E. Stone (1), a less well known educator and theorist, is a contemporary writer and analyst who has proposed an ...
This chapter discusses educational theories targeted at the individual level and how they can be used to inform the development of interventions to move knowledge to action. The theoretical approaches to learning discussed are behaviorist, cognitivist, constructionist, humanist, and social learning ...
The first edition of this book has been a best-seller for almost a decade, identified as one of the top ten books for students of child development or early childhood care and education. In this new edition, there i...
Many frequently used theorists can be found in these pages. For example: Bourdieu, Butler, Foucault and Stenhouse and many others appear, and aspects of their work are discussed in some detail, as the theories arose in the design of the contributors' research questions and projects or simple ...
When these ambitious hopes did not seem to be realized, there was substantial disappointment among both scientists and practitioners. It was not clear how teachers could use such very general and vague recommendations as those, for example, based on a synopsis of classical learning theories by Thor...
Learning TheoriesMemoryPsycholinguisticsTHIS ADDRESS, GIVEN AT THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING (BERLIN, SEPTEMBER 1964), PRESENTS A GENERAL DISCUSSION OF THE PRESENT SCOPE, ROLE, AND POTENTIAL USE OF RESEARCH IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING METHODOLOGY, AND MAINTAINS THAT THE...
Episode three examines the latest theories of Biological Sex while the possible origin of Gender Identity is explored in episode four. Sexual Orientation is covered in both episode five and six where episode five discusses the controversy between "born this way" theorists and "learned sexuality" ...
205). While this may be a straightforward proposition when considering the physical and natural world, that is, we can accept the existence of a tree whether we perceive that tree or what our theories about trees are, it is a more difficult proposition to understand when we consider social ...
equity, and inclusion in order to address these issues. All these facts, issues, and proposals are legitimate objects for educational evaluation. Diversity is also a DNA that is part of the birth and growth of the field of educational evaluation. From the very beginning, the theories and metho...
One important driver of the development of educational theories is the need to address meaningful educational challenges. Educational theories do not only explain phenomena. They also identify important educational problems or hard-to-achieve educational goals and provide the theoretical means to address ...