Teaching Theories

General

Educational Psychology Interactive: Readings in Educational Psychology - extensive list of online materials relating to learning theories compiled by William G. Huitt.

Educational Theory - Educational Theory is published by the Social Science Information Gateway. The general purposes is to foster the continuing development of educational theory and to encourage wide and effective discussion of theoretical problems within the educational profession.

Funderstanding's Adventures in Learning - explores learning theories and applications; includes chat room and links to other resources on the Web. An extremely well-designed site by Eric Cohen utilizing good learning theory.

Learning & Instruction: The TIP Database summarizes 48 major theories of learning and instruction by name, learning domains and concepts.

Apple Education - This site provides guidance to schools engaged in technological and pedagogy restructuring. Includes links to resources for information relating to technology planning, pedagogy, curriculum design (including specific subject matter guides), and other related topics.

Mobile Learning Theory - The paradigm shift in education from a "supply" theory to a "demand" theory.

Meaningful, Engaged Learning - In recent years, a strong consensus has been forming from research on the importance of engaged, meaningful learning and on what constitutes engaged learning in schools and classrooms. Jones, et al. (1994), at NCREL, developed a list indicators of engaged learning presented at this site.

Multiple Intelligences - Summary of the often criticized multiple intelligences theory by Howard Gardner

Multiple Intelligences Flaws - Keith McGuinness points out the inherent flaws with the commonly accepted multiple intelligences theory by Howard Gardner (specifically addressing the issue of lack of evidence to support Gardner's claims).

National Learning Infrastructure - National Learning Infrastructure is a series exploring the need for a national learning infrastructure.

Perspectives on Instruction: Behaviorism, Cognitivism, and Constructivism - theories are used in the field of Instructional Design as guidelines for understanding how to develop instruction that will be most effective for the learner.

Teaching and Learning Methods and Strategies - explanation of various theories of how we learn created by the University of Arizona.

Teaching and Learning Process Model - This model has been developed to categorize the variables that have been studied in an attempt to answer the question: "Why do some students learn more than other students in classroom and school settings?"

Technology and Learning Theory - The Center for Research on Learning Technology at Indiana University shows how technology can impact how we teach, learn, and think. Their site provides research and information on on how to design, develop, implement, and evaluate new learning environments.

Theoretical Sources. Very extensive collection of resources compiled by Martin Ryder at the School of Education, University of Colorado at Denver.

Behavioral Theories

Behaviorist Learning Theory - a brief explanation of behaviorism

Cognitive-Organizational

Designing Effective Learning Environments: Cognitive Apprenticeship Models - paper by S. E. Berryman discussing the problems with traditional theories and describing an apprenticeship models for classroom learning.

Situated Learning & Situated Cognition - collection of Web sites on situated learning compiled by Douglass J. Scott of Michigan State University.

Constructivists

Classroom Compass: Constructivism. Volume 1, Number 3: (Southwest Education Development Lab). This article discusses not only the theory, but how it applies in the classroom.

Collection of some recent articles on constructivism. Compiled by Martin Ryder at the School of Education, University of Colorado at Denver.

Constructivism - a brief explanation of constructivism

Essays on constructivism and education. Compiled by the Maryland Collaborative for Teacher Preparation.

On Purpose Associates. (1996). Adventures in learning: constructivism. [Online] Available: http://www.funderstanding.com/learning_theory_how1.html Viewed February 15, 1997.

Ryder, Martin. (1995). Augmentation of the Intellect This article characterizes the Internet as a powerful constructivist environment for learning. It is an organic system which grows and responds to human participation. A virtual library, the Internet provides abundant information resources. But unlike a library, the Net is a potent environment for generative learning where participants, through interaction, add value to the resources they exploit.

Wilson, B., Osman-Jouchoux, R., & Teslow, J. (1995). The impact of constructivism (and postmodernism) on ID fundamentals. In B. B. Seels (Ed.), Instructional design fundamentals: A reconsideration (pp. 137-157). Englewood Cliffs NJ: Educational Technology Publications. Also available online: http://ouray.cudenver.edu/ ~jlteslow/idfund.html

Post-Modern

Contemporary Philosophy, Critical Theory and Postmodern Thought - extensive collection of links to online resources, corollary sites, readings, and people within the discipline compiled by Martin Ryder

Dear Habermas, A Journal of Postmodern Thought - forum for students and their faculty provides sociological and philosophical discussions of law, gender, the privileging of subjectivity, forgiveness in the interest of good faith public discourse, intertextuality and our role in the creation of texts, and narrative.

A Post-Modern Mandate for Educators - article by Written by Mary L. McNabb published by North Central Regional Educational Laboratory.

Postmodern Culture - journal published by Johns Hopkins University Press with support from the University of Virginia's Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities

 

Useful Learning Theories Links

A Post-Modern Mandate for Educators

Educational Theory - Educational Theory is published by the University of Illinois. The general purposes of this journal are to foster the continuing development of educational theory and to encourage wide and effective discussion of theoretical problems within the educational profession.

Funderstanding's Adventures in Learning - explores learning theories and applications; includes chat room and links to other resources on the Web. An extremely well-designed site by Eric Cohen utilizing good learning theory.

Learning & Instruction: The TIP Database summarizes 48 major theories of learning and instruction by name, learning domains and concepts.

Meaningful, Engaged Learning

Multiple Intelligences - EdWeb

Mobile Learning Theory - The paradigm shift in education from a "supply" theory to a "demand" theory.

Perspectives on Learning Theories: Behaviorism, Cognitivism, and Constructivism

Theories for Classrom Management

Technology and Learning Theory - The use of instructional technology provides some new possibilities for learning theories. It is important to address how various technologies can impact how we teach, learn, and think. Through applied and basic research, as well as theoretical and conceptual inquiry we are attempting to guide the design, development, implementation, and evaluation of a new generation of learning environments.

Theoretical Sources. Very extensive collection of resources compiled by Martin Ryder at the School of Education, University of Colorado at Denver.

Funderstanding's Adventures in Learning - explores learning theories and applications; includes chat room and links to other resources on the Web. An extremely well-designed site by Eric Cohen utilizing good learning theory.

Learning & Instruction: The TIP Database summarizes 48 major theories of learning and instruction by name, learning domains and concepts.

National Learning Infrastructure - National Learning Infrastructure is a series exploring the need for a national learning infrastructure.

Neural network Transfer and Learning to Learn - collection of links to materials and papers discussing neural network transfer and learning to learn theories and research.

Technology and Learning Theory - The Instructional Technology Department at The University of Houston-Clear Lake attempts to address how various technologies can impact how we teach, learn, and think. Through applied and basic research, as well as theoretical and conceptual inquiry we are attempting to guide the design, development, implementation, and evaluation of a new generation of learning environments.

Theoretical Sources. Very extensive collection of resources compiled by Martin Ryder at the School of Education, University of Colorado at Denver.

 

Collaborative and Cooperative Learning

Collaborative Learning A Selected and Annotated Bibliography compiled by by Kathryn M. Plank, Diane M. Enerson, and R. Neill Johnson.

Collaborative Models, Theories, and Research - Materials contains links to articles discussing the models, classroom uses and relationship to other learning models

Collaborative and Cooperative Learning Lessons and Activities - Short, simple cooperative strategies, "Generic" lessons designs, design models, content area lessons and activities for classroom teachers.

Cooperative Learning - Resources developed by Neil Davidson and Susan Ledlow includes links to other resources, bibliographies, sactivities, and listservs

The Conditions for Effective Collaborative Learning Article by Pierre Dillenbourg and Daniel Schneider. This paper reviews the empirical work concerning the conditions under which collaborative learning is efficient. The authors also review the mechanisms that have been proposed to explain the cognitive effects of collaboration. They stress the fact that these findings have been obtained in situations where two or more individuals have to solve a problem together.

Supporting Collaborative Learning during Information Searching - Article by Michael B. Twidale, David M. Nichols, Gareth Smith and Jonathan Trevor. This paper considers the role of collaborative learning during information searching. The authors report on observations of situated collaboration in a physical library, which informed the development of the system, Ariadne.

Experiential Education

Changing Schools through Experiential Education. ERIC Digest. Authors: Stevens, Peggy Walker; Richards, Anthony. In its efforts to restructure schools, the education community has begun to address the challenge of designing a curriculum that young people find significant. This Digest describes how experiential education can help provide such a curriculum and the impact it can have on students, teachers, administrators, and school organizational structures. It also describes ways experiential education can help educators make the transition from a traditional program to an activity-based program requiring the collaboration of teachers and students.

Experiential Education Resources on the Internet AEE Guide to Experiential Education Resources on the Internet.

Experiential Education...in a nutshell. Brief overview of experiential education. This explanation of Experiential Education has been compiled from a variety of different sources and developed also from personal learning and opinion.

Improving Evaluation in Experiential Education by Bruce Hendricks. Evaluators and practitioners are striving to improve the future of experiential education through innovative and practical approaches to educational evaluation.

National Society for Experiential Education. The National Society for Experiential Education (NSEE) is a membership association and national resource center that promotes experienced-based approaches to teaching and learning.

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