Re: [Phys-l] active learning needs a theory

[jbellina <jbellina@saintmarys.edu>]

If you want a theory, take a look at Philip Adey's new book The  
Professional Development of Teachers: Practices and Theory, Kluwer,  
ISBN 1-4020-2006-6

cheers,

joe

Joseph J. Bellina, Jr. Ph.D.
Professor of Physics
Saint Mary's College
Notre Dame, IN 46556

On Jun 3, 2006, at 8:53 PM, Josip Slisko wrote:

> Hi Jack:
>
> To have better human procreation a scientific theory of it is needed.
>
> We know that teaching promoting students' "interactive engagement" is
> better for students' conceptual learning than "traditional teaching".
> Nevertheless, we cann't fortell for which particular student it  
> works and
> why for this one yes and for the other not.
> Unless we start to look closely to the complex process of physics
> learning, we will be unable to rise actual efficacy of "interactive
> engagement".
>
> Best wishes
> Josip
>
> On Sat, 3 Jun 2006, Jack Uretsky wrote:
>
> > Hi all-
> >  	By Josip's reasoning, human procreation could never have gotten
> > started.
> >  				Regards,
> >  					Jack
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, 2 Jun 2006, Josip Slisko wrote:
> >
> > > Hi all:
> > >
> > > In order to have more "active learning" in and out of classroom,  
> > > both
> > > teachers and students need to know more about its theoretical  
> > > basis. Even
> > > the term "active learning" is a little bit problematic. Every  
> > > learning,
> > > even bad one, implies some kind of activity on the side of the  
> > > learner.
> > >
> > > It seems to me that a good place to start is to look at "self- 
> > > regulated
> > > learning" and what its main advocates, like Barry Zimmerman and Paul
> > > Pinthrich, said about it.
> > >
> > > Hoping this can help, I send my best wishes
> > >
> > > Josip Slisko
> > >
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