Sociocultural and Constructivist Theories of Learning: Ontology, Not Just Epistemology

Talking and learning physics: Predicting future grades from network measures and Force Concept Inventory pretest scores

“…Underlying this methodology is a situated or participationist framework of learning [23,24]. This theoretical framework avers that learning is an ongoing process of transforming participation [25][26][27], and it has roots in the Vygotskian perspective [1].…”

Το animation ως εργαλείο καινοτομίας στις εκπαιδευτικές δράσεις του προγράμματος Jean Monnet: Μελέτη περίπτωσης υλοποίησης βιωματικού εργαστηρίου για την καταπολέμηση της μισαλλοδοξίας και του θρησκευτικού φανατισμού στο πλαίσιο της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης

“…Δομή διδακτικής στρατηγικής Το εργαστήριο είναι δομημένο με βάση τις αρχές του εποικοδομητισμού και της ανακαλυπτικής μάθησης (Duffy & Cunnigham, 1996, Ματσαγγούρας, 1994, 2000, Orlich et al, 1990, Osborne, 1996, Packer & Goicoechea, 2000, Phillips, 1995, Piaget, 1977, Vygotsky, 1978 σε τρία μέρη που αντιστοιχούν σε τρία κομβικά στοιχεία της μαθησιακής-διδακτικής διαδικασίας και τα οποία, σύμφωνα με την χρονική σειρά ανάπτυξης τους, είναι τα παρακάτω: Α) Γενική ενημέρωση για το πλαίσιο εφαρμογής της τεχνικής του animation και τα ζητούμενα σχετικά με το περιεχόμενο. Σε αυτό το στάδιο τίθενται και οι μαθησιακοί στόχοι σε συνεργασία με τους μαθητές.…”

The effect of interactivity and instructional exposure on learning effectiveness and knowledge retention: A comparative study of two U.S. Air Force Computer-Based Training (CBT) courses for network user licensing

“…As noted, there is a substantial academic debate about the nature and psychology of learning. Many researchers and theorists have suggested that the constructivist and sociocultural perspective are congruent while many others contend they are opposed in some of their basic underlying assumptions about the way in which things come to be and in the nature of truth (Packer and Goicoechea, 2000). Important to note is White's (1993: 620) acknowledgment that "there is no one theory about the psychology of pedagogy that we can identify and teach with confidence that others are wrong."…”

“…Although his works were not published outside the Soviet Union until the 1960s, his sociocultural theory currently resides as one of the main theories of learning used in Western thought today (Dixon-Krauss, 1996). Vygotsky's theory of social development states that social interaction is fundamental to learning (Moll, 1990;Rogoff, 1990;Packer and Goicoechea, 2000;Vygotsky, 1986). The term scaffolding is used to represent a guiding of student by teacher, whereas the teacher or knowledgeable other draws a learner from their achieved level of performance on a gradual path to their potential level of performance.…”

“…This theory also contends that meaning is constructed through interactions with one's environment either individually or with others (Packer and Goicoechea, 2000;Wonacott, 2000). The instructor is considered to be a facilitator whose main purpose is to engage the learner (Wonacott, 2000).…”