Learning and Everyday Life

by Jean Lave

An incisive study of situated learning, analyzed through a critical theory of social practice as transformational change in everyday life.

Learning and Everyday Life

Author: Jean Lave

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

ISBN: 1108480462

Page: 203

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An incisive study of situated learning, analyzed through a critical theory of social practice as transformational change in everyday life.

Science Education for Everyday Life

by Glen S. Aikenhead

This book provides a comprehensive overview of humanistic approaches to science.

Science Education for Everyday Life

Author: Glen S. Aikenhead

Publisher: Teachers College Press

ISBN: 9780807746349

Page: 186

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This book provides a comprehensive overview of humanistic approaches to science. Approaches that connect students to broader human concerns in their everyday life and culture. Glen Aikenhead, an expert in the field of culturally sensitive science education, summarizes major worldwide historical findings; focuses on present thinking; and offers evidence in support of classroom practice. This highly accessible text covers curriculum policy, teaching materials, teacher orientations, teacher education, student learning, culture studies, and future research.

The Psychology of Learning

by Kiersten Renee Baughman

The rich examples throughout the text make the material high-interest and engaging for readers.

The Psychology of Learning

Author: Kiersten Renee Baughman

Publisher: Cognella Academic Publishing

ISBN: 9781516547586

Page:

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The Psychology of Learning: Everyday Life Applications introduces readers to fundamental theories and concepts about how learning occurs. Concise, practical, and easy to understand, the text features topics that are relevant and relatable, and skillfully employs scenarios to show how theories and concepts apply in real-world learning situations. Students will explore the nature of learning, classical and operant conditioning, the impact of reinforcement on learning, the role of self control and adherence to rules, and the power of others' influence on learning. Chapters include clear objectives to support student focus, lists of key terms to facilitate comprehension and test preparation, discussion questions, and application opportunities. The rich examples throughout the text make the material high-interest and engaging for readers. Designed to be a fresh and accessible alternative to standard academically-focused texts on learning, The Psychology of Learning is ideal for courses in education, including special or early childhood education, and the psychology of learning.

The Ecology of Learning

by John Blewitt

Sustainability, Lifelong Learning and Everyday Life John Blewitt. 2. Sustainability.
and. the. Practice. of. Everyday. Life. This chapter focuses largely on the
sociology of everyday life, looking particularly at consumption issues and how
changes ...

The Ecology of Learning

Author: John Blewitt

Publisher: Routledge

ISBN: 1136536000

Page: 256

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Your house is flooded by 'unseasonal' heavy rain. What do you learn from this experience? Do you shrug your shoulders and call your insurer? Or do you choose to learn about climate change, switch to renewable energy and lobby politicians? In this insightful book, John Blewitt explores the possibilities for developing a sustainable society through 'lifelong learning' that is, learning that happens in everyday environments and activities as diverse as shopping, community, 'edutainment', information and communication technology, the internet, broadcasting, people's experience of place and space, green building, social networks and consumer culture. Drawing on a range of sociological, anthropological and educational studies as well as new research, The Ecology of Learning is ideal for educators, teachers, corporate trainers and consultants working to integrate environmental education, sustainability and innovation in non-traditional learning situations. The coverage is extensive, with an accessible but informed engagement with both theory and practice and a wide range of examples. Throughout, the voices, stories and experiences of many people are used to illustrate the ways people may reshape our understanding of learning and sustainability.

Supporting Language Learning in Everyday Life

by Judith F. Duchan

Rather than a mimetic or copy view of learning , the situated pragmatics view
argued here is that children must ... child can make better sense of and be more
included in everyday life situations — the ultimate goal of any intervention
program .

Supporting Language Learning in Everyday Life

Author: Judith F. Duchan

Publisher: Singular

ISBN:

Page: 207

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Introduces a situated pragmatics approach to teaching school- aged children language, drawing on principles and findings from similar approaches long used with toddlers. Duchan (communicative disorders and sciences, State U. of New York) reviews the history of pragmatics, them explores how everyday situations can be used to help children acquire language. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Critical Teaching and Everyday Life

by Ira Shor

In this unique book on education, Shor develops teaching theory side-by-side with a political analysis of schooling.

Critical Teaching and Everyday Life

Author: Ira Shor

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

ISBN: 9780226753584

Page: 270

View: 324

In this unique book on education, Shor develops teaching theory side-by-side with a political analysis of schooling. Drawing on the work of Paulo Freire, he offers the first practical and theoretical guide to Freirean methods for American classrooms. Central to his method is a commitment to learning through dialogue and to exploring themes from everyday life. He poses alienation and mass culture as key obstacles to learning, and establishes critical literacy as a foundation for studying any subject.

Cognition in Practice

by Jean Lave

The book will appeal to anthropologists, for its novel theory of the relation of cognition to culture and context; to cognitive scientists and educational theorists; and to the 'plain folks' who form its subject, and who will recognize ...

Cognition in Practice

Author: Jean Lave

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

ISBN: 9780521357340

Page: 214

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Most previous research on human cognition has focused on problem-solving, and has confined its investigations to the laboratory. As a result, it has been difficult to account for complex mental processes and their place in culture and history. In this startling - indeed, disco in forting - study, Jean Lave moves the analysis of one particular form of cognitive activity, - arithmetic problem-solving - out of the laboratory into the domain of everyday life. In so doing, she shows how mathematics in the 'real world', like all thinking, is shaped by the dynamic encounter between the culturally endowed mind and its total context, a subtle interaction that shapes 1) Both tile human subject and the world within which it acts. The study is focused on mundane daily, activities, such as grocery shopping for 'best buys' in the supermarket, dieting, and so on. Innovative in its method, fascinating in its findings, the research is above all significant in its theoretical contributions. Have offers a cogent critique of conventional cognitive theory, turning for an alternative to recent social theory, and weaving a compelling synthesis from elements of culture theory, theories of practice, and Marxist discourse. The result is a new way of understanding human thought processes, a vision of cognition as the dialectic between persons-acting, and the settings in which their activity is constituted. The book will appeal to anthropologists, for its novel theory of the relation of cognition to culture and context; to cognitive scientists and educational theorists; and to the 'plain folks' who form its subject, and who will recognize themselves in it, a rare accomplishment in the modern social sciences.

Play Learning and Children s Development

by Mariane Hedegaard

This book explores the dynamics in children's everyday lives as they move between school and the family, with particular consideration of how children's motives change in response to new challenges.

Play Learning and Children s Development

Author: Mariane Hedegaard

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

ISBN: 1107355303

Page:

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This book explores the dynamics in children's everyday lives as they move between school and the family, with particular consideration of how children's motives change in response to new challenges. Professors Mariane Hedegaard and Marilyn Fleer follow four children, two from Australia and two from Denmark, over a twelve-month period. Using these case studies, they show how children's everyday activities, play, and the demands of both family and educational contexts influence their learning and development. The authors contribute to a sociocultural theory formulation that includes the child's perspective in cultural historical contexts. Their approach yields insights that transcend specific nationalities, cultures, and socioeconomic situations. The analysis shows not just how children's family life shapes their experiences in school, but how schools influence and shape their lives at home.

Ecological Education in Everyday Life

by Canadian Commission for Unesco

'This collection of articles makes a significant contribution to the fields of both adult education and environmental education, as well as offering some interesting insights for those involved in proximate areas such as community ...

Ecological Education in Everyday Life

Author: Canadian Commission for Unesco

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

ISBN: 9780802084965

Page: 263

View: 614

Western and Arab researchers look at adult education, and discuss how an ecological approach to education, focussing on the cultural traditions and natural environments of communities, can be more useful than education in specialized institutions.

Learning

by Gerhard Steiner

This volume deals with learning, how it occurs and under which circumstances.

Learning

Author: Gerhard Steiner

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

ISBN: 9780521478007

Page: 332

View: 127

This volume deals with learning, how it occurs and under which circumstances.

Gender and Everyday Life

by Mary Holmes

This book will be of great use and interest to students to gender studies, sociology and feminist theory.

Gender and Everyday Life

Author: Mary Holmes

Publisher: Routledge

ISBN: 1134098324

Page: 176

View: 885

Why are we so insistent that women and men are different? This introduction to gender provides a fascinating, readable exploration of how society divides people into feminine women and masculine men. Gender and Everyday Life explores gender as a way of seeing women and men as not just biological organisms, but as people shaped by their everyday social world. Examining how gender has been understood and lived in the past; and how it is understood and done differently by different cultures and groups within cultures; Mary Holmes considers the strengths and limitations of different ways of thinking and learning to ‘do’ gender. Key sociological and feminist ideas about gender are covered from Christine Pisan to Mary Wollstonecraft; and from symbolic interactionism to second wave feminism through to the work of Judith Butler. Gender and Everyday Life illustrates gender with a range of familiar and contemporary examples: everything from nineteenth century fashions in China and Britain, to discussions of what Barbie can tell us about gender in America, to the lives of working women in Japan. This book will be of great use and interest to students to gender studies, sociology and feminist theory.

The Everyday Life of Urban Inequality

by Angela Storey

Higher education in an era of digital competition: Emerging organizational
models. Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, 2(1), 66–95. Harvey, D. (
2003). The right to the city. International Journal of Urban and Regional
Research, 27(4), ...

The Everyday Life of Urban Inequality

Author: Angela Storey

Publisher:

ISBN: 1793610657

Page: 236

View: 935

The Everyday Life of Urban Inequality explores urban inequality through detailed case studies. By focusing on situated experiences of displacement, belonging, and difference, the contributors to this edited collection demonstrate the power of multidisciplinary ethnographic research to illustrate how inequalities affect city residents worldwide.--Anru Lee, John Jay College, CUNY

Arithmetic for Everyday Life

by Milton W. Beckmann

You will discover that achievement in addition and subtraction will be greater if
the students learn to generalize . In this way the ... GENERAL PROCEDURE
Meaning and understanding are the prime requisites in learning numbers . That
is why ...

Arithmetic for Everyday Life

Author: Milton W. Beckmann

Publisher:

ISBN:

Page: 37

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Psychology Applied to Everyday Life

by Rick M. Gardner

In this [book, the author] creates a personalized, interactive environment focused not only on psychological theory and research in the field, in the lab, and online, but on the practical applications available to [one] everyday.

Psychology Applied to Everyday Life

Author: Rick M. Gardner

Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Company

ISBN: 9780155067943

Page: 546

View: 556

In this [book, the author] creates a personalized, interactive environment focused not only on psychological theory and research in the field, in the lab, and online, but on the practical applications available to [one] everyday. What accounts for achievement in one individual but not in another? What are the influences of the media on modern violence and political aggression? on personal attraction, the changing nature of the family, and individual health? Readers are encouraged to think critically, to analyze, and to challenge their own misconceptions. -Back cover.

Justice in Everyday Life

by Howard Mason

Modeled after the callings of the United Methodist Social Principles, this course delves deeper into existing issues surrounding matters of faith and practices.

Justice in Everyday Life

Author: Howard Mason

Publisher: Discipleship Resources

ISBN: 9780881774917

Page: 36

View: 147

Modeled after the callings of the United Methodist Social Principles, this course delves deeper into existing issues surrounding matters of faith and practices. Justice in Everyday Life encourages lay speakers to examine the Social Principles of the United Methodist Church. In this course participants will learn how to expand their network of support; deepen their practice of means of grace; identify and work through resistance to change; analyze their congregation and community; understand, form, and nurture partnerships; and create a climate of hospitality.

The Brave Learner

by Julie Bogart

In this book, Julie Bogart distills decades of experience--homeschooling her five now grown children, developing curricula, and training homeschooling families around the world--to show parents how to make education an exciting, even ...

The Brave Learner

Author: Julie Bogart

Publisher: Penguin

ISBN: 0525505008

Page: 320

View: 207

Publishers Weekly bestseller · A joyful and accessible homeschool guide to making learning a part of everyday life Parents who are deeply invested in their children's education can be hard on themselves and their kids. When exhausted parents are living the day-to-day grind, it can seem impossible to muster enough energy to make learning fun or interesting. How do parents nurture a love of learning amid childhood chaos, parental self-doubt, the flu, and state academic standards? In this book, Julie Bogart distills decades of experience--homeschooling her five now grown children, developing curricula, and training homeschooling families around the world--to show parents how to make education an exciting, even enchanting, experience for their kids, whether they're in elementary or high school. Enchantment is about ease, not striving. Bogart shows parents how to make room for surprise, mystery, risk, and adventure in their family's routine, so they can create an environment that naturally moves learning forward. If a child wants to pick up a new hobby or explore a subject area that the parent knows little about, it's easy to simply say "no" to end the discussion and the parental discomfort, while dousing their child's curious spark. Bogart gently invites parents to model brave learning for their kids so they, too, can approach life with curiosity, joy, and the courage to take learning risks.

Behavior Principles in Everyday Life

by John D. Baldwin

Natural Learning Natural—or unplanned—learning is common in everyday life.
We are learning all the time, and most people are unaware of the behavior
principles that explain how this learning takes place. Children playing in a
sandbox are ...

Behavior Principles in Everyday Life

Author: John D. Baldwin

Publisher:

ISBN:

Page: 390

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The text provides a comprehensive review of the major principles of behavior in operand conditioning. Pavlovian conditioning, social learning theory, and cognitive behaviorism. The text's strength is its emphasis on understanding behavior principles and their applications through everyday, life examples rather than experiments.

Surviving Everyday Life

by Marc von Boemcken

I argue that this orientation amounts to the making of securityscapes in everyday
life. The key questions I pose are: how do parents decide on their children's
education and their future prospects? What practices do they use to achieve their
 ...

Surviving Everyday Life

Author: Marc von Boemcken

Publisher: Spaces of Peace, Security and

ISBN: 1529211956

Page: 208

View: 789

Moving beyond state-centric and elitist perspectives, this volume examines everyday security in the Central Asian country of Kyrgyzstan. Based on ethnographic fieldwork and written by scholars from Central Asia and beyond, it shows how insecurity is experienced, what people consider existential threats, and how they go about securing themselves. It concentrates on individuals who feel threatened because of their ethnic belonging, gender, sexual orientation or political activism. It develops the concept of 'securityscapes', which draws attention to the more subtle means that people take to secure themselves - practices bent on invisibility and avoidance, on disguise and trickery, and on continually adapting to shifting circumstances. By broadening the concept of security practice, this book is an important contribution to debates in Critical Security Studies as well as to Central Asian and Area Studies.