Learning by Inquiry/Explanation/Model-Building

timeline and bibliography by Learning by Inquiry/Explanation/Model-Building on NotaDewey (1916): "optimal learning and human development and growth occur when people are confronted with substantive, real problems to solve."Bruner (1962): Discovery learning. It's best for learners to discover things by themselves. Constructivist.Piaget (1960): Constructivism. Knowledge is internalized by active construction to assimilate new material into what they already know. There is no objective knowledge we impart.Vygotsky (1962): "cognitive development is the product of social and cultural interaction around the development and use of tools of a cognitive, linguistic, and physical nature."Freire (1984) (problem-solving): "the most authentic and powerful pedagogy is one that focuses on the identification, analysis, and resolution of immediate problems in learners' worlds." "Pedagogy must be of demonstrable relevance to the immediate worlds of the students."Papert (1980): Constructionism. Learners learn well through constructivism but even better when they are building something for others to see/consume/experience, e.g. through technology.Ann Brown (1994): Encouraged metacognitive strategies like summarizing, reciprocal teachingAnnemarie Sullivan Palincsar (1984): Reciprocal teaching. Collaborator of Ann Brown's.Leona Schauble (1985): How beliefs change through inquiry - beliefs about knowledge change from "everyday" reasoning and "scientific" reasoning.Janet Kolodner (1990): Case-based reasoning. Students use prior cases to shape their understanding of new ones.timeline and bibliographyhome(Enable JavaScript in your browser, please.)