Computers, cockroaches, and ecosystems : understanding learning through metaphor

Of all the topics ever studied, surely one of the most compelling is human learning itself. What is the nature of the human mind? How do we understand and process new information? Where do new ideas come from? How is our very intelligence a product of society and culture?Computers, Cockroaches, and...

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Main Author Pugh, Kevin J. (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, Inc., [2017]
Subjects
Cognitive learning.
Metaphor > Study and teaching.
Metaphor in education
Education > Learning Styles.
Educational psychology.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781806609246
DOI10.1108/978-1-68123-778-7
Physical Description1 online resource (180 pages)

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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. The learning age
  • Part I. Behaviorism
  • Chapter 2. Learning as natural selection
  • Part II. Cognitivism
  • Chapter 3. Mind as computer
  • Chapter 4. Mind as network
  • Part III. Constructivism
  • Chapter 5. Computer as mind
  • Chapter 6. Mind as ecosystem
  • Part IV. Socioculturalism
  • Chapter 7. Mind as cultural tools
  • Chapter 8. Learning as cockroach or panda bear
  • Part V. The purpose of learning
  • Chapter 9. Learning as the journey versus the map
  • Chapter 10. Learning as art.

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