Gender and motivational differences in approaches to learning by a cohort of open learning students

2004 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 431-448 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul de Lange * ◽  
Felix Mavondo
Keyword(s):  
Approaches To Learning ◽  
Open Learning

Executive Functions and Approaches to Learning in Head Start Preschoolers

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Virginia E. Vitiello ◽  
Pelin Munis ◽  
J'Lene George ◽  
Daryl B. Greenfield
Keyword(s):  
Head Start ◽  
Executive Functions ◽  
Approaches To Learning

DESAIN PEMBELAJARAN UNTUK TRANSFORMASI SOSIAL (Studi Perbandingan Pemikiran Paulo Freire dan Ivan Illich tentang Pendidikan Pembebasan)

1970 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-128
Author(s):  
Muh. Hanif
Keyword(s):  
Social Transformation ◽  
Paulo Freire ◽  
Technical Skills ◽  
Stable System ◽  
Open Learning ◽  
Learning Network ◽  
Contemporary Education ◽  
Ivan Illich

Paulo Freire and Ivan Illich are prominent figures in contemporary education, who broke the stable system of education. Paulo Freire suggests to stop bank style education and to promote andragogy education, which views both teacher and students equally. Education should be actualized through facing problems and should be able to omit naïve and magic awareness replaced with critical and transformative awareness. Different from Freire, Illich offers to free the society from formal schools. Education should be run in an open learning network. Technical skills can be taught by drilling. In addition, social transformation will happen only if there are epimethean people that are minority in existence.

Beyond templates 2: exploring students’ approaches to learning on a mathematical writing course

2010 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 10-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Teresa McConlogue ◽  
Sally Mitchell ◽  
Franco Vivaldi
Keyword(s):  
Approaches To Learning ◽  
Mathematical Writing ◽  
Writing Course

Rethinking Liberal Education

1996 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Liberal Education ◽  
Liberal Arts ◽  
Liberal Arts Colleges ◽  
Approaches To Learning ◽  
Academic Departments ◽  
Substantial Contribution ◽  
Howard Gardner ◽  
Ernest Boyer ◽  
Education Needs ◽  
Changing Times

Liberal education has always had its share of theorists, believers, and detractors, both inside and outside the academy. The best of these have been responsible for the development of the concept, and of its changing tradition. Drawn from a symposium jointly sponsored by the Educational Leadership program and the American Council of Learned Societies, this work looks at the requirements of liberal education for the next century and the strategies for getting there. With contributions from Leon Botstein, Ernest Boyer, Howard Gardner, Stanley Katz, Bruce Kimball, Peter Lyman, Susan Resneck Pierce, Adam Yarmolinsky and Frank Wong, Rethinking Liberal Education proposes better ways of connecting the curriculum and organization of liberal arts colleges with today's challenging economic and social realities. The authors push for greater flexibility in the organizational structure of academic departments, and argue that faculty should play a greater role in the hard discussions that shape their institutions. Through the implementation of interdisciplinary and collaborative approaches to learning, along with better integration of the curriculum with the professional and vocational aspects of the institution, this work proposes to restore vitality to the curriculum. The concept of rethinking liberal education does not mean the same thing to every educator. To one, it may mean a strategic shift in requirements, to another the reformulation of the underlying philosophy to meet changing times. Any significant reform in education needs careful thought and discussion. Rethinking Liberal Education makes a substantial contribution to such debates. It will be of interest to scholars and students, administrators, and anyone concerned with the issues of modern education.

A Phenomenographic Analysis of College Students’ Conceptions of and Approaches to Programming Learning: Insights From a Comparison of Computer Science and Non-Computer Science Contexts

2021 ◽  
pp. 073563312199595
Author(s):  
Te-Lien Chou ◽  
Kai-Yu Tang ◽  
Chin-Chung Tsai
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Computer Science ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Approaches To Learning ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
Conceptions Of Learning ◽  
Community Interactions ◽  
Learning Programming ◽  
Northern Taiwan ◽  
Rote Memory

Programming learning has become an essential literacy for computer science (CS) and non-CS students in the digital age. Researchers have addressed that students’ conceptions of learning influence their approaches to learning, and thus impact their learning outcomes. Therefore, we aimed to uncover students’ conceptions of programming learning (CoPL) and approaches to programming learning (APL), and analyzed the differences between CS and non-CS students. Phenomenographic analysis was adopted to analyze 31 college students (20 CS-related, and 11 not) from northern Taiwan. Results revealed six categories of CoPL hierarchically: 1. memorizing concepts, logic, and syntax, 2. computing and practicing programming writing, 3. expressing programmers’ ideas and relieving pressure, 4. applying and understanding, 5. increasing one’s knowledge and improving one’s competence, and 6. seeing in a new way. Four categories of APL were also found, namely: 1. copying from the textbook, teachers, or others, 2. rote memory, 3. multiple exploration attempts, and 4. online or offline community interactions. Furthermore, we found that most CS students held higher level CoPL (e.g., seeing in a new way) than non-CS students. However, compared with non-CS students, CS students adopted more surface approaches to learning programming, such as copying and rote memory. Implications are discussed.

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