Educational Theories, Learning Theories, and Special Concepts

Author(s):  
Ruth A. Wittmann-Price ◽  
Samuel W. Price
2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (6) ◽  
pp. 987-1004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robin Bell ◽  
Heather Bell

PurposeExperiential approaches have become increasingly common in entrepreneurship education in response to calls for different approaches to the traditional didactic process-driven approach. Experiential approaches offer the potential to develop the skills and mindset that are required in entrepreneurship. Research has highlighted the critical importance of educator pedagogical competence in the delivery and quality of teaching and learning in further and higher education. Nevertheless, educator narratives and practices are often based on foundations that suggest a lack in the depth of knowledge and understanding of the underlying pedagogic learning theories and practice. This paper brings educational theory and pedagogic practice together in a three-stage framework of the experiential entrepreneurship learning process to support entrepreneurship educators within further and higher education.Design/methodology/approachThis paper reviews and brings together the seminal educational theories and philosophies of constructivism, objectivism, Kolb's (1984) theory of experiential learning, Schön's (1983) reflection-in-action and Mezirow's (1997) theory of transformative learning, to develop a framework which underpins the experiential entrepreneurship learning process.FindingsThis paper develops a three-stage framework which informs the roles of an educator and a learner in experiential entrepreneurship education within further and higher education, based on educational theories and philosophies that inform the learning process.Practical implicationsThe developed framework supports the pedagogic competence of educators in the delivery of experiential entrepreneurship education through a deeper understanding of the supporting theory that informs the pedagogic practice. This will provide consolidation to enable educators to maximise the effectiveness of their educational practice (Kaynardağ, 2019) and can increase the legitimacy of entrepreneurship education (Foliard et al., 2018).Originality/valueThis paper meets calls in the literature to provide a closer engagement between educational theory and pedagogic practice to afford guidance as to how educators can navigate some of the different educational theories and philosophies to consolidate the effective delivery of quality experiential entrepreneurship education. Applying seminal educational theories and philosophies to ensure the quality of experiential education can support the legitimacy of experiential entrepreneurship education.


Author(s):  
Eric B. Bauman ◽  
I. Alex Games

This chapter will provide the reader with a historical context and introduction to contemporary learning theories for 3D and immersive environments being used for educational purposes. Many traditional educational theories predate the emergence of the multimedia literacy movement and do not adequately address the challenges of developing, delivering, and integrating multimedia based content such as game-based immersive environments into curricula. The authors place significant emphasis on the importance of relevant, accurate, and situated aspects of culture and diversity throughout the development, implementation, and evaluation phases of immersive learning environments. To this end, a new theory is introduced and discussed in detail. The Ecology of Culturally Competent Design has been developed to specifically address the rigors and challenges of accurately situating culture within virtual environments.


2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 27-31
Author(s):  
Sharafat Malek ◽  
Md Humayun Kabir Talukder

Literature on learning among immigrant adults is limited.1, 2 Published literatures directly concerning the socio-cultural educational experiences of permanent resident international medical graduates (PRIMGs) at their post-migration adaptive period is even more limited.3 In order to properly understand the post-migrational re-qualifying experiences of PRIMGs; it was felt important to study and incorporate educational theories. This paper has focused on examining some of the adult learning theories that underpin PRIMGs' accreditation experiences in developed English-speaking countries i.e. Australia. To do this has involved repeatedly visiting a range of educational theories, concepts and paradigms. Since one single theory or paradigm failed to cover all aspects of the study, it was deemed important to explore a variety of different theories. Although the social experience during re-settlement is crucially important for predicting PRIMGs' academic progress; this paper solely concentrates on their post-migration educational experiences. The review has suggested that some preknowledge on nature of the educational facilities in the host country is important for re-establishing medical career. For some, this process may all go smoothly whereas others may find this journey difficult, frustrating and costly. The outcome of settlement ought to be better if the decision to migrate was taken with pre-knowledge of the post-migration learning environment and structure4; although, many other micro and macro elements are equally involved in the process. The implementation and practice of 'Experiential learning model' has been advocated that both indicates and emphasizes the need for funded arrangements of 'Structured on the job training' programs for PRIMGs. The alternate option would be to undertake full-fee-paid, practical-oriented, up-skilling bridging courses6. Such training would assist them to effectively complete their learning cycle and re-qualify in a shorter timeframe.Bangladesh Journal of Medical Education Vol.9(2) 2018: 27-31


2017 ◽  
Vol 70 (2) ◽  
pp. 169-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Servet Altan ◽  
Jennie F. Lane ◽  
Erskine Dottin

Despite the heated debates about dispositions in teacher education, most accrediting agencies continue to put dispositions among their priorities. The authors of the current article concur with the value of using Dewey to understand how habits can be clustered to better understand intelligent teaching dispositions. But, can we extend Dewey’s epistemology to learning theories in a manner that informs the making of teaching conduct more intelligent? To address this question, the authors applied qualitative content analysis to review the literature. Through a deductive approach, dispositions as Habits of Mind were related to educational theories using intelligent behaviors as the common denominator. The conclusion is that dispositions can be clustered around Habits of Mind that are related directly to educational learning theories vis-à-vis thoughtfulness, and to learning theories that support learning or mindfulness. Grounding dispositions as habits of mind in selected educational theories may guide and support the professional development of teaching dispositions.


2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 25-31
Author(s):  
Talat Waseem

In an era of exponential growth of medical knowledge, it is becoming increasingly important to adopt modern learning techniques which stem from modern educational theories. There is a paradigm shift from classical behaviorism towards a constructivist approach in which student more actively participates and learns at the higher Bloom’s Taxonomy level. The purpose of this review is to understand the role of various educational theories which form the basis of modern curricula in a medical school environment and promote understanding in this regard. This review gives a brief historical perspective of various education theories and focuses on current educational theories which matter in our current constructivist educational environment.


2020 ◽  
Vol 102 (2) ◽  
pp. 143-157
Author(s):  
Raymond Richard Neutra

The Lovell Health House (1927–1929) by Richard Neutra for Dr. Phillip Lovell and his wife, Leah Lovell, was a turning point in modern architecture. The house not only carried out Phillip Lovell’s principles of healthy living, it also incorporated a school conducted along the progressive educational theories embraced by Leah Lovell. This article identifies the educational features in Neutra’s plan. Interviews with one of the last remaining students of the school shed light on the students and faculty and how the design served the school’s curriculum. Neutra’s innovative design accommodating the progressive educational program at the Lovell Health House belongs in any discussion of the later school designs for which he won lasting acclaim.


2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 501-516
Author(s):  
María Ángela Jiménez Montañés ◽  
◽  
Susana Villaluenga de Gracia

The implementation of curricula of degree, within the framework of the European space of higher education (EEES) has been a substantial change in University learning. The student spent acquire knowledge, competencies, being considered as “an identifiable and measurable set of knowledge, attitudes, values and skills related that allow satisfactory performance in real-life situations of work, according to the standards used in the occupational area” (Van-der Hofstadt & Gómez, 2013, p. 30). More specifically, we talk about generic skills, which are the cognitive, social, emotional and ethical (initiative, effort with the quality, liability, etc.) of transferable character that constitute “knowledge be” in vocational training of the University; and specific competencies in the various degrees and disciplines, allowing to specify functions and professional profiles to form. The degree of management and business administration, general objective is to train professionals and experts in the knowledge and use of processes, procedures, and practices employed in organizations. This overall objective implies to consider the interrelationships between the different parts of the Organization and its relationship with the environment. Studies administration and business management are aimed at learning theories, models and tools applicable to the processes of decision and management organizations. According to the book white of the title of the degree in economics and business, published by the national agency of evaluation and quality, distinguish between specific objectives in the field of knowledge and specific objectives in the field of competences and skills. Focusing on the latter, and in accordance with the Subject Benchmark Statements of General Business and Management, published by the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education in the United Kingdom, the specific objectives in the field of skills and abilities that we focus the work would empower the student to it raise the ethical exercise of the profession, assuming social responsibility in decision-making. In this environment, it is necessary to consider the implementation of the 2014/95/EU Directive on disclosure of non-financial information and information on diversity of certain large companies and certain groups resulted in the publication of the Royal Decree 18/2017, of 24 November, whereby amending the commercial code, the consolidated text of the Capital Companies Act approved by Royal Legislative Decree 1/2010 of 2 July and the law 22/2015, 20 July audit of accounts , in the field of non-financial information and diversity. This new disclosure requirement for companies leads us to consider the need to introduce a transversal subject in the curricula of students in economics and management and business administration studies, in order to acquire the skills necessary in the European Higher Education Area (EHEA), to produce the new business reports.


2019 ◽  
Vol 95 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-43
Author(s):  
Jürgen Oelkers

Abstract Education for Wholeness, War and Peace ›Wholeness‹ is a topic in educational theory since the Baroque age. In 19th century political concepts of ›wholeness‹ came into being. The article asks what happened to educational theories that were bound to concepts like ›volk‹, ›race‹, ›nation‹ or ›the world‹. Those theories appeared before, during and after World War I. The topics were ›war‹ and ›peace‹ and the rhetorics of wholeness were used on both sides. Because of that, educational theory should abandon the suggestive language of wholeness.


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