Developing Situational Learning Events: A Practical Merger of Real-Life Events with Content Instruction.

Autor/inn/en	Salyer, B. Keith; Thyfault, Alberta
Titel	Developing Situational Learning Events: A Practical Merger of Real-Life Events with Content Instruction.
Quelle	(2003), (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Elementary Secondary Education; Experiential Learning; Instructional Design; Instructional Effectiveness; Interdisciplinary Approach; Learning Activities; Lesson Plans; Student Motivation; Teaching Methods; Theory Practice Relationship + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen; Lesson concept; Lessonplan; Unterrichtsentwurf; Unterrichtserfolg; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; Lernaktivität; Lesson planning; Unterrichtsplanung; Schulische Motivation; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Theorie-Praxis-Beziehung
Abstract	This paper discusses the value of merging real-life events with content instruction and provides six sample lessons to illustrate such instruction. A brief review of the literature notes historic recognition of the importance of applied learning, the issue of retention and transfer of learning, the approach of using content relevant experiences within which new skills are grounded, and the use of students' experiences as a source of intrinsic motivation. The ready availability of instructional materials appropriate to this approach, such as newspapers, magazines, advertisements, etc., is noted. The six examples include two lessons contained within the classroom and four that begin in the classroom but extend far beyond it. The lessons address the subject areas of mathematics, language arts, art, social studies, photography, computers, grammar, and composition. The lessons have the following titles: (1) "Cooking For..."; (2) "School Newspaper Production"; (3) "City, County, and State Newspapers"; (4) "Wooden Working"; (5) "Wrinkle Painting T-Shirts"; and (6) "Political Cartoons." (Contains 11 references.) (DB)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01