Generative Learning Theory, Paradigm Shifts, and Constructivism in Educational Psychology: A Tribute to Merl Wittrock

Autor/in	Tobias, Sigmund
Titel	Generative Learning Theory, Paradigm Shifts, and Constructivism in Educational Psychology: A Tribute to Merl Wittrock
Quelle	In: Educational Psychologist, 45 (2010) 1, S.51-54 (4 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0046-1520
Schlagwörter	Constructivism (Learning); Models; Educational Psychology; Psychologists; Testing; Prior Learning; Methods; Student Characteristics; Teaching Methods; Theories; Graduate Students + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Analogiemodell; Erziehungspsychologie; Pädagogische Psychologie; Psychologist; Psychologe; Psychologin; Testdurchführung; Testen; Vorkenntnisse; Method; Methode; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Theory; Theorie; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin
Abstract	This appreciation of Wittrock's contributions to educational psychology suggests that his 1974 article describing generative learning theory was remarkably prescient. In that article Wittrock set the stage for the subsequent paradigm shift from cognitive to constructivist approaches to instruction. Furthermore, his suggestion that schools were the most appropriate contexts for testing learning principles is widely shared among contemporary educational psychologists; it is noteworthy that Wittrock also urged testing these principles in training sites. Finally, Wittrock also emphasized the importance of transfer, prior learning, and the interaction of student characteristics and instructional methods in his generative learning approach, themes that are as important 35 years later as they were when the article was first published. These considerations and Wittrock's dedication to the profession confirm that he was the complete educational psychologist. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10