Developing a Community of Thinking: Assessment of Environmental Education

Autor/in	Singh, Penny
Titel	Developing a Community of Thinking: Assessment of Environmental Education
Quelle	In: Environmental Education Research, 17 (2011) 1, S.113-123 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1350-4622
Schlagwörter	Constructivism (Learning); Environmental Education; Foreign Countries; Intervention; Higher Education; Qualitative Research; Dialogs (Language); Thinking Skills; Skill Development; Oral Language; Student Evaluation; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Ausland; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Qualitative Forschung; Dialog; Dialogs; Dialogue; Dialogues; Denkfähigkeit; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Oral interpretation; Mündlicher Sprachgebrauch; Schulnote; Studentische Bewertung; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	This paper discusses an oral assessment intervention in environmental education at two tertiary institutions in South Africa. A qualitative study grounded in a social constructivist framework, the inquiry locates learning and assessment of environmental education based on practical activities and first-hand experience within the framework of situated learning, and explores processes of constructing and assessing knowledge within the learner's community of practice. The paper focuses on how communities of practice can be used as a possible learning approach in environmental education to address the diversity and challenges of classrooms, and on the efficacy of oral assessments structured to encourage thinking through dialog in such settings. (Contains 1 note.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10