Context-based learning
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Context-based learning, CBL, refers to the use of real-life and fictitious examples in teaching environments in order to learn through the actual, practical experience with a subject rather than just its mere theoretical parts. In the UK, CBL is often referred to as the Salters' approach[1] due to the efforts of the Salters' Company in creating teaching material in the field of chemistry. It can be generalized as: "The most important single factor influencing learning is the active engagement of the learner with the material. Obtain this - and teach by whatever methods retain this engagement.".[2]
Internet Studies
Technology education has widened to include interdisciplinary studies on the effects of the Internet.
PSCI 0307, or The Politics of Virtual Realities is one of the first undergraduate courses in the US to investigate the political, legal, and normative implications of the Internet for liberal democracy. The course is taught at Middlebury College by political scientist Dr. Allison Stanger [3].
References
- ^ Campbell, B., Lazonby, J., Nicholson, P., Ramsden, J. and Waddington, D. (1994) Science: the Salters' Approach; a case study of the process of large-scale curriculum development, Science Education, 78 (5), 415-447, 1994
- ^ Yam, H; Department of Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong; http://www.hk-phy.org/contextual/approach/tem/brief_e.html
- ^ Middlebury College Catalog Entry. http://catalog.middlebury.edu/offerings/view/catalog/catalog%2FMCUG/offering/section%2F201120%2F21966
Links
Course at Middlebury College, [1]
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