In education, teaching is the concerted sharing of knowledge and experience, which is usually organized within a discipline and, more generally, the provision of stimulus to the psychological and intellectual growth of a person by another person or artifact.
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From Broadcasting to Transforming: The Social Construction of Knowledge for Understanding Lawfulness
Maria Antonietta Impedovo (Expert in Educational Psychology, Italy) and Rosa Iaquinta (History teacher, Italy)
Source Title: Handbook of Research on Didactic Strategies and Technologies for Education: Incorporating Advancements
Copyright: © 2013|Pages: 9
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-2122-0.ch025
Abstract
This chapter discusses the construction of knowledge as an innovative approach to traditional teaching. This topic is treated via the presentation of a project about lawfulness that was realized in the Calabria region during the 2010/2011 school year. The study aims to identify within the project central elements that enable students to progress from the mere acquisition of information to a transformation of knowledge, where through applying the teaching, in a constructivist approach to learning, they are able to articulate it in their own language and not that of the teacher as in broadcasted learning environments typical of past generations. The main project-related aspects are investigated, and the role of situated learning and experiential learning is discussed. The changing role of the teacher and the increasing need to understand artifacts, such as tools and signs, are explored.
