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- Vol 5 RE: App D
constructivist learningcognitive developmentmetacognitionconceptual changesituated learninglearning environmentsknowledge reconstructionreflective practiceBook Evidence summaryAt a glance
Rauste-von Wright, von Wright, and Soini present a Finnish introduction to learning and education grounded largely in cognitive and constructivist perspectives.
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The book treats learners as active, goal-directed interpreters who build and revise conceptions of the physical and social world through experience, feedback, and interaction. It connects psychological accounts of memory, motivation, metacognition, and development with teaching, curriculum, learning environments, teacher education, and the capacity to learn how to learn. The revised edition also emphasizes that learning is situated in cultural and social contexts and that instruction should help learners articulate prior conceptions, test interpretations, regulate activity, and transfer understanding.
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Rather than equating learning with the accumulation of facts, the authors frame it as an ongoing reconstruction of knowledge and identity, with implications for designing meaningful tasks and reflective educational practice.
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