Eliciting and Studying Personal Epistemologies of the College Student
Author: Olga V. Kritskaya
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Published: 2003
Total Pages: 442
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Personal Epistemology
Author: Barbara K. Hofer
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2012-08-21
Total Pages: 429
ISBN-13: 113660863X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is the first book to provide a comprehensive overview of the theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of personal epistemology from a psychological and educational perspective. Both theory building and empirical research have grown dramatically in the past decade but, until now, this work has not been pulled together in a single volume. That is the mission of this volume whose state-of-the-art theory and research are likely to define the field for the next 20 years. Key features of this important new book include: *Pioneering Contributors--The book provides current perspectives of each of the major theoreticians and researchers who pioneered this growing field, as well as contributions from new researchers. *Diverse Perspectives--The contributors represent a variety of perspectives, including education, educational psychology, developmental psychology, higher education, and science and mathematics education. *Editorial Integration--Opening and closing chapters by the editors set out key issues confronting the field.
Dissertation Abstracts International
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Published: 2005
Total Pages: 644
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKPersonal Epistemology and Teacher Education
Author: Jo Brownlee
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2012-05-23
Total Pages: 302
ISBN-13: 1136656596
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPersonal Epistemology and Teacher Education, edited by Joanne Brownlee, Gregg Schraw and Donna Berthelsen, provides an international perspective on teachers’ personal epistemology, or beliefs about the nature of knowledge and knowing. Research from The Netherlands, Cyprus, Australia, United States, Canada, Norway, and Taiwan is presented to provide diverse viewpoints on personal epistemology for early childhood, primary, secondary and tertiary teaching contexts. The text provides a platform for cutting-edge theory and research about how personal epistemology can be applied to the context of teacher education, thereby making explicit the connection between personal epistemology and teaching and students’ learning outcomes. Topics include: Cultural differences in teacher epistemology and the impact on students’ learning Teachers’ epistemological beliefs and inclusion Teachers’ epistemology and reading lessons, citizenship education, and teaching science Epistemology in a social context Teachers’ epistemological beliefs and student autonomy Teacher education and analysis of preservice and practicing teachers Implications of teachers’ epistemological beliefs Connections to future practice Teacher education and teacher behaviours are fore-grounded across the topics, with an emphasis on the origin and composition of teachers’ epistemological beliefs and how universities motivate change through formal teacher education. Teaching behaviours are discussed in relation to how teachers’ beliefs are related to the curricular and pedagogical choices that they make in their classrooms, assessment of learning outcomes, and classroom management practices.
Annual Meeting Program
Author: American Educational Research Association
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Published: 2002
Total Pages: 396
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKMaking Their Own Way
Author: Marcia B. Baxter Magolda
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2023-07-03
Total Pages: 353
ISBN-13: 1000981320
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWINNER OF AERA’S NARRATIVE & RESEARCH SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP 2003 BOOK AWARDWhat impact does a college education have on students' careers and personal lives after they graduate? Do they consider themselves well prepared for the demands and ambiguities of contemporary society? What can we learn from their stories to improve the college learning experience?This groundbreaking book extends Marcia Baxter Magolda’s renowned longitudinal study and follows her participants’ lives from their graduation to their early thirties. We follow these students’ journeys to an internally-authored sense of identity and how they make meaning of their lives. From this, the author proposes a new framework for higher education to better foster students' crucial journeys of transformation--through the shaping of curriculum and co-curriculum, advising, leadership opportunities, campus work settings, collaboration, diversity and community building.This is an important book for all faculty, administrators and student affairs professionals.
The Skills of Argument
Author: Deanna Kuhn
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1991-07-26
Total Pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9780521423496
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Skills of Argument presents a comprehensive empirical study of informal reasoning as argument, involving subjects across the life span. Subjects ranging in age from adolescence to late adulthood were asked to describe their views on social problems that people have occasion to think and talk about in everyday life, such as crime and unemployment. In addition to providing supporting evidence for their theories, subjects were asked to contemplate alternative theories and counterarguments and to evaluate new evidence on the topics. This is the first major study of informal reasoning across the life span. Highlighting the importance of argumentive reasoning in everyday thought, the book offers a theoretical framework for conceptualizing and studying thinking as argument. The findings address issues of major importance to cognitive and developmental psychologists, as well as educators concerned with improving the quality of people's thinking. The work is also relevant to philosophers, political scientists, and linguists interested in informal reasoning and argumentive discourse.
Personal Epistemology in the Classroom
Author: Lisa D. Bendixen
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2010-01-28
Total Pages: 617
ISBN-13: 0521883555
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book presents theoretical and empirical work pertaining to personal epistemology in the classroom and consider its broader educational implications.
The First Year of College
Author: Robert S. Feldman
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2018
Total Pages: 367
ISBN-13: 110717628X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn examination of the first year of college and the intersecting challenges facing today's students, written by top educational researchers.
Teachers’ Personal Epistemologies
Author: Gregory Schraw
Publisher: IAP
Published: 2017-07-01
Total Pages: 447
ISBN-13: 1681239507
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe focus of this book is to explore teachers’ evolving personal epistemologies, or the beliefs we hold about the origin and development of knowledge in the context of teaching. The chapters focus on a range of conceptual frameworks about how university and field?based experiences influence the connections between teachers’ personal epistemologies and teaching practice. In an earlier volume we investigated preservice and inservice teachers’ beliefs and teaching practices (Brownlee, Schraw and Berthelsen, 2011). While we addressed the nature of teachers’ personal epistemologies, learning and teaching practices, and approaches for changing beliefs throughout teacher education programs, the volume did not address conceptual frameworks for the development of teacher’s personal epistemologies. To address this gap, the book is focused on teacher educators, teachers and teacher education programmers in universities with an overall aim of highlighting how we might support preservice teachers’ involvement in learning that is challenging and inservice teachers’ engagement in professional experiences that promote changes in teaching practice. We argue that teachers need to be encouraged to question their beliefs and develop increasingly sophisticated beliefs about their knowledge and their students’ knowledge that facilitate learning and intellectual growth.
