What Learning Looks Like: Mediated Learning in Theory and Practice, K-6 - Softcover

Feuerstein, Reuven; Lewin-Benham, Ann

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0807753262 ISBN 13: 9780807753262

Publisher: Teachers College Press, 2012

Synopsis

In this unique collaboration, the authors bring to life the theory of mediated learning. Through numerous examples and scenarios from classrooms and museums, they show how mediated learning helps children to become more effective learners. Readers learn the steps in the process, including analyzing the child’s problem, teaching the child to focus on the difficulty, and using the techniques of mediated learning to enable the child to overcome the learning challenge. This is the first book to present Reuven Feuerstein’s groundbreaking work in accessible language with copious examples of practice. With this volume, educators and administrators will have a reliable and practical way to understand the place of mediated learning in today’s schools.

Book Features:

• Step-by-step guidance for diverse teaching situations.
• Examples from museum exhibits and exemplars of classroom practice.
• Useful teaching illustrations.
• A list of cognitive functions that can impair learning.
• Advice for parents of children with learning challenges.

About this title

Book Description:

“Rich with vivid examples, this book goes beyond sharing ideas to spark action toward deeper learning, even for oneself.”
—
David Perkins
, Project Zero, Harvard Graduate School of Education

“Ann Lewin-Benham and Reuven Feuerstein have collaborated to provide a remarkable, readable, and systematic exposition that joins the theory and practice of mediated learning experiences within the real worlds of museums and classrooms. The book provides concrete examples that show museum directors, teachers, and parents the practical ‘how to’ for building children’s cognitive structures.”
—From the Foreword by
James Bellanca
, International Renewal Institute

“Feuerstein and Lewin-Benham invite us to think differently about what constitutes learning. This phenomenal book makes the mediator's role more practical by providing not only the theory and research to support this strategy, but also specific examples, instructional sequences, and linguistic tools that teachers and parents can thoughtfully and intentionally employ to cause children to think more deeply and to understand their own cognitive processes.”
—
Arthur L. Costa
, Professor Emeritus, California State University, Sacramento

From the Author:

Reuven Feuerstein was the founder and director of the Feuerstein Institute (formerly ICELP) and professor of psychology in Bar-Ilan University’s School of Education (Ramat-Gan, Israel), and a Nobel Prize nominee. Louis H. Falik is emeritus professor of counseling at San Francisco State University and a senior scholar at the Feuerstein Institute. Refael Feuerstein is chairman of the Feuerstein Institute. Their books include Beyond Smarter: Mediated Learning and the Brain's Capacity for Change and A Think-Aloud and Talk-Aloud Approach to Building Language: Overcoming Disability, Delay, and Deficiency.

About this edition

• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0807753262
• ISBN 13: 9780807753262
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 238