| Teaching for Transfer: Fostering Generalization in Learning Contributor(s): McKeough, Anne (Editor), Lupart, Judy Lee (Editor), Marini, Anthony (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0805813098 ISBN-13: 9780805813098 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $171.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 1995 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Educational Psychology - Education | Special Education - General |
| Dewey: 370.15 |
| LCCN: 94041465 |
| Lexile Measure: 1420 |
| Physical Information: 0.85" H x 6.2" W x 9.32" (1.22 lbs) 246 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The transfer of learning is universally accepted as the ultimate aim of teaching. Facilitating knowledge transfer has perplexed educators and psychologists over time and across theoretical frameworks; it remains a central issue for today's practitioners and theorists. This volume examines the reasons for past failures and offers a reconceptualization of the notion of knowledge transfer, its problems and limitations, as well as its possibilities. Leading scholars outline programs of instruction that have effectively produced transfer at a variety of levels from kindergarten to university. They also explore a broad range of issues related to learning transfer including conceptual development, domain-specific knowledge, learning strategies, communities of learners, and disposition. The work of these contributors epitomizes theory-practice integration and enables the reader to review the reciprocal relation between the two that is so essential to good theorizing and effective teaching. |