Paul Hillsdon
(A paper by Terry Ryan) Learning with the Grain of the Brain This article by John Abbott and Terence Ryan appeared in the Spring, 1999 issue of Education Canada. Constructing Knowledge, Reconstructing SchoolingRather than thinking of the brain as a computer, cognitive scientists now utilize a far more flexible, biological analogy, where the brain is seen as a unique, ever-changing organism that grows and reshapes itself in response to use. In this article, John Abbott and Terence Ryan discuss how emerging brain research that supports constructivist learning collides head-on with many of our institutional arrangements for learning. The article first appeared in the November 1999 issue ofEducational Leadership. |
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