Research Catalog

Title

Learning, creating, and using knowledge : concept maps as facilitative tools in schools and corporations / by Joseph D. Novak.

Author

Novak, Joseph D. (Joseph Donald)

Publication

Mahwah, N.J. : L. Erlbaum Associates, 1998.

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Details

Description

xviii, 251 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

• This book recognizes that in today's "information society," the future of economic well-being rests on the effectiveness of schools and corporations to empower their people to be more effective learners and knowledge creators. This is important reading for both educators at all levels and corporate managers who seek to enhance worker productivity.
• The volume is organized around five factors involved in every educational event: The learner, teacher, knowledge, context, and evaluation. Each is discussed from both theoretical and pragmatic perspectives. Concept maps are used extensively to illustrate key ideas from learning theory, theory of knowledge, and instructional theory, as well as to give concrete examples. Rote learning, still common in many schools and universities today, is shown to be ineffective for achieving the goals of individuals and society in an era when creative production of new knowledge is at a premium. Throughout the volume, effective management is shown to be dependent on the same factors as effective teaching.

Subject

• Learning, Psychology of
• Cognitive maps (Psychology)
• Instructional systems > Design
• Constructivism (Education)
• Learning
• Educational psychology
• Learning
• Concept Dormation
• Psychology, Educational
• Educational psychology
• Instructional systems > Design
• Learning, Psychology of
• Mentale representatie
• Cognitieve kaarten

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-239) and indexes.

Contents

1. An Overview of the Book -- 2. The Need for a Theory of Education -- 3. Meaningful Learning for Empowerment -- 4. The Construction of New Meanings -- 5. Ausubel's Assimilation Learning Theory -- 6. The Nature of Knowledge and How Humans Create Knowledge -- 7. The Effective Teacher/Manger -- 8. The Context for Education/Management -- 9. Evaluation and Rewards -- 10. Improving Education in Schools and Corporations -- App. I. How to Build a Concept Map -- App. II. Procedures for Teaching VEE Diagramming.

ISBN

• 0805826254
• 9780805826258
• 0805826262
• 9780805826265

LCCN

97033965

OCLC

• ocm37370233
• 37370233
• SCSB-8902435

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library