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Dealing with Conceptualisations of Learning

Learning between Means and Aims in Theory and Practice

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Editors:
  1. Ane Qvortrup

    1. University of Southern Denmark, Denmark

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  2. Merete Wiberg

    1. Aarhus University, Denmark

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  • The book deals with learning by using ‘means’ and ‘aim’ as metaphors, which, if viewed as intertwined, show a multiple structure of the phenomenon of learning.
  • The book aims at understanding the phenomenon of learning by focusing on means and aims from a teacher as well as a student perspective.
  • The book addresses means and aims perspective in learning from various perspectives: prerequisites of learning, learning how to learn, emotions and motivation in learning, learning objectives, group work, student note-writing, teacher participation and neuroscientific knowledge.

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-v
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  2. Learning Between Means and Aims

    • Ane Qvortrup, Merete Wiberg
    Pages 1-12

  3. Prerequisites of Learning from Various Means and Aim Perspectives

    • Merete Wiberg, Ane Qvortrup
    Pages 13-23

  4. On Learning (How) to Learn

    • Oliver Kauffmann, Merete Wiberg, Christopher Winch
    Pages 25-35

  5. Practical Emotions in the Processes of Learning

    • Søren Engelsen
    Pages 37-48

  6. Motivation, Learning, and the Educational Dialogue

    • Klaus Nielsen
    Pages 49-59

  7. Learning Objectives as Frameworks and Resources in Upper Secondary Education

    • Ane Qvortrup, Hanne Fie Rasmussen
    Pages 61-80

  8. The Didactics of Group Work

    • Gerd Christensen
    Pages 81-90

  9. Formative Reformulations in Interventions on School Development

    • Torben Spanget Christensen
    Pages 91-105

  10. A Luhmann-Inspired Approach to Include Neuroscientific Knowledge Concerning Adolescents’ Motivation for Learning in High School Instruction

    • Nadja Marie Mariager
    Pages 107-131

  11. Patterns of Participation

    • Jeppe Skott
    Pages 133-143

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 145-146
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About this book

This book addresses the multiple aims/means structure in educational processes of learning. Learning happens everywhere. When dealing with learning in educational contexts, means and aims always have both a normative and an instrumental content. Furthermore, learning always actualises itself in terms of methods and targets and must be viewed from a teacher’s as well as a student’s perspective. The book deals with learning by using ‘means’ and ‘aim’ as metaphors and analytical categories. As a mean, learning is the description of ‘something which happens in a process’. As an aim, learning is the description of a kind of expertise, which might be the result of a learning process. In order to get an analytical grip of learning as a phenomenon in teaching and within student/teacher interactions, the book conceptualises and discusses the multiple aims/means structure, which we assume characterises processes of learning that involve a teacher and a student.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Southern Denmark, Denmark

    Ane Qvortrup

  • Aarhus University, Denmark

    Merete Wiberg

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Dealing with Conceptualisations of Learning

  • Book Subtitle: Learning between Means and Aims in Theory and Practice

  • Editors: Ane Qvortrup, Merete Wiberg

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6351-029-5

  • Publisher: SensePublishers Rotterdam

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: SensePublishers-Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2017

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-6351-029-5Published: 10 May 2017

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: CXLVIII, 6

  • Topics: Education, general

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