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- Approaches matter and energy components as information systems
- Provides a fundamental and universal approach to information description
- Describes formal partitioning of cognitive and other structures and processes involved in learning and memory
- Supports innovative theoretical approaches to learning and memory and environmental interaction
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Learning, Memory and Education: Patterns and Connections
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Towards a Broad-Based Research Framework for Education and Teaching
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Utilising the Broad Framework to Examine Educational Theories and Practices
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About this book
This book presents a novel conceptualisation of universal information processing systems based on studies of environmental interaction in both biological and non-biological systems. This conceptualisation is used to demonstrate how a single overarching framework can be applied to the investigation of human learning and memory by considering matter and energy pathways and their connections. In taking a stance based on everyday interactions, as well as on scientific practices, the conceptualisation is used to consider educational theories and practices, exemplified by the widely cited cognitive load theory. In linking these theories and practices more closely to scientific thinking, the book embraces an holistic approach to informational interactions, not limited to conceptualisations of pattern, signal or meaning. The book offers educational researchers and educators an opportunity to re-think their approach to instruction – to take all facets of student learning environments into account in increasing human knowledge, skills and experiences across society.
Keywords
- Cognitive Load Theory
- Educational Theories and Practices
- Matter and Energy Interactions
- Environmental Interaction
- Scientific Reasoning
- Systems Biology
- Learning and Memory
- Information Processing Systems
- Complex Systems
- Complexity Theory
- Network Theory
- Cognitive Models
- Organismal Structure
- Non-Organismal Structure
- Models of Instructional Design
- Cognitive Psychology
- Integrative Biology
- Teaching and Learning
- Information Flow
- Environmental Inputs and Outputs
Authors and Affiliations
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School of Education, Southern Cross University, Lismore, Australia
Geoff Woolcott
About the author
Geoff Woolcott is a transdisciplinary focused academic within the School of Education at Southern Cross University, Australia. He has a strong background in funded research and implementation projects, supported by doctoral and postdoctoral research in both the biological sciences and in education. His current research program is established largely around multi-partner translational research, with an essential focus on learning and engagement as the way in which humans connect with the world. His portfolio developed largely through a focus on how individual and shared learning contribute to the accumulation of societal knowledge, skills and experiences, with an emphasis on scientific approaches to educational theories and practices. Geoff’s transdisciplinary studies focus on how studies of complex systems and networks applied in education can be applied more generally in fields that demonstrate similar issues and problems. He has a growing profile across the fields of education and organizational administration, including research related to health and the life sciences. His expanding transdisciplinary research portfolio is a natural offshoot of his research, recognized nationally and internationally, invigorating interdisciplinary research as a new type of cultural ecosystem.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Reconceptualising Information Processing for Education
Authors: Geoff Woolcott
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-7051-3
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-15-7050-6Published: 04 August 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-15-7053-7Published: 05 August 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-981-15-7051-3Published: 03 August 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 168
Number of Illustrations: 10 b/w illustrations
Topics: Learning & Instruction, Educational Philosophy, Sociology of Education, History of Education