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ERIC Number: EJ603726
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-1042-1629
The Warrant for Constructivist Practice within Educational Technology.
Bopry, Jeanette
Educational Technology Research and Development, v47 n4 p5-26 1999
Discusses educational technology as a form of technical rationality and considers the conflict between practitioners' epistemological position as constructivists and technical rationality. Topics include cybernetics; autonomous systems theory; enactive constructivism; representation versus effective action; mind and memory; enaction in artificial intelligence; and design of social systems. (Contains 54 references.) (LRW)
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Constructivism (Learning), Cybernetics, Educational Technology, Epistemology, Memory, Social Systems, Systems Approach
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Representational Thinking; Technical Rationality; Theoretical Analysis