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ERIC Number: EJ605827
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0305-4985
What Doesn't Happen in Teaching and Learning?
Swann, Joanna
Oxford Review of Education, v24 n2 p211-23 Jun 1998
Outlines the transmission theory of teaching explaining that the theory is criticized in terms of its implied acceptance of theory-free observation, learning by inductive process, and secure knowledge. Discusses Karl Popper's alternative theories of learning and the growth of knowledge and outlines some of the implications for educational practice. (CMK)
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Educational Practices, Educational Theories, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Induction, Learning Processes, National Curriculum, Observation, Student Centered Curriculum
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: England; Popper (Karl); Wales