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ERIC Number: EJ485476
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1994
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Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0036-8326
On Theory of Learning and Knowledge: Educational Implications of Advances in Neuroscience.
Hendry, G. D.; King, R. C.
Science Education, v78 n3 p223-53 Jun 1994
Analyzes the so-called mechanical theories of learning that underpin the transmission view of teaching that so permeates education and schooling. Promotes a neuroscientific basis for resolution of the impasse in psychological theories. Implications for the transmission-of-knowledge approach to teaching are addressed. (PR)
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Educational Psychology, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Learning Theories, Neuropsychology, Science Education, Science Instruction
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Identifiers: Transmission View Of Teaching