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ERIC Number: EJ1121659
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016-Dec
Pages: 8
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ISSN: ISSN-1871-1502
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An Ecological Approach to Learning with Technology: Responding to Tensions within the "Wow-Effect" Phenomenon in Teaching Practices
Herro, Danielle
Cultural Studies of Science Education, v11 n4 p909-916 Dec 2016
This review explores Anne Kamstrupp's "The Wow-effect in Science Teacher Education" by examining her theorized "wow-effect" as a teaching enactment that may serve to engage students, but often fails to provide deep understanding of science content. My response extends her perspective of socio-materiality as means to understand the "wow-effect" by suggesting social constructivism provides a more accurate lens to disentangle the phenomenon. I react to her position that tension fields within the phenomenon include the relationship between new and old technologies, boredom and engagement, and active and sedentary learning. In this conversation, I point to a new way of conceptualizing using digital media in the classroom as ecology of learning that may serve to decrease problems associated with the "wow-effect". [This essay is a forum response to Anne Kamstrupp's paper, "The Wow-Effect in Science Teacher Education" (EJ1121619).]
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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