ERIC Number: EJ1257795
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Publication Date: 2017
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TV as a Habitat for Learning in the Ecological Learning System
Chang, Bo
Technology, Instruction, Cognition and Learning, v10 n4 p335-346 2017
As one of the public pedagogical sites, Television (TV) has been studied from different perspectives. The purpose of this study is to discuss how TV serves as a habitat for learning in the ecological learning system. The author argues that TV as a habitat provides an exciting, entertaining, dramatic, and social environment which stimulates ecological learning characterized as complex, dynamic, changeable, spontaneous, plural and uncertain. Inspired by TV programs, the author provides concrete suggestions about how to support ecological learning in informal and non-linear environments. This paper draws ideas from the disciplines of media, popular culture, and ecology, and introduces educators to innovative ways of teaching and learning in informal and non-linear learning environments.
Descriptors: Television Viewing, Informal Education, Popular Culture, Educational Innovation, Interaction, Mass Media Effects, Ecology, Communities of Practice, Social Networks, Audiences, Educational Environment, Adult Education, Teaching Methods
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Adult Education
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Language: English
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