Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ652467
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2002
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"The Dig": Distributed Cognition and the Postmodern Classroom.
Courtney, Sean
Journal of Interactive Learning Research, v13 n1-2 p71-92 2002
Considers features of a postmodern classroom conceived as a complex, socially distributed cognitive system that exemplifies distributed cognition. Presents a case study based on a documentary film, "The Dig", that describes a middle school class's archaeological dig that shows instructional innovations that liberate the learning process. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Archaeology, Case Studies, Instructional Innovation, Learning Processes, Middle Schools, Postmodernism
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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