Let's engage students
in cognitive apprenticeships, help them practice the tenets of good citizenship, and encourage them to construct their own understanding of the world.
Apply the principles of the Situated Cognition Theory and use the eLearning tips I gave you for integrating the teaching strategies involved
in the Cognitive Apprenticeship Model to the instructional design of your next eLearning course, to provide your audience with a memorable eLearning experience.
How do you and your students engage
in this cognitive apprenticeship in which students gradually assume the role of teacher, helping their peers to construct understanding of texts and tasks?
Not exact matches
In 1989, Brown, Collins, and Newman developed the
Cognitive Apprenticeship Model, which is closely linked to the Situated Cognition Theory.
As the name implies,
in the case of the
Cognitive Apprenticeship Model, learners are encouraged to acquire the necessary skills by working alongside a master that serves as the subject matter expert in the field, next to whom they are expected to develop their cognitive and metacognitiv
Cognitive Apprenticeship Model, learners are encouraged to acquire the necessary skills by working alongside a master that serves as the subject matter expert
in the field, next to whom they are expected to develop their
cognitive and metacognitiv
cognitive and metacognitive skills.
The teachers
in these classes are less interested
in covering con - tent and more interested
in helping students learn how to think
in the mode of the domain; they enact a «
cognitive apprenticeship» model that echoes what happens
in extracurriculars.
They suggested that «activity and situations are integral to cognition and learning» and that
cognitive apprenticeship can provide «the authentic practice through activity and social interaction
in a way similar to that evident — and evidently successful —
in craft
apprenticeship.»
Brown, Collins, and Duguid (1989),
in their discussion of situated cognition, advocated for the use of
cognitive apprenticeship,
in which teachers model problem solving strategies, coach students to develop their own understandings of the material, and gradually decrease their level of support as student thinking develops.
Kennedy and Archambault (2012a) described virtual field experiences
in relation to a
cognitive apprenticeship and wrote,
Coaching, another instructional strategy advocated
in the literature on
cognitive apprenticeship,
in which the instructor watches the learners» early performances and provides feedback and suggestions, is more likely to be used
in face - to - face classes than
in online ones, because face - to - face courses readily afford observation of student performances.
Cognitive apprenticeship: A model of staff development for implementing technology
in schools.
«A Culturally Based
Cognitive Apprenticeship: Teaching African - American High School Students Skills
in Literary Interpretation