New Learning

The book you are now reading aims to bring together research and theory on "new learning, "which is te term used to refer to the new learning outcomes, new kinds of learning processes, and new instructional methods both wanted by society and currently str

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New Learning

Edited by

Robert-Jan Simons University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Jos van der Linden University of Utrecht, The Netherlands

and

Tom Duffy Unext, Chicago, U.S.A.

In collaboration with Interuniversitair Centrum voor Onderwijskundig Onderzoek (ICO)

KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS NEW YORK, BOSTON, DORDRECHT, LONDON, MOSCOW

eBook ISBN: Print ISBN:

0-306-47614-2 0-7923-6296-9

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface 1.

New Learning: Three Ways to Learn in a New Balance Robert Jan Simons, Jos van der Linden and Tom Duffy

vii 1

PART 1: NEW LEARNING, TECHNOLOGIES AND ASSESSMENT 2.

Active Learning: Self-Directed Learning and Independent Work Bernadette van Hout-Wolters, Robert Jan Simons and Simone Volet

21

3.

Collaborative Learning Jos van der Linden, Gijsbert Erkens, Henk Schmidt and Peter Renshaw

37

4.

New Technologies Gellof Kanselaar, Ton de Jong, Jerry Andriessen and Peter Goodyear

55

5.

Assessing Active Self-Directed Learning Bernadette van Hout-Wolters

83

6.

Valid Classroom Assessment of Complex Skills Karel Stokking and Marinus Voeten

101

PART 2: DOMAIN-RELATED ISSUES OF NEW LEARNING 7.

New Learning in Science and Technology Johan van der Sanden, Jan Terwel and Stella Vosniadou

119

8.

New Learning in Social Studies Geert ten Dam, Fans Vernooij and Monique Volman

141

9.

Writing and Learning to Write: A Double Challenge Gert Rijlaarsdam and Michel Couzijn

157

10. A Social Perspective on New Learning Ton Mooij, Jan Terwel, and Günther Huber

191

vi

PART 3: NEW INSTRUCTION, TEACHING AND TEACHER EDUCATION 11. Process-Oriented Teaching Jan Vermunt and Lieven Verschaffel

209

12. Teaching for Active Learning Mieke Brekelmans, Peter Sleegers and Barry Fraser

227

13. New Learning in Teacher Education Fred Korthagen, Cees Klaassen and Tom Russell

243

14. The Professional Development of Teachers Douwe Beijaard, Nico Verloop, Theo Wubbels and Sharon Feiman-Nemser

261

Subject Index

275

PREFACE The book you are now reading aims to bring together research and theory on "new learning, "which is te term used to refer to the new learning outcomes, new kinds of learning processes, and new instructional methods both wanted by society and currently stressed in psychological and educational theory. Many people keep asking about “new learning.” Is it really a new way of learning? Are there really new learning outcomes? Is this current fad really different from the other kinds of learning propagated by such traditional school innovators as Montessori, Dewey, Steiner, or Freinet? Of course, there are some similarities between the