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Copyright Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca 2013

Abstract

The educational change that pushes the current context requires a shift in the unfortunately predominant positivist-behaviourist model that favours mechanical memoristic learning, ideal breeding ground for the existence and maintenance of conceptual errors, to another cognitive-constructivist that stimulates meaningful learning to allow students to build and master knowledge, therefore to be more creative and critical. We present here a model of knowledge where students construct new knowledge as a result of significant learning. Students play an active role, learning not only about the product, but also about the process itself (meta-cognition). We also show how to promote teacher activity primarily in order to create the conditions that facilitate the student to transform the information in useful, substantive knowledge, to be incorporated in his knowledge structure and in his long-term memory. Finally, we provide elements to measure what the student knows and to assess how their cognitive structure has changed regarding their ancient knowledge; that is, to assess the necessary conceptual change. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]

Details

Title
LOS MODELOS DE CONOCIMIENTO COMO AGENTES DE APRENDIZAJE SIGNIFICATIVO Y DE CREACIÓN DE CONOCIMIENTO
Author
García, Fermín María González; Ortiz, Jorge Fernando Veloz; Moreno, Iovanna Alejandra Rodríguez; Ortiz, Luis Efrén Velos; Soto, Beatriz Guardián; Valori, Antoni Ballester
Pages
107-132
Publication year
2013
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
Spanish
ProQuest document ID
1511108604
Copyright
Copyright Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca 2013