Similar Information, Different Representations: Designing a Learning Environment for Promoting Transformational Competence

Eilam, Billie; Ofer, Shlomit

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-89945-9_3

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“…Each of the intervention lessons, spread over 29 sessions, was 60 minutes long. A detailed description of the method including the complete curriculum may be found here [22].…”

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Shared Literacies: Promoting Thinking and Learning in Art Education Through Movement Literacy

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2019

IJLA

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The notion of Shared Literacies describes a process in which specialization in two separate domains merge to generate an opportunity for a new kind of knowledge to evolve. The paper presents a study where "movement literacy" (expertise in the field of dance in both theoretical and practical aspects) meets "graphic-symbolic literacy" (expertise in the creation and decoding of graphic-symbolic representations of any kind of knowledge). The theoretical background contains an overview of the two kinds of literacy, as well as two pertinent pedagogical ideas: the ability to translate information between different modes of representation; and self-generation of representations, an idea which emphasizes the independent design of symbols by learners. Both are tools for constructing a deeper understanding of a given phenomenon. The Shared Literacies' products are independently developed graphic-symbolic representations for dance movements, which emerged through a designated methodology. These reveal new aspects of the participants' insights: in the field of movement, learners became aware of its various aspects, including the ability to analyze, think of and conceptualize the components of bodily movement; in the field of symbolic representation, participants improved their abilities to manage multifaceted information about a phenomenon, using symbolic knowledge already at hand, as well as developing new representational means. The study demonstrates the power of Shared Literacies -the integration between different artistic and general fields of thought -as a novel approach for education in the Arts.

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“…Each of the intervention lessons, spread over 29 sessions, was 60 minutes long. A detailed description of the method including the complete curriculum may be found here [22].…”

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confidence: 99%

Shared Literacies: Promoting Thinking and Learning in Art Education Through Movement Literacy

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2019

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A Roadmap to Support the Development of Chemistry Virtual Reality Learning Environments Merging Chemical Pedagogy and Educational Technology Design

Echeverri-Jimenez,

Oliver-Hoyo

2024

J. Chem. Educ.

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The need to develop virtual reality learning environments (VRLEs) grounded in theory motivated this work that in turn provides guidelines to support chemistry VRLEs with evidence-based practices and frameworks. Herein, we describe nine frameworks that turned out to be critical for the design of a chemistry focused VRLE, paying special attention to the frameworks’ interconnectivity. Different framework components were crucial in different aspects of the content design, technology design, and content–technology integration, and throughout this article, we illustrate the application of each framework. As the main objective was to build a resource to support visual-spatial attributes, a shape recognition framework was developed to facilitate students’ abilities to recognize 3D characteristics from 2D representations inherent in VRLEs. The interconnected frameworks’ components complement and reinforce each other, creating a synergistic effect to support visuospatial thinking and representational competence in a VRLE. This process helped shape a set of recommendations aimed to guide other developers to produce pedagogically sound VRLEs.

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Similar Information, Different Representations: Designing a Learning Environment for Promoting Transformational Competence

Cited by 2 publications

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Shared Literacies: Promoting Thinking and Learning in Art Education Through Movement Literacy

Shared Literacies: Promoting Thinking and Learning in Art Education Through Movement Literacy

A Roadmap to Support the Development of Chemistry Virtual Reality Learning Environments Merging Chemical Pedagogy and Educational Technology Design

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