Theory for Education

Service-Learning Within Higher Education: Rhizomatic Interconnections Between University And The Real World

“…We argued that developing more inclusive ways of working in schools demands problem solving in real experience that forms "an intrinsic genesis, not an extrinsic conditioning" (Deleuze, 1994, p. 154). Dimitriadis and Kamberelis (2006) suggest there is a need for more theoretically informed research in the field of education that might inform a critique of learning, teaching and the institutional space of schools and perhaps universities. Our study is an initial attempt to use Deleuze and Guattari's framework (1987) to think about pre-service teachers' learning and the associated development of new approaches in teaching and assessment in universities.…”

Novices’ Struggles with Conceptual and Theoretical Framing in Writing Dissertations and Papers for Publication

“…"The framework of your study will draw upon the concepts, terms, definitions, models and theories of a particular literature base and disciplinary orientation", according to Merriam (p. 67). However, other authors have also emphasized the importance of looking outside one's own disciplinary field for theoretical possibilities [6,42,43].…”

Rapprochement between Piagetian and Vygotskian Theories: Application to Instruction

“…According to him, adaptation is an organism's ability to fit in with its environment. He described two processes for adaptation; assimilation and accommodation (Dimitriadis & Kamberelis, 2006). Assimilation is the process of using or transforming the environment so that it can be placed in preexisting cognitive structures.…”