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Zusatztext "Cognition! Education! and Communication Technology is an impressive edited volume of 10 chapters based on the international symposium 'Cognition! Education! and Communication Technology' held in Stockholm in 2000. We can learn much from their work....There is a good deal of important and thoughtful information contained in the chapters! some with more 'T' for technology and others with more 'T' for theory."—PsycCRITIQUES"People interested in recent developments in theoretical thinking will find parts of this text informative and thought-provoking. People intrigued to read of researched innovations in teaching (especially of children)! and in using IT! will find much of interest.—British Journal of Educational Technology"I believe this book [will] advance both theoretical understanding and practical applications of issues related to cognition! technology and communication technology."—Roger AzevedoUniversity of Maryland"The topics covered are very current and address many important issues within the field....[This book] fills a significant gap in the existing literature."—Mitchell RabinowitzFordham University Informationen zum Autor PETER GARDENFORS, Petter Johansson Klappentext Presents theoretical developments in the cognitive and educational sciences and implications for the use of information and communication technology (ICT) in the organization of school and university education. Researcers present theoretical perspectives with proposals for and evaluations of educational practices. Zusammenfassung This book presents some of the recent theoretical developments in the cognitive and educational sciences and the implications for the use of ICT in the organization of school and university education. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents: Preface. P. Johansson, P. Gärdenfors, Introduction to Cognition, Education, and Communication Technology. D.L. Schwartz, T. Martin, N. Nasir, Designs for Knowledge Evolution: Towards a Prescriptive Theory for Integrating First- and Second-Hand Knowledge. L. Plowman, Getting the Story Straight: The Role of Narrative in Teaching and Learning With Interactive Media. L.B. Resnick, A. Lesgold, M.W. Hall, Technology and the New Culture of Learning: Tools for Education Professions. W.J. Clancey, Modeling the Perceptual Component of Conceptual Learning: A Coordination Perspective. D. Kirsh, Metacognition, Distributed Cognition, and Visual Design. M. Scaife, Y. Rogers, External Cognition, Innovative Technologies, and Effective Learning. J. Ivarsson, R. Säljö, Seeing Through the Screen: Human Reasoning and the Development of Representational Technologies. M.C. Linn, WISE Design for Lifelong Learning: Pivotal Cases. T. de Jong, J. Beishuizen, C. Hulshof, F. Prins, H. van Rijn, M. van Someren, M. Veenman, P. Wilhelm, Determinants of Discovery Learning in a Complex Simulation Learning Environment. ...