Mediated Learning: Teaching, Tasks, and Tools to Unlock Cognitive Potential - Hardcover

Mentis, Mandia; Dunn-Bernstein, Marilyn J.; Mentis, Martene

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1412950694 ISBN 13: 9781412950695

Verlag: Corwin, 2007

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Features an expanded discussion of mediated learning and includes case studies, reflective activities for the reader, and in-depth coverage of metacognition, metalearning, metateaching, and metatasking.

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Mandia Mentis is an Educational Psychologist and Senior Lecturer in the Special Education and Educational Psychology Programmes at Massey University, New Zealand. She is an accredited trainer of Instrumental Enrichment (FIE) and the Learning Potential Assessment Device (LPAD) having completed her training at the International Centre for Learning Enhancement in Israel under Professor Feuerstein. Over the past 20 years, she has run Instrumental Enrichment (FIE) workshops with the Cognitive Research Centre in South Africa and with the Australasian Institute for Learning Enhancement in New Zealand. She has contributed extensively to research projects and publications and has co-written and published two books on Mediated Learning and Instrumental Enrichment. Mentis taught at primary, secondary and tertiary levels and has worked as an Educational Psychologist in both special and inclusive education settings. Her teaching and research interests include cognitive assessment, teaching for diversity and e-learning. Her doctoral research focuses on developing effective e-learning communities of practice.

Marilyn Dunn-Bernstein¿s diverse career in education spans thirty-six years. Along with her 20 years as a high school vice-principal, she has studied under Reuven Feuerstein and implemented the principles of structural cognitive modifiability, I.E and MLE in an extensive range of educational settings. These included 10 years of research, writing and lecturing with the Cognitive Research Unit of the University of the Witwatersrand and 16 years of work with the Gifted Child Program for disadvantaged individuals in South African townships. Her current work as a psychologist in Australia involves enhancing cognitive, emotional and creative development in Autistic, Down syndrome, Asperger¿s and gifted individuals. She also works with undergraduate psychology and social sciences students, and has been part of the team that runs Feuerstein workshops in Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. She holds a PhD in education, a Masters in Psychology and a degree in Human Behavior.

Martene Mentis has twenty years experience in education and has taught at primary, secondary and tertiary levels. Her diverse educational background includes 6 years with the Cognitive Research Centre, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, where she contributed to research, lectured in Instrumental Enrichment (FIE) workshops, and helped develop educational resources, including two books on Mediated Learning and Instrumental Enrichment. She completed her training in FIE under Professor Feuerstein, at the International Centre for Learning Enhancement in Israel, and in the Learning Potential Assessment Device (LPAD) at the Cognitive Research Centre in South Africa. She has an Honours Degree in Fine Arts and a Masters degree in Education. She currently is an independent scholar, artist and illustrator, working as an art educator and graphic designer in New Zealand.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Corwin
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2007
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1412950694
• ISBN 13: 9781412950695
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Auflage: 2
• Anzahl der Seiten: 272
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