ECI 660 - Week of March 1

Funderstanding: A light but nice introduction to the basics of Piaget
Cognitive Development: This is a nice and well linked site meant to introduce Piaget. Of special interest is his page on how to apply Piaget to different ages of learning.
TIP Database on Genetic Epistemology: I haven't taken you to the TIP Database enough. This is meant as both an introduction to major psychological trends and, thought hypertext, a way of seeing how they relate to one another. It's crude but effective.
Others are found on the Piaget Page in Resources

Let's divide into small groups and have each of you take one part of our readings. I see at least the following categories:

Bruner's three modes of representation
- How it pertains to sequence in instruction
- The spiral curriculum
Bruner's course of cognitive growth. Specifically
- Learning by Discovery
- The Roll of Culture
Vygotsky's Developmental Method
- Process, mediation
- Research method
- Origins and effects of his sociocultural ideas
Vygotsky's Social Origins of Higher mental Processes
- Internalization
- ZPD

Dr. Joyce Alexander's Notes on Bruner and Vygotsky Please Note: Her notes on these two follow the Piaget notes. Scroll down to see them.
Hollenbeck's Reading Notes
- Download Hollenbeck's Reading Notes (pdf)
Lecture 14: Bruner. This is a nice online lecture by Andy Lock for a online course in New Wales. There is also much about Vygotsky.