Table of Contents
Preface;
Part 1: Overview;
1. Student-Centered Learning Environments: Foundations, Assumptions and Design;
Susan Land, The Pennsylvania State University;
Michael Hannafin, University of Georgia
Kevin Oliver, North Carolina State University;
Part 2: Theoretical Perspectives for Learning Environments;
2. From Practice Fields to Communities of Practice;
Sasha Barab, Arizona State University;
Thomas Duffy, Indiana University;
3. Designing Model-Based Learning Environments to Support Mental Models for Learning;
Pablo Pirnay-Dummer;
Dirk Ifenthaler;
Norbert M. Seel;
Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg, Germany;
4. Conceptual Change;
David Jonassen;
Matthew Easter;
University of Missouri;
5. Argumentation and Student-Centered Learning Environments;
E. Michael Nussbaum, University of Nevada-Las Vegas;
6. Theory and Practice of Case-Based Learning Aids;
Janet L. Kolodner, Georgia Institute of Technology;
Brian Dorn, University of Hartford;
Jakita Owensby Thomas, Spelman College;
Mark Guzdial, Georgia Institute of Technology;
7. Metacognition and Self-Regulated Learning in Student-Centered Learning Environments;
Roger Azevedo;
Reza F. Behnagh;
Melissa Duffy;
Jason M. Harley;
Gregory Trevors;
McGill University;
8. Embodied Cognition and Learning Environment Design;
John B. Black;
Ayelet Segal;
Jonathan Vitale;
Cameron Fadjo;
Teacher’s College of Colombia University;
9. Everyday expertise: Learning within and across formal and informal settings;
Heather Toomey Zimmerman, The Pennsylvania State University;
Phillip Bell, University of Washington;
10. Activity Theory in the Learning Technologies;
Ben DeVane, University of Florida;
Kurt Squire, University of Wisconsin-Madison;
11. Learning Communities: Theoretical Foundations for Making Connections;
Janette R. Hill, University of Georgia;
12. What is a community of practice and how can we support it?
Christopher Hoadley, New York University;
Part 3: Theoretical Perspective for Investigating Learning Environments;
13. Learning Environments as Emergent Phenomena: Theoretical and Methodological Implications of Complexity;
Michael Jacobson, University of Sydney
Manu Kapur, Nanyang Technological University;
Author Index;
Subject Index.