- Learning About Learning

Institution:

The Evergreen State College

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Description:

Faculty: Sonja Wiedenhaupt (psychology), Anita Lenges (teacher education, cultural anthropology) Major areas of study include educational psychology, socio-cultural context of learning and expository writing. Class Standing: This lower-division program is designed for 50 percent freshmen and 50 percent sophomores. Who are we as learners How do we learn How does learning involve our physical, thinking, feeling, social and cultural selves In this program, we will actively explore what biology, developmental psychology and education can contribute to our understanding of the relationship between teaching and learning. We will also actively use the program as a lab to observe our individual learning processes and to experiment with different ways to engage learning. The program will involve reading, writing, visual representation, public presentation, collaborative group work and other tools we discover that we need to fully understand what we set out to learn. The program will contain a variety of learning laboratories, one of which will include a quarter-long project in which groups work together to learn something of their choice. The function of these learning laboratories is to observe, examine, and apply learning theories and strategies. This program will be useful to those who are thinking about teaching as a profession. It will also be a very useful program for those who are wondering about how to nurture and maximize their learning as students. And of course, it will be useful to any parent or future parent who wants to support, bring joy to and nurture a sense of empowerment in their child's experience of learning. Total: 16 credits. Enrollment: 46 Program is preparatory for careers and future studies in education, early childhood education, human services and developmental psychology. This program is also listed under Programs for Freshmen.

Credits:

16.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.evergreen.edu

Phone Number:

(360) 867-6170

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Calendar System:

Quarter

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