Schooling and the Acquisition of Knowledge

Richard C. Anderson, Rand J. Spiro, William E Montague, Richard C. Anderson, Rand J. Spiro, William E Montague

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2017
• ISBN:
  9781351985680
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Psychology
• Subtopic: Cognitive Psychology & Cognition
• Index: Psychology

Originally published in 1977, this book reports the proceedings of a conference sponsored by the Navy Personnel Research and Development Center. The one common thread running through all of the formal papers and dialogue was that the knowledge a person already possesses is the principal determiner of what that individual can learn from an educational experience. These questions were addressed: How is knowledge organized? How does knowledge develop? How is knowledge retrieved and used? What instructional techniques promise to facilitate the acquisition of new knowledge? The kinds of answers provided are characterized by their as well as by their specificity. Accordingly, the volume should be of interest to both the generalist and the specialist.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Preface
• 1. Types of Knowledge and Purposes of Education
• 2. Schooling and the Facilitation of Knowing
• 3. The Languages of Instruction: on the Literate Bias of Schooling
• 4. The Representation of Knowledge in Memory
• 5. Remembering Information From Text: The “State of Schema” Approach
• 6. The Structure of Prose: Effects on Learning and Memory and Implications for Educational Practice
• 7. Cognitive Development and the Acquisition of Concepts
• 8. Attitudes, Beliefs, and Information Acquisition
• 9. We Know who Knows, But Why?
• 10. Processes in Acquiring Knowledge
• 11. The Acquisition of Knowledge in the Classroom
• 12. Schooling and the Relevance of Research: General Discussion of the Conference
• Author Index
• Subject Index