ERIC ED123145: Studying Learning Environments: Conceptual and pdf

ERIC ED123145: Studying Learning Environments: Conceptual and

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A conceptual model of learning environments and the procedures necessary for its investigation are proposed. It is argued that a research agenda involving longitudinal, comparative case-study designs and using field-method techniques is the only method capable of generating a solid base of information on the relationship between structural properties, social relationships, and learning outcomes. Thus, the importance of conceptual formulation and methodological procedures is illustrated. While numerous observational schemes are available for studying classroom environments, their adequacy has been limited by naive and simplistic conceptualizations of the social processes of learning. By focusing on dyadic interactions or only one aspect of social organization (e.g., peer networks or reward systems), research on schooling has overlooked the complex interrelationships between structural properties and social processes in learning environments. A complete model of the learning setting must detail the social organization and its consequences; that is, how particular structural characteristics of the setting affect the social relationships that develop in it and how different social relationships influence technical and moral socialization within schools.

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• Creator/s: ERIC
• Date: 1976-03
• Year: 1976
• Book Topics/Themes: ERIC Archive, Academic Achievement, Classroom Research, Educational Environment, Educational Research, Educational Sociology, Interaction Process Analysis, Learning Processes, Organizational Climate, Peer Relationship, Research Methodology, Social Relations, Socialization

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