Concept Mapping as a Mediator of Constructivist Learning

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Author(s): Gregory MacKinnon (Acadia University, Canada)
Copyright: 2009
Pages: 24
Source title: Handbook of Research on New Media Literacy at the K-12 Level: Issues and Challenges
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Leo Tan Wee Hin (National Institute of Education, Singapore)and R. Subramaniam (National Institute of Education, Singapore)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-120-9.ch033

Keywords: Education / Educational Technologies / Information Science Reference / Technologies in K-12 Education

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This chapter on electronic concept mapping introduces a specific example of a learning technology that has potential for serving and promoting an emerging set of identified literacies in today’s youth. The chapter begins with a discussion of the nature of the modern student and the literacies that are most likely to serve them well as they integrate into an increasingly technological information-based society. A discussion of the historical development of the concept map and its defining characteristics will follow. The range of applications of concept maps in K-12 classrooms will then be discussed with additional comments regarding teacher development both in preservice and inservice settings. The chapter will close with a discussion of the particular literacies served by electronic concept mapping.

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