Lehrer (2009)

Designing to Develop Disciplinary Dispositions: Modeling Natural Systems

The article Designing to Develop Disciplinary Dispositions: Modeling Natural Systems was written by Richard Lehrer and published in American Psychologist in 2009. The article is available from PubMed at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19899886.

Abstract

This article addresses the problem of designing classroom settings where students have the opportunity to generate knowledge in a manner consistent with the epistemic foundations of a discipline. Because classroom settings are complex ecologies, successful design requires a working model of how components of the design—including tasks, inscriptions, material means, and forms of argument—function to promote epistemic development. These ideas are illustrated in an extended program of design research oriented toward introducing children to modeling, a form of knowing characteristic of the natural sciences. The example highlights the considerations that informed the guiding epistemology, the elements of design and their orchestration, and the forms of student learning that resulted.

Outline of Headings

• Designing for Disciplinary Learning
  • Tasks
  • Inscriptions
  • Material Means
  • Modes and Means of Argument
  • Identity
  • Orchestrating Elements of Pedagogical Design
  • Design Experiments
• Designing a Science Education
  • Images of Science
    • Science as logic
    • Science as modeling
    • Representational models
  • Designing to Support Children's Modeling
    • Analogical reasoning
    • Teacher professional development
  • Forms of Modeling and Representation That Bootstrap Conceptual Change
    • Entrée to modeling through physical microcosms
• Discussion

Also

• Mendeley: http://www.mendeley.com/research/designing-develop-disciplinary-dispositions-modeling-natural-systems/

APA

Lehrer, R. (2009). Designing to develop disciplinary dispositions: Modeling natural systems. American Psychologist, 64(8), 759–71. doi:10.1037/0003-066X.64.8.759

BibTeX

@article{Lehrer2009,
author = {Lehrer, Richard},
doi = {10.1037/0003-066X.64.8.759},
journal = {American Psychologist},
keywords = {epistemology,inscription,instructional design,learning ecology,modeling},
month = nov,
number = {8},
pages = {759--71},
pmid = {19899886},
title = {{Designing to develop disciplinary dispositions: Modeling natural systems}},
url = {http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19899886},
volume = {64},
year = {2009}
}