Underlying Support For Contextual Learning
Contextual Learning builds upon bodies of literature that include theories and writings by John Dewey (1900), Jean Piaget (1929), Jerome Bruner (1966), and theories of Constructivism. Thus, it is an extension of past thinking, theories, testing, and writings. More contemporary work has included syntheses by Lauren B.Resnick and Megan Williams Hall (1998). Examples of theories and themes that relate to Contextual Learning are:
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