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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/140907| Title: | The use of concept mapping and vee heuristics in higher education to promote critical reflection and meaningful learning |
| Authors: | Vanhear, Jacqueline |
| Keywords: | Concept mapping University students -- Study and teaching Teachers -- Training of -- Malta Metacognition College teaching -- Methodology Education, Higher -- Study and teaching Transformative learning |
| Issue Date: | 2013 |
| Publisher: | University of Granada. Faculty of Education |
| Citation: | Vanhear, J. (2013). The use of Concept Mapping and Vee Heuristics in Higher Education to promote critical reflection and meaningful learning. Journal for Educators, Teachers and Trainers (JETT), Vol. 4(1), 181-194. |
| Abstract: | Higher Education is currently undergoing relentless change worldwide in order to respond effectively
to the aspirations of the 21st century. Consequently, prevalent literature in Higher Education calls for
more emphasis on the studentsʼ learning process through increased metacognition and critical
reflection. This paper starts off with the assumption that learning takes place through the integration
of thinking, feeling and acting. As a result, this paper will present a model of teaching and learning in
Higher Education through the integrated use of Vee Heuristics and Concept Mapping. This research
will suggest that when using Concept Maps, Vee Heuristics along with an awareness of how
students prefer to learn, the students will go through a metacognitive learning process which would
eventually lead to critical reflection and meaningful learning. Using University studentsʼ work
products, this study traces the effect of a learnerʼs mental operations on the learnerʼs use of Vee
Heuristics and Concept Mapping as the learner embeds and retrieves new and scaffolded
knowledge. The data collected reveals the powerful effect which this combination of learning tools
yielded on student achievement and transformation. La educación superior está sometida actualmente de forma implacable a un cambio a nivel mundial, para responder de forma efectiva a los retos del siglo XXI. De esta forma, la literatura fundamental sobre educación superior pide poner énfasis en los procesos de aprendizaje de los estudiantes a través del aumento de los procesos metacognitivos y de reflexión crítica. Este artículo parte de la base de que el aprendizaje tiene lugar a través de la integración del pensamiento, los sentimientos y la acción. De esta forma, se presentará aquí un modelo de enseñanza y aprendizaje en educación superior a través del uso de integrado de “v” heurísticas y mapas conceptuales. Esta investigación sugerirá que, cuando se utilizan mapas conceptuales junto a “v” heurísticas, siendo sensibles a cómo los estudiantes prefieren aprender, éstos pasarán por un proceso de aprendizaje metacognitivo, que les pueden llevar eventualmente a la reflexión crítica y al aprendizaje significativo. Utilizando las producciones de estudiantes universitarios, este estudio describe el efecto de las operaciones mentales de un alumno en el uso de la “v” heurística y de los mapas conceptuales, cómo el aprendiz incrusta y recupera nuevos conocimientos y andamiajes y cómo el aprendiz incorpora y recupera el nuevo conocimiento organizado. Los datos obtenidos revelan el poderoso efecto que esta combinación de herramientas de aprendizaje tiene sobre la transformación del conocimiento y el rendimiento del estudiante. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/140907 |
| ISSN: | 19899572 |
| Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacEduECPE |
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