Decoding of the Disciplines in Human Ecology Lectures
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- Last edited 16 days ago by Peter Riegler
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Abstract
Teaching/Learning is a complex and challenging process where the ability of teachers to transfer their knowledge to learners and at the same time create new knowledge with learners is of particular importance. During lectures, teachers demonstrate their expertise and knowledge of the subject taught, but despite their efforts to present everything clearly and consistently, most teachers may notice that students find it difficult to assimilate, understand or learn certain things presented during lectures. It has been confirmed that an active involvement of students in the learning process helps them assimilate the learning material more easily. Recently, more different methods that are used to involve students or pupils in the learning process have emerged. One of such methods is the Decoding the Disciplines (DD) model. This model is innovative in that it increases student learning and specialist teaching by narrowing the gap between expert thinking and that of a complete novice. The DD method is based on 7 steps and they serve as a series of questions which help teachers reflect upon their experience and reveal how their expertise knowledge has been formed. The aim of this article is to reveal how the DD method helps to overcome bottlenecks in Human Ecology lectures.
Bibliographic data
Danilevičiūtė, A. (2019). Decoding of the Disciplines in Human ecology lectures. Decoding the disciplines in European institutions of higher education: intercultural and interdisciplinary approach to teaching and learning/edited by Sandra Chistolini. Milano: FrancoAngeli srl, 2019.