诺瓦克意义学习教育理论初探

On Meaningful Learning by Joseph D. Novak

诺瓦克主张用解释性而非实验理论来阐释意义学习来指导教育实践。诺瓦克意义学习教育理论价值体现在四个方面:意义学习是认知、情感和行动的有机整合;意义学习是学习者建构知识生成意义的过程;概念图是外显学习者认知结构变化的有效载体;意义理解是改进评价方式提高教育质量的主要指标。

Joseph D.Novak encouraged a conceptual approach instead of a scientific method to the interpretation of meaningful learning in education practice.Its value is reflected in four aspects： a constructive integration of cognition,emotion and behavior,a process of constructing knowledge and generating meanings,concept maps as explicit learners’ cognitive change,and meaningful understanding as the major index to improve education assessment and quality.