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| THE COGNITIVE APPRENTICESHIP PARADIGM |
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| TRADITIONAL APPRENTICESHIP COGNITIVE APPRENTICESHIP |
| – Physical tasks and artifacts – Mental processes and models |
| – Visible actions to observe – Cognitive think-aloud modeling|
| – Site-specific hyper-specialization – Decontextualized abstractions |
| – Ad-hoc production sequencing – Deliberate pedagogical staging|
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| FOUR CORE DIMENSIONS |
| 1. CONTENT: Domain, Heuristic, Control, and Learning Strategies |
| 2. METHODS: Modeling, Coaching, Scaffolding, Articulation, |
| Reflection, Exploration |
| 3. SEQUENCING: Increasing Complexity, Increasing Diversity, |
| Global-Before-Local Architecture |
| 4. SOCIOLOGY: Situated Learning, Communities of Practice, |
| Intrinsic Motivation, Cooperative Learning |
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Cognitive Apprenticeship Model – Allan Collins, John Seely Brown, & Susan Newman
A comprehensive academic guide to Collins, Brown, and Newman’s Cognitive Apprenticeship Model, examining its theoretical dimensions, methods, and application.
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