Recent Books on Conceptual Change, Engineering Education, Embodied Cognition…

I was emailing our library about purchasing some recent books and thought I’d cc the list here, along with some other recent books our library does have but you may not be aware of.

Education, Conceptual Change, Constructivism

  • Creative Model Construction in Scientists and Students (Paperback)
    by John J. Clement (Author)
    [amazon]
  • Creating Scientific Concepts (Bradford Books) (Hardcover)
    by Nancy Nersessian (Author)
    [amazon]
  • Constructivist Instructional Design (C-ID) Foundations, Models, and Examples (HC) (Research in the Epistemologies of Practice: Theories That Guide Practice) – Jerry W Willis
    [amazon]

  • Good and Real: Demystifying Paradoxes from Physics to Ethics (Bradford Books) (Hardcover)
    by Gary L. Drescher
    [amazon]

  • Optimizing Teaching and Learning: Practicing Pedagogical Research (Hardcover)
    by Regan A. R. Gurung
    [amazon]

  • Model Based Learning and Instruction in Science (Models and Modeling in Science Education) (Hardcover)
    by John J. Clement (Editor), Mary Anne Rea-Ramirez (Editor)
    [amazon]

  • Rethinking Pedagogy for a Digital Age: Designing and Delivering E-Learning (Hardcover)
    by Helen Beetham (Author), Rhona Sharpe (Author)
    [amazon]

  • Digital Simulations for Improving Education: Learning Through Artificial Teaching Environments (Hardcover)
    by David Gibson (Author, Editor), Youngkyun Baek (Editor)
    [amazon]
  • International Handbook of Research on Conceptual Change (Educational Psychology Handbook) (Paperback)
    by S. Vosniadou (Author)
    [amazon]
  • Handbook of International Research in Mathematics Education (Paperback)
    by English (Author)
    [amazon]

Engineering & Technology Education

  • Designing Better Engineering Education Through Assessment: A Practical Resource for Faculty and Department Chairs on Using Assessment and ABET Criteria to Improve Student Learning (Paperback)
    by Joni Spurlin (Editor), Sarah A. Rajala (Editor), Jerome P. Lavelle (Editor)
    [amazon]
  • Defining Technological Literacy: Towards an Epistemological Framework (Hardcover)
    by John R. Dakers (Editor)
    [amazon]
  • Educating Engineers: Designing for the Future of the Field (Hardcover)
    [amazon]

Embodied Cognition, Perception

  • Handbook of Cognitive Science: An Embodied Approach (Perspectives on Cognitive Science) (Hardcover)
    by Paco Calvo (Editor), Toni Gomila (Editor)
    [amazon]
  • Beyond the Brain: Embodied, Situated and Distributed Cognition (Hardcover)
    by Nicolas Payette
    [amazon]
  • Out of Our Heads: Why You Are Not Your Brain, and Other Lessons from the Biology of Consciousness (Hardcover)
    by Alva Noe (Author)
    [amazon]

  • Supersizing the Mind: Embodiment, Action, and Cognitive Extension (Philosophy of the Mind) (Hardcover)
    by Andy Clark
    [amazon]
  • Symbols and Embodiment: Debates on meaning and cognition (Hardcover)
    by Manuel de Vega (Editor), Arthur Glenberg (Editor), Arthur Graesser (Editor)
    [amazon]
  • Understanding Events: From Perception to Action (Oxford Series in Visual Congnition) (Hardcover)
    by Thomas F. Shipley (Editor), Jeffrey M. Zacks (Editor)
    [amazon]

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One comment on “Recent Books on Conceptual Change, Engineering Education, Embodied Cognition…
  1. Doug Holton says:

    A couple more engineering education books I ran across:

    Researching Design Learning: Issues and Findings from Two Decades of Research and Development (Science & Technology Education Library) (Paperback)
    by Richard Kimbell (Author), Kay Stables (Author)
    http://www.amazon.com/Researching-Design-Learning-Development-Technology/dp/1402090544

    Researching Technology Education (Paperback)
    by H Middleton (Editor)
    http://www.amazon.com/Researching-Technology-Education-H-Middleton/dp/9087902603

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