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Authentic Learning Environments in Higher Education Tony Herrington , Jan Herrington; University of Wollongong, Australia Imprint:    Information Science Publishing Copyright:    2006 Number of pages:    321 pages Hard Cover (ISBN: 1-59140-594-7) Our Price:    US $84.95 Order Now! Perpetual E-Access (ISBN: 1-59140-596-3) Our Price:    US $130.00 Order Now! Terms and Conditions of Use

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As greater accountability in higher education grows, authentic learning has found a prominent place in the education agenda. Technology continues to open up possibilities for innovative and effective learning opportunities, and students and teachers are no longer happy to accept familiar classroom-based pedagogies that rely on content delivery and little else. Authentic learning environments have their foundations in situated approaches to learning which advocate that learning is best achieved in circumstances that resemble the real life application of knowledge. Authentic Learning Environments in Higher Education provides a coherent description of the principles that guide the development of an authentic learning environment, and gives concrete examples across a wide range of discipline areas. The book helps teachers to reflect on the important elements of an authentic approach, and to use the descriptions of a range of implementations to guide their own design and development of an authentic learning environment.

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