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# Context in the Education Landscape 1

CPD: Generative Learning (by Zoe & Mark Enser), topic 1.1.1

## Constructivism

### Where it falls

![Where it falls](https://image-v2.cdn.app.senecalearning.com/2020-04/1ab27f1f-6199-4a72-8836-de295150fcb4/brian-mind-.jpg)

- Generative learning falls into a broadly constructivist model of learning in
which learning is viewed as something that happens in the mind of each learner
and is shaped by their own experiences and the prior knowledge that they bring
to the topic.

### Criticisms

![Criticisms](https://image-v2.cdn.app.senecalearning.com/2018-03/6c8d788d-8bf7-4fbc-853a-f8839482a4e0/shutterstock_774947137.jpg)

- One of Richard Fox’s (2001) criticisms of constructivism can highlight potential
pitfalls of generative learning that we as teachers should be aware of: **learning
is an active process**.
- This is one of the key tenets of generative learning – that
pupils need to go beyond passively being around the thing to be learnt and
actively engage in it.

### Criticisms (cont.)

![Criticisms (cont.)](https://image-v2.cdn.app.senecalearning.com/2018-08/a8deeb04-43d6-4811-94ce-a7eda5414a87/translation-translate.jpg)

- However, as Fox
points out, the human mind is perfectly capable of consuming
information passively and engaging with it. 
- This means that we should be aware that although pupils can
generate learning through the constructive and interactive methods discussed
in Fiorella and Mayer’s work, it would be a mistake to think they can only
generate learning in these ways.

## Test yourself on Context in the Education Landscape 1

- What is one of the key tenets of generative learning?
- How do we learn?
- What does Mayer's SOI model of memory stands for?

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## CPD: Generative Learning (by Zoe & Mark Enser) contents

### 1 Introduction
- 1.1 From Teaching to Learning
  - [1.1.1 Context in the Education Landscape 1](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/teacher-cpd/cpd-generative-learning-seneca-certified/1-1-1-context-in-the-education-landscape-1.md)
  - [1.1.2 Context in the Education Landscape 2](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/teacher-cpd/cpd-generative-learning-seneca-certified/1-1-2-context-in-the-education-landscape-2.md)

### 2 Summarising
- 2.1 Learning by Summarising
  - [2.1.1 What is a Summary?](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/teacher-cpd/cpd-generative-learning-seneca-certified/2-1-1-what-is-a-summary.md)
  - [2.1.2 Learn by Summarising](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/teacher-cpd/cpd-generative-learning-seneca-certified/2-1-2-learn-by-summarising.md)
  - [2.1.3 Summarisation at Work](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/teacher-cpd/cpd-generative-learning-seneca-certified/2-1-3-summarisation-at-work.md)
  - [2.1.4 Case Study: Adam Riches](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/teacher-cpd/cpd-generative-learning-seneca-certified/2-1-4-case-study-adam-riches.md)

### 3 Self-Testing
- 3.1 Learning by Self-Testing
  - [3.1.1 Learning by Self-Testing](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/teacher-cpd/cpd-generative-learning-seneca-certified/3-1-1-learning-by-self-testing.md)
  - [3.1.2 Case Study: Emma Smith](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/teacher-cpd/cpd-generative-learning-seneca-certified/3-1-2-case-study-emma-smith.md)

### 4 Self-Explaining
- 4.1 Learning by Self-Explaining
  - [4.1.1 Learning by Self-Explaining](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/teacher-cpd/cpd-generative-learning-seneca-certified/4-1-1-learning-by-self-explaining.md)
  - [4.1.2 Case Study: Ceridwen Eccles](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/teacher-cpd/cpd-generative-learning-seneca-certified/4-1-2-case-study-ceridwen-eccles.md)