Pedagogical praxis: The professions as models for learning in the age of the smart machine

Shaffer, D. W. (2003). Pedagogical praxis: The professions as models for learning in the age of the smart machine (WCER Working Paper No. 2003-6). Madison: University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin Center for Education Research. http://www.wcer.wisc.edu/publications/workingPapers/Working_Paper_No_2003_6.pdf

Abstract:

Pedagogical praxis sets out a rich and ambitious agenda of research and reform. The goals of this paper are (a) to describe the basic theoretical claims of pedagogical praxis, (b) to explain the experimental methods that explore these claims, and (c) to present examples of technology-based learning environments that exemplify this process in action. As such, this paper serves as a prolegomenon: an overview of a larger argument. The examples and evidence are intended not to validate the theory of pedagogical praxis, but rather to clarify the kinds of claims it implies and the methods through which these claims are being investigated: to describe the shape and scope of this line of inquiry and to suggest how and why it may be a fruitful area for continuing research.