Presentation: Peer learning for inclusion

Authors

  • David Duran Gisbert Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Keywords:

Peer learning, Inclusive education

Abstract

It is well known that learning takes place, as Piaget told us, through interactions with others and, as Vigotsky would add, especially when these others (mediators) are somewhat more skilled than the learner himself. Traditional teaching has considered that this role of mediator - acting between the new content and the learner's mental activity - had to be reserved for the teacher, and that interactions between equals (or between peers, as they are called in Latin America) had little educational relevance and should be eliminated, or at least minimised in the classroom. However, we have known for some time that interactions between peers, between students, properly organised, can lead to learning. Certainly not every interaction - understood as dialogue, communicative exchange, joint action... between pupils is equivalent to learning, nor is every interaction between teacher and pupils. But if it meets certain requirements, which we will deal with throughout this monograph, it can be a powerful source of learning.

Author Biography

David Duran Gisbert, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Doctor en Psicología. Profesor del Departamento de Psicología Básica, Evolutiva y de la Educación de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cataluña. Coordinador del Grupo de Investigación sobre Aprendizaje entre Iguales (GRAI) http://grupsderecerca.uab.cat/grai/. Investigador principal del Proyecto “Learning the teachers role in the Knowledge society: teachers’ actions in peer learning contexts” (2014 ARMIF 00011). Docente del Máster Interuniversitario de Psicología de la Educación y coordinador de la asignatura Aprendizaje Cooperativo y Tutoría entre Iguales. Cuenta con muchas publicaciones sobre aprendizaje entre iguales y educación inclusiva, temáticas en las que ha desarrollado actividades de formación del profesorado.

Published

2015-11-01

How to Cite

Duran Gisbert, D. (2015). Presentation: Peer learning for inclusion. Revista Latinoamericana De Educación Inclusiva - Latin American Journal of Inclusive Educatio, 9(2), 15–19. Retrieved from https://revistainclusiva.ucentral.cl/revistainclusiva/article/view/9_2_002

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