'Becoming experts': learning through mediation

• Main Authors: Abdul Rahim, Fauziah, Hood, Philip, Coyle, Do
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: UUM College of Arts and Sciences 2009
• Subjects: LB Theory and practice of education
• Online Access: http://repo.uum.edu.my/208/1/Fauziah_Abd_Rahim.pdf; http://repo.uum.edu.my/208/; http://mjli.uum.edu.my

Purpose – This study is largely founded on Vygotsky’s sociocultural theory, Feuerstein’s theory of Mediated Learning Experience and Lave and Wenger’s ‘community of practice’, which concerned building a community of learners that places mediation as central in learning and teaching. While the overall...