Planning and Analyzing Teaching: Using the Variation Theory of Learning

Using illustrative teaching case studies, this book demonstrates how teaching informed by a learning theory, specifically variation theory, can equip teachers to facilitate possibilities for students' learning in effective and powerful ways.

Author: Angelika Kullberg,Åke Ingerman,Ference Marton
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 01/24/2024
Pages: 104
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.77lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.31d
ISBN: 9781032048567

About the Author

Angelika Kullberg is a Professor in mathematics education at University of Gothenburg. She has 20 years of experience of using the Variation theory of learning and of conducting collaborative research together with teachers. She has been a council member of the World Association of Lesson Studies for many years and is since 2022 vice president.

Åke Ingerman is a Professor in science and technology education at the University of Gothenburg. He is committed to research on the relationships between teaching and learning in classrooms, and has employed variation theory and phenomenography in such studies for more than two decades.

Ference Marton is a Professor Emeritus at University of Gothenburg and a founding member of the World Association of Lesson Studies. He is an honorary doctor at the University of Edinburgh, University of Helsinki, and The Hong Kong Institute of Education. He is the author of the book Necessary Conditions of Learning published in 2015.