Instructional-Design Theories and Models: A New Paradigm of Instructional Theory, Vol. 2 (Instructional Design Theories & Models)

Book Description

This second edition focuses on the new generations of instructional theories and models. The theme of this volume is diversity, it includes the role of values and different kinds of learning, and how they influence instructional theory and design.

Customer Reviews:

Outstanding Instructional Design Resource!.......2007-03-19

One of the best collections of articles from some of the top theorists in the business. Well selected, well organized, and an excellent read for the serious student of Instructional Design.

DWunderlich Textbook Review.......2006-11-11

An essential book for any instructional designer's library- especially for beginner designers

The Focus Should Be on Instruction That Works.......2001-11-02

The number of instructional theories and camps of instructional theorists are growing at a rapid rate. Camps of constructivists face off against camps of reductionists and the debate rages on. Unlike many other scientific communities, educators and instructional theorists seem to spend as much energy tearing down the past as they do in inventing the future.

Charles Reigeluth has taken a very different approach to instructional theory. He has gathered together many of the best minds in instruction and assembled their writings into a second volume of instructional theory and practice. In this volume, he allows the various authors to present twenty-one different instructional theories. As editor, Dr. Reigeluth and others cross-reference these various theories and practices to create a discussion of similarities. Rather than take a position that one camp or another is right or wrong, each is allowed to make a case for the work they are doing. Each is given space to offer examples of process and results. If you are looking for a clear picture of the profession of instruction in 1999, then you need look no further than this volume. You will not find exhaustive descriptions of each theory or complete descriptions of all the associated research. This book is more of a summary of all the important work in the profession with extensive references to the larger body of work.
The message from Reigeluth is clear. Instructional professionals need to spend more energy looking for solutions and less energy on carving out individual positions. The focus should be on results because results ultimately determine what works. This work builds on the original volume of instructional theories published in 1983, and there is an indication from Reigeluth that a third volume is now in the works. This is must reading for anyone who wants to take the pulse of the profession.

A classic!.......2001-09-30

Charles is my Ph.D. dissertation advisor and my mentor so I knew that he put in a lot of efforts on putting this book together. Please pay attention to the last chapter: formative research methodology. Not only for us researchers or professors in universities to get more insight about instructional design, theories and models, but I know a lot of corporate trainers are also using this book as "bible" to guide their daily design work. A very good book (green book vol. 2), highly recommended.

A basic for any ID book collection.......2001-08-05

Reigeluths first volume of Instructional Design Theories and Models was published 16 years ago and quickly became "the bible for the development of many instructional designers in the years that followed" (p. 1). In this second volume, Reigeluth has assembled more than a survey of instructional design and learning theories. He sought to reflect the great diversity and changes in thinking since his first volume in 1983. He reasoned logically that the original book formed a picture of the topic in that time period and now it was time to assemble a new snapshot. Taken together, volumes I and II fully illustrate the roots and development of instructional design theories in the U.S. from the 1970s to today.

Volume two is organized into five units. An introductory unit and a reflective unit surround the three units that form the core of the book. These three units present instructional design theories grouped around cognitive, psychomotor and affective development themes. While the topics are divided, the overarching theme of the book is a systems approach to learning-- everything is related.

The introductory unit offers two papers presenting perspectives on the theories and changes that have occurred since the first volume. Reigeluth (1999) begins the unit by defining the terminology of design and theory. He works to establish the framework within which the reader can "analyze and understand the instructional-design theories presented in this book" (p.5).

Thirty-eight authors present twenty-three papers in the three units that form the core of this book-- the descriptions and reports on the state of learning and instructional design theory. Reigeluth organizes each unit purposefully. He explains the selected content and his thinking about their organization by briefly introducing each unit. Each paper is authored by a recognized authority on that topic: Jonassen on constructivist learning environments; Hanaffin on open learning environments; and Gardner on multiple approaches to learning, for instance. Romiszowski presents the single paper that comprises the second unit, psychomotor development.

The only comment that might be taken as a mild negative suggests that while there are many discussions of changing paradigms, the reader is left without a sense of one direction in which to develop instruction. This is more a reflection of our times than the quality or organization of the text. Thirty years ago there were fewer theories and more consensus than is evident today. Reiguluth has been fair to present the multiple points of view, even when they do not intersect to form one dominant theory by which to gauge the work of instructional design.

The author, Charles M. Reigeluth has been a Professor of Instructional Systems Technology at Indiana University since 1988. According to Reigeluth, his "research interests include redesigning educational systems and designing high quality learning resources" (Reigeluth, 2001, p. 2). An avid writer, his publications include eight books; two have received "Outstanding Book of the Year Awards" from the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT).

Customer Reviews:

Look into the book.......2004-02-05

On the Authors homepage you have a chance of taking a glimpse inside this wonderful book. Her homepage is her full name and a com ending. I have the book myself and can only recommend it to you all.

Recommended for all beginners and advanced students.......2004-01-05

It was an exceptional experience painting with this book. From beginning to end it is filled with beautiful large scale full color fotos. The text is very understandable and easy to read. There is a red line from beginning to end. If you want to learn to paint, this is it. I hope more will follow soon...
Thankyou very much...

A Beautiful and Instructional Book.......2003-12-29

Ms. Just has presented a beautiful book full of luscious l transparent watercolor paintings of flowers. Each page contains several large photos of her work plus instructional text. All illustrations are done in watercolor including the chapter on painting materials. Nearly half of the pages are step-by-step demonstrations, each with very clear explanations of her process. Ms. Just also discusses design and watercolor technique and shows her command of the subject matter with great expertise.
Flowers: Wonders of Nature in Watercolor will be a wonderful addition and a well used book in the library of watercolor painters of all levels.

Expressly recommended to aspiring artists.......2003-11-13

Flowers: Wonders Of Nature In Watercolor is a full-color, how-to guide by Erika Just and expressly recommended to aspiring artists which to reveal and re-produce the beauty of flowers through the medium of watercolor. From establishing a color scheme; to building layers of color, contrast, and detail; to adding quality finishing touches, all instructions are superbly illustrated with captivating artworks. Flowers: Wonders Of Nature In Watercolor is a first-rate and thoroughly "user friendly" guide for watercolor artists of all skill and experience levels.

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A good general guide

It simplifies night photography

Barely enough for most

Not All I Thought It Would Be

An invaluable manual for night-time photography

Capturing the Night with Your Camera: How to Take Great Photographs after Dark
John Carucci
Manufacturer: Amphoto Books
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Customer Reviews:

A good general guide.......2002-07-16

I would recommend this work to beginners and photographers who are intermediate but have little or no experience with low light or night photography. There are better works out there on this subject that will serve the more advanced and serious amateur better than this volume might. I bought this book because it gave a good general overview of just about all the various aspects to an often overlooked area of photography. I nearly didn't buy it because I picked up Andrew Sandersons book at the same time. I had been vowing to buy Sandersons work for over a year and finally the time came. The only thing that made me buy this work was the excellent sections on Painting with light and Star Trails at the end of the book, rarely seen or discussed in any other photographic literature I have ever seen. I give this book a four star rating for tackling these last two sections but would otherwise have rated this book in parallel with Meehans 'Guide to Filters' for the exact same reasons.

Having said all of the above it's a great general guide and if thats what you need then get this book. If you are an intermediate or professional needing something more dense to bite down on you can't go past Sandersons work which I have reviewed elsewhere.

It simplifies night photography.......2001-05-04

The book approaches the topic unlike any other in the existing light photogrphay genre. Where some other books fluff it up with technical talk, Carucci explains it all in plain english.

Night photography is such a mystery, and the author explains all the elements that affect the picture in the first chapter. After that, each topic is covered in depth.

Having a understanding in fundemental photography, I found this book informative though I'm not sure if a beginner would get as much out of it since Carucci seems to speak to readers that grasp the basics rather than those new to photography.

Even if you're not into the text, the pictures themselves stand on their own.

Barely enough for most.......2001-04-28

Apologies first, the cover was not that inspiring compared to many other photography books, and so had yet to buy it. I picked it up at a local library and went through it, basically it focus on cityscapes shooting, a very interesting area to learn due to the difficulty in getting the desired exposure and lighting.

I realize that there are many repeating information on bulbs/lights temperature and type, sure they are the main essence to coloring the shots but having such information all over the place makes the book seems so messy. The best thing about this book is the illustration of shots taken on diferent lighting and film. It really does help you to see more creatively if you are new to this.

Interestingly it does shed some light on light painting, seldom found in writing, actually I had no real idea on how it really works till I read this book. I had done some light painting prior to this, but only for fun, this book tells you how to expose it.

Whether it appeals to you, you just have to see it for yourself. This is not a wholly technical book, more inclined towards beginner on night shooting. Newbies may like the presentation of the book, very journal-like (and hence seems disorganized), like writing a trip on night photography, but there's no section on fundamental photography (and I dont suggest one to start learning photography through this area...might just put one off with the difficult shooting situations). Newbies to night shooting may like the information on color temp and the type of lights associated, and how they actually look like. Advanced people may find the book too shallow, and fundamental.

Not All I Thought It Would Be.......2001-03-24

I made the mistake of ording this book and Lee Frost's Complete Guide to Night and Low Light Photography at the same time. They are very similar books, but Frost's is better. (I gave it a 3.)

Whereas Frost's book is fairly balanced between landscape (sun afterglow, moon light) and city/building shots, this one is heavily weighted toward the city. (From the photos, I can't confirm that Carucci has ever stepped off pavement.) I guess if your specific interest is low light city work, you might prefer this one. Same thing if you're very interested in slow-sync flash and other flash techniques. Otherwise, both books remain a bit weak on technical substance. (The brief twilight section in Zucherman's Natural Light Photography gives you about 30% of what you get here.)

An invaluable manual for night-time photography.......2000-10-11

I had been taking pictures for years before I read this book. I have read it multiple times since and learn something new each time. John Carucci takes you on a step by step process through not only night photography but photography itself. His photographs are incredible and best of all he gives detailed information on each shot. I am convinced that nighttime photography is the most interesting pursuit there is. I can honestly say that I have learned more about photography from this book than anything else that I have ever found.

Book Description

A profoundly wise and humorous rendering of the classic Chinese text on military strategy, as told through the delightful Chinese cartoon panels of best-selling author Tsai Chih Chung.

Customer Reviews:

Masterfully done........2006-08-25

This rendering of the old classic is probably the most refreshing edition available. Even children shouldn't have any trouble understanding it. That's important, considering most of the other available translations are cluttered with commentaries from other historical figures - makes reading the primary/original text difficult for me! This doesn't mean you shouldn't buy other translations, of course. Simple, easy to read & understand, essential to ethics, philosophy and business studies, nobody should be without a copy.

Try China Books, Australia, for a current print edition.

Sunzi Speaks.......2006-06-08

This is the most alive version of the countless versions of the art of war. The readers who really want to go more in depth with the original version and do read chinese, will be satisfied with the original characters in the textbox next to the comics. A fun and really great read. If you want to learn the art of war and only want to read one book, this is the one.
Have fun...

Sunzi is most excellent (even if he did get me sent to the colonel's office).......2005-10-28

I've stood at attention in front of colonels for having my soldiers read this book on two occasions. And I'll accept the risk of being there again.

Sun Tzu is the best known of the military classics and the most widely read, for good reason. He knew his stuff and wrote in terms of principles rather than specifics. This book is the starting point for a theoretical understanding of military science and conflict.

This is the most accessible translation of Sun Tzu's Art of War availible. The text is contemporary english at roughly a seventh grade level, and the illustrations are brilliant. The illustrations both illuminate the concepts in the text and are lightly humorous. This worked to great advantage when I ordered soldiers who were somewhat suspicious of intellectual endeavors to read it. The most rewarding moment was when a mechanic overheard an exchange between senior officers, leaned over to me and quietly asked if what was going on was like a specific thing Sun Tzu was talking about.

On the down side... The comic book format is misleading (as the translated text is serious) and will not inspire respect from intellectual snobs. The commentary by later authors that shows up in other translations is absent (maybe not a down side, the commentary can be distracting and confusing).

Overall, well worth the investment, and most enjoyable.

Pictures is Better.......2004-11-28

I am a firm believer in pictures. If you have to paint or color by numbers, who cares! As long as you learn from it. Why spend weeks trying to interpret a someone else's interpretation? The problem with most translations is that they use huge words and do such literal translating that you need another book just to translate the translation. This book gets right to the point and you can CLEARLY see/understand what the lesson is. This is a great life planner and a great page turner. (You can even color in it if it helps);) I highly recommend this book for people who just wnat to get to the point and not have to spend weeks going over history lessons.

Sunzi Speaks well...........2002-02-11

This particular translation of Sunzi's work, while simplified, is one of the better ones. It is a good book to peruse as a stand-alone or alternately a companion to a more complex version. True, the simplification can be a trifle distracting at times, but the amusing drawings and casual language capture the attention of the reader more than the dry translations that are the norm, keeping the focus on the intent behind the prose.

Should one be looking for a scholarly piece for scholarly work, it is likely that this would not be the correct book to use. For reading pleasure and comprehension, though, this particular work cannot be beaten. To dismiss it as suitable only for children or semi-literates smacks of elitism and narrow-mindedness.

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Sunzi Speaks: The Art of War (English-Chinese)
Tsai Chih Chung
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Part of the Traditional Chinese Culture series, this book is an illustrated adaptation of Sunzi, the earliest and most valuable Chinese military treatise that has had a tremendous influence on military, political and philosophical thought in China. Collected and popularized by the immensely popular Chinese illustrator Tsai Chih Chung, the book brings to life the nature and important rules of warfare through cartoon panels with a text that is irreverently humorous yet replete with wisdom. It is a great and easy tool to learn Chinese classics.

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Sunzi Speaks : The Art of War
Brian (translator) Bruya
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Sunzi Speaks: The Art of War (English-Chinese)

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Sunzi Speaks: The Art of War (English-Chinese)
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Part of the Traditional Chinese Culture series, this book is an illustrated adaptation of Dao De Jing, which is originally written by Laozi. Dao De Jing literally means the Classic of the Way and the Virtue. The Daoism has influenced several Chinese philosophers throughout history. Collected and popularized by the immensely popular Chinese illustrator Tsai Chih Chung, this volume includes 81 pieces of the Way and the Virtue talk, bringing to life the wisdom of life through cartoon panels with a text that is irreverently humorous yet replete with wisdom. It is a great and easy tool to learn Chinese classics.

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In 1869 a half-blind Greek-Irish teenager named Lafcadio Hearn came to Cincinnati, Ohio, and by the age of twenty-four became the city's most famous newspaper reporter on the strength of his lurid crime stories and bizarre explorations of the city's dark underside.

Fired in 1877 for his brief marriage to a black woman, he wandered from New Orleans to New York to the Caribbean before finally settling in Japan where, in a unique act of self-transformation, he became a Japanese patriot and patriarch.

Full of excerpts from Hearn's writing, Jonathan Cott's insightful portrayal of an extraordinary life recovers for a Western audience a unique figure of the nineteenth century.

Customer Reviews:

Disappointing as a biography, better as a reader.......2007-07-25

I had expected Wandering Ghost to be a standard biography, but the number of long passages taken from Hearn's writings made me wonder what the author's intent was. At least half (or more) of the book is comprised of these lengthy passages from Hearn's newspaper work and other writings.

At times these quotes serve to move the book forward, but more often than not they bog it down, as in the inclusion of an entire newspaper story about a sensational murder -- some 13 pages that, while they served as a good illustration of Hearn's more florid prose style, served very little purpose biographically. The quoted passages are so numerous and at times so extraneous that it is frustrating to read this book as a biography. It's especially irksome when a five- or six-page lengthy quote is used when a one- or two-paragraph one would have easily sufficed.

Perhaps the problem is that I didn't pay sufficient attention to the publisher's description of Wandering Ghost as containing "generous selections" from Hearn's work, but even that did not prepare me for the amount of quoted material. Given the richness of the subject and wealth of material that Hearn left behind, it seems a shame that a more lucid biographical account of his life was not attempted.

Home is where the heart is.......2006-04-10

I wasn't prepared for what an excellent book this was. I have long been a fan of Lafcadio Hearn's Japan-themed books, and was interested in learning more about him and about what brought him to the country so long ago. But I figured the rest of his story would hold little interest for me.

Jonathon Cott has proven me wrong. "Wandering Ghost: The Odyssey of Lafcadio Hearn" shows a truly fascinating character, one who was eternally searching for somewhere to belong, one who's tastes and fashions were completely out of synch with the time he lived in, one who was chasing a dream so distant that he could only find it in the most remarkable of places, only to hold it for awhile and watch it slowly slip away.

Born of a Greek mother and an Irish father, Hearn was never accepted as a child. A half-breed, he was shunted from relative to relative until finally shipped off to the US to make his own way. There, his unique racial status allowed him access to both the white cities and the black ghettos, and his skills as a writer got him a job translating the forbidden culture for the newspapers. An acclaimed journalist, he accrued some degree of success until his then-illegal marriage to a black woman saw him fired, disgraced, and exiled to New Orleans. His mania for writing, his passion for "exotic" women, and his desire to go to the hidden corners of society to record and experience native folklore and traditions soon made him a pariah, and he was exiled again. After trying several tropical islands, hidden paradises and various adventures, an opportunity opened up for him to journey to the mysterious and unknown Japan. There he found acceptance, family, and his own peace at last.

What is truly remarkable about "Wandering Ghost" is that it is an auto-biography as much as a biography. It is filled with Hearn's writings; newspaper articles, personal letters, sketches on interesting characters and places, thoughts and reflections, a glimpse inside his head. Cott originally began with the idea of publishing some of Hearn's non-Japan related writing, but was overcome by the sheer bulk of it all and decided to sift through them and shape them into Hearn's story. Seeing all of this, I gained much more respect for Hearn as a writer as opposed to a mere chance observer of the fading Japanese culture.

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What's it like to live and work on a Caribbean island? Paradise, right? Think again.

Through Andy Gross' collection of elegant essays and biting journal entries we glimpse the other side of paradise. Giving Good Ghost takes us beyond the sun, the surf, the "hey mon, no problem" cliché of modern Caribbean life to explore realities of race, colonialism, petty politics, corruption, cultural narcissism and alienation on the island of St. Maarten.

With prose intelligent as it is honest, by turns angry, hilarious, thoughtful, heart-rending, Gross spares no one—least of all himself—as with brutal honesty he skewers the hypocrisy he witnessed during the five years he spent as a ghost.

Giving Good Ghost is not chicken soup and it's not for your soul. What it is is the truth—are you ready for that?

Customer Reviews:

Giving Good Ghost.......2005-06-08

Andy Gross understands that geography shapes a culture. He has experienced and witnessed what the confines of island life can do to an individual and an entire population. There is an elegant precision to the record of his days on St. Maarten. I felt I was part of an exquisitely private surgery of the soul that just happened to occur in public, which of course curls my toes and makes me want more.

tears of rage.......2001-08-22

I have never been to the Caribbean, but this book taught me a lot. I think the author is brave to have exposed so much about himself and his surroundings. I somehow think the author must cry tears of rage. It was a very moving and disturbing book.

bitter but funny.......2001-07-21

This book is a very bitter look at St. Maarten, but very accurate. I think the author captures something about the modern Caribbean. His writing style is relentlessly truthful, bleak and yet very funny. I wanted to read more.

giving 'great' ghost.......2001-07-11

A very powerful book; kind of a classic if you know anything about St. Maarten. I really admire the author's courgae, he hits St. Maarten hard, but he hits himself harder. This is a book that is very negative about St. Maarten, but very accurate as well. I think the author is brilliant and daring and probably a very miserable, lonely person. Still and all, he made me made laugh and dare I say, he made me cry also. I think he could have told us more and left us more satisfied, but what can you do, he rang the bell, and he rang it hard, if only he rang it a little longer.

big problem, mon.......2001-07-09

I think this is the best thing ever written about St. Maarten. The fact that it was written by such an outsider makes it even more moving. What Mr. Gross is saying, is that "there are big problems in paradise mon" and people better take notice. This is a very troubling book.

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