American Journal of Educational Research

This project aims to provide an effective methodology and innovative local action in the area of youth and adults education. Justifying in the Brazilian social context and relying on the theory of the Dr. Reuven Feuerstein's mediated learning, a strategy of action will be presented to cognitively improve the performance of young people and adults in the literacy process.

American Journal of Educational Research. 2014, 2(12C), 11-13. DOI: 10.12691/education-2-12C-4
Pub. Date: December 21, 2014

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Jerry Fodor and the Reinterpretation of the Phrenological Model

by Cleverson Leite Bastos, Gustavo Luiz Gava and Carlos Eduardo de Carvalho Vargas

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In tentative to support the “vertical tradition” in faculty psychology, Jerry Fodor reached resources in the phrenological model of Franz Gall. Fodor offers a reinterpretation of Gall’s work to demonstrate the emphasis investigative in the study of the mental structures and, indirectly, in the actual memory research, judgment, attention, among others. Jerry Fodor sought to highlight affirmative evidence that hides the phrenology of Gall, correcting and improving the phrenological model to research functional subsystems in the human mind. Deeping this issue, it is understood that the issue of modularity of mind contributed to undertake the current studies on the processes of teaching and learning, departing from the modular model proposed by Gall and Fodor.

American Journal of Educational Research. 2014, 2(12C), 8-10. DOI: 10.12691/education-2-12C-3
Pub. Date: December 21, 2014

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From Western English to Global English: Issues in Cultural and Pragmatic Instruction

by Josiah Gabriel Hunt

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This paper examines the impact globalization has had on the English language. As English has arisen to become the de facto official language of over 90 nations, the question is asked: Whose culture should be taught in language classrooms? It is suggested that cultural instruction should not be limited to that of Western nations, but must be globally inclusive taking into account diverse perspectives. In doing so, language learners develop the communicative competence needed to effectively interact in cross-cultural exchanges.

American Journal of Educational Research. 2014, 2(12C), 4-7. DOI: 10.12691/education-2-12C-2
Pub. Date: December 21, 2014

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The Philosophy of Distance Education

by Gustavo Luiz Gava

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It is understood that the digital era is one of the major transitions to situate philosophy and other disciplines, in the virtual world: online teaching. Moreover, from there, enabling the student to include himself in his worldly field: cognitive virtual to the actual goal. A reverse engineering knowledge.

American Journal of Educational Research. 2014, 2(12C), 1-3. DOI: 10.12691/education-2-12C-1
Pub. Date: December 21, 2014

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Preface

by Carlos Eduardo de Carvalho Vargas

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American Journal of Educational Research. 2014, 2(12C), 0-0. DOI: 10.12691/education-2-12C-0
Pub. Date: December 21, 2014

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