Feuerstein’s Theory and Pedagogy: Epitomizing Mediated Learning Experience in Teaching Grammar

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Effat Hadidi Zavareh ¹ , Abdollah Baradaran ² , Bahram Mowlaie ³

1 - Department of English, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2 - Department of English, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
3 - Department of English, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2023-03-21 Accepted : 2023-09-01 Published : 2023-10-01

Keywords: Mediated Learning Experience, MLE-based grammar lesson plan, MLE parameters activation,

Abstract :

Mediate Learning Experience (MLE) posits that the quality and amount of mediated learning interactions undergone by a learner affects both his cognitive and psychological development and his functioning as an autonomous and independent learner. This study attempts to implement MLE theory in pedagogy by designing an MLE-based grammar lesson plan in respect of present continuous through operationalizing and activating MLE parameters in a grammar class. Through the application of MLE in pedagogy, not only do the teachers take on new roles like mediating lifelong learning and mentoring fellow teachers but also the learners experience innovative functions such as developing heuristics for solving problems and autonomous learning and thinking essential to the late modern knowledge-based era. Through the application of MLE in pedagogy, not only do the teachers take on new roles like mediating lifelong learning and mentoring fellow teachers but also the learners experience innovative functions such as developing heuristics for solving problems and autonomous learning and thinking essential to the late modern knowledge-based era.

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