John Sweller
John Sweller | |
|---|---|
| Born | Jan Schweller 26 January 1946 |
| Citizenship | Australian |
| Education | University of Adelaide (BA, PhD) |
| Known for | Cognitive load[1] |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Educational psychology |
| Workplaces | University of New South Wales |
| Thesis | Effects of initial discrimination training on subsequent shift learning in animals and humans (1972) |
| Website | www |
John Sweller (born Jan Schweller, Legnica, Poland, 26 January 1946)[2][3][4][5] is an Australian educational psychologist who is best known for formulating an influential theory of cognitive load.[1] As of 2020 he was Professor Emeritus at the University of New South Wales.[6]
Education
Sweller was educated at the University of Adelaide where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1969 followed by a PhD from the department of psychology in 1972.[7] His doctoral research investigated effects of discrimination training on subsequent shift learning in animals.
Career and research
Sweller has authored more than eighty academic publications, mainly reporting research on cognitive factors in instructional design,[8] with specific emphasis on the instructional implications of working memory limitations and their consequences for instructional procedures.[9][10][11][12] An autobiographical account of Sweller's intellectual development is available in the "Acquired Wisdom" section of Education Review.[7]
Awards and honours
Sweller was elected a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (FASSA) in 1993.[13]
See also
References
- 1 2 Sweller, J (1988). "Cognitive load during problem solving: Effects on learning". Cognitive Science. 12 (2): 257–285. doi:10.1207/s15516709cog1202_4. ISSN 0364-0213.
- ↑ Application for Registration as an Alien (29 January 1948): Maria Schweller.
- ↑ "We, Bernard and Maria Schweller, of Polish nationality, born at Rohatyn and Brzvchowice, Poland, resident in Australia for six years ... intend to apply for naturalisation under the Nationality and Citizenship Act, 1948-1952": Public notices, The (Adelaide) News, (Friday, 27 November 1953), p. 9.
- ↑ To be Naturalised: Ceremony at Prospect, The Northern Suburbs Weekly, (Thursday, 14 October 1954), p. 2.
- ↑ Certificates of Naturalization (Schweller, Bernard; Schweller, Maria), Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, No.15, (Thursday, 31 March 1955), p. 1069.
- ↑ www
.arts .unsw .edu .au /our-people /john-sweller - 1 2 Sweller, John (2016), "Story of a Research Program", Education Review, Vol.23, 2 September 2016.
- ↑ Kirschner, Paul A.; Sweller, John; Clark, Richard E. (June 2006). "Why Minimal Guidance During Instruction Does Not Work: An Analysis of the Failure of Constructivist, Discovery, Problem-Based, Experiential, and Inquiry-Based Teaching". Educational Psychologist. 41 (2): 75-86, 75–86. doi:10.1207/s15326985ep4102_1. ISSN 0046-1520. S2CID 17067829. Wikidata Q55881467.
- ↑ Sweller, John; van Merrienboer, Jeroen J. G.; Paas, Fred G. W. C. (1998). "Cognitive Architecture and Instructional Design". Educational Psychology Review. 10 (3): 251–296. doi:10.1023/A:1022193728205. ISSN 1040-726X. S2CID 127506.
- ↑ Sweller, J. (2003) "Evolution of Human Cognitive Architecture", pp. 215-266 in Brian Ross (ed.), The Psychology of Learning and Motivation, Volume 43: Advances in Research and Theory, San Diego, CA: Academic Press. ISBN 0-12-543343-3
- ↑ Cooper, Graham; Tindall-Ford, Sharon; Chandler, Paul; Sweller, John (2001). "Learning by imagining". Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied. 7 (1): 68–82. doi:10.1037/1076-898X.7.1.68. ISSN 1076-898X. PMID 11577621.
- ↑ John Sweller (1999) Instructional design in technical areas. Melbourne: ACER Press. ISBN 978-0864313126
- ↑ "Academy Fellow – Professor John Sweller FASSA". Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
