Ference Marton

Ference Marton (born Ferenc Istvan Marton 7 March 1939) is a Swedish educational psychologist who is best known for introducing the distinction between deep and surface approaches to learning, and developing phenomenography as a methodology for educational research.

More recently, he developed a theory of classroom learning based on establishing the prerequisites for learning conceived as the "space of learning".

Marton is a professor of education at the Göteborg University.

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