I’ve discovered yesterday that there is a scientific theory (and a name) for my own private conception of academic/professional training… Vanhulle, Merhan & Ronveaux (2007) have described 4 different models of academic training program that also aim at the development of professional competencies… which they call “modèles d’alternance”, since students switch or alternate between moments of […]
Many people, especially students, think that we learn from experiences. It’s so easy to say “We’ve learned a lot from what we experienced during our internship in this class…”, but when asked to say what this really was that they’ve learned, they often have great difficulties… I’ve recently found this quote here and I really […]
I think this paragraph on Theories of Learning is paramount to understand what such theories are and what they are not! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learning_theory_(education) “Learning as a process focuses in what happens when the learning takes place. Explanations of what happens are called learning theories. A learning theory is an attempt to describe how people and animals learn, thereby […]
We have heard so much these last years about the information age, or – building upon that very idea, and expanding it – the knowledge society. According to the knowledge society concept, information is worth nothing as long as it has not been transformed into useable knowledge. Schools have been called to change accordingly. They […]
If the purpose and goal of schooling is merely putting knowledge into the heads of people, then schools might actually become obsolete. They would have to redefine their role in society and become places where other skills and competencies are developped. Because knowledge is at our hands everywhere and does not need to be in […]
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via kaputcenter.umassd.edu Sounds like a very interesting tech tool for learning… could be nice to use this as an example for our media2 seminars. Posted via web from the material mind 0
via serc.carleton.edu This is a “technique” for giving lectures in a way that engages students more actively, yet can be applied to large classes. Posted via web from the material mind 0
via youtube.com Wow! That’s a great quote by Professor Eric Mazur from Harvard University: “You can forget facts, but you cannot forget understanding!” Posted via web from the material mind 0
via teachereducation.com Highly recommended website for people interested in educational technology. Posted via web from the material mind 0