I have grounded my concept of a writing across the curriculum program (WAC) in connectivist theory: that knowledge and communication are network phenomena, a function of mapping and traversing complex, multi-scale networks. As Stephen Downes says in his post Types of Knowledge and Connective Knowledge, “connectivism is the thesis that knowledge is distributed across a network of connections.”…
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Loading...Last week I attended the Better Schools forum. Better Schools is mantra the Federal Government is using for its new campaign to improve the quality of education and equity of education throughout Australia.
Firstly, I have an issue with the title, Better Schools, implying that our schools are in major need of improving.…
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(No Ratings Yet)Loading...Sim, encontro que é uma tendencia humana resistir às mudanças!
Tudo que nos tira de uma zona confortável e que gera mudanças demora a ser assimilado.
Como professora poderei utilizar o mais simples exemplo, o de mudança de turma a cada semestre, pois apos conhecermos os alunos, toda a classe segue em frente e nós temos que nos adaptar aos novos alunos que chegam.…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading... (No Ratings Yet)Loading...o ato de avaliar gera imensos debates. E este debate sempre foi direcionado para o aluno: se alcançou o aprendizado daquilo que se pretendeu, na disciplina, pelo curriculo e professores e instituição.
Mas apesar de que tais praticas avaliativas ,que tomaram força em ambientes academicos a partir do sec.…
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Hoje conversei com uma amiga sobre os resultados das ultimas eleições.
O que querem dizer os dados?
Que não estamos crédulos quanto às politicas governamentais ou estamos descrentes?
Ora, a política influi na Educação, sim, claro.
Todos sabem ler os dados?…
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“[…] but what will still define education is the presence of (a) a teacher, (b) students, and (c) a set of agreed-upon goals that they work toward together.”
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I am still thinking and reflecting about what “Open Learning is all about”….
I have been thinking more about the variations of “open”…and perhaps @OpenContent and @FredWBaker can add to my thoughts (Thanks your comment earlier Fred).
I am now beginning to think of “Open Learning” in three distinct areas: Open Content/ Resources (OER), Open Pedagogy and Open Leadership.…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...I said in an earlier post that the first objective of a writing across the curriculum program is “to enable students to learn more and better.” In this mode, students are using writing as a tool for mapping knowledge networks both in their own minds and in the world about them.…
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