Mind the gap, the sequel. 9 / 03 / 2009 Presentation Dr. Viv Golding

1. Antwerp 9th March 2009 Dr Viv Golding (vmg4@le.ac.uk)

6. Miligram ‘authority’ experiment http://new-life.net/miligram.htm

9. McCarthy 1983, types of learner Sense - Feel (concrete experience) Think (Abstract conceptualization) Do (Active Experimentation) Watch (Reflective Observation) Dynamic Imaginative Common sense Analytical process perceive

15. Interactive experience model Interactive Experience Personal Context Physical Context Social Context

16. Contextual experience model Personal Context Physical Context Sociocultural Context Time

17. Constructivism Focuses on the learner & the ways people learn, quality experiences & lifelong processes, rather than on teaching Creates interactive environments & uses the assimilation/ accommodation tension to generate learning (Piaget) Sees no absolute knowledge independent of the leaner & all knowledge as linked to experience (Dewey, Vygotsky) Learning is a way of making sense of our lives or constructing meaning, not the simple acquisition of facts, feelings, sensory phenomena ‘ .. Follow a pedagogy … provide learners with opportunity to (a) interact with the environment (b) construct their own world’ (Hein 1996: 33)

18. Constructivism Learning is an active & a social process whereby people ‘learn as they learn’ Learners use sensory input to construct meaning but physical action alone is insufficient, since action that constructs meaning is mental, ‘minds-on’ &’hands-on’ New knowledge needs to be related to prior knowledge & experience to be accessible, to contextualize what is already known and move into what is unknown Learning takes time, it is not instantaneous Motivation is a key component in learning

19. Constructivism. Hein

20. Csikszentmihalyi. Motivation Intrinsic & extrinsic motivation Intrinsic motivation leads growth, desire repeat Clear goals Appropriate rules Immediate unambiguous feedback Correspondence actions required & skills actor Positive state mind, free worries Sense discovery New challenges

21. Csikszentmihalyi. Hook & Flow

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25. strengths weaknesses opportunities threats SWOT analysis: use of theory?