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Why Key Competence Acquisition today?

Aqueduct Training St. Jean d‘Angely, France

Christa Bauer, AustriaOctober 2010

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Learning and Teaching in Changing Times

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On the way to a new understanding of learning and teaching

Input Output

Input OutputProcess

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Teaching&Learning Take Place in a Context

Postindustrial society (consequences for Europe?)

Information society Risk society (consequences for the globe?)

Pluralism of Values Heterogenous societies

Change of our understanding of education, teaching and learning

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Problems with Input

WHAT?Learning content in a rapidly changing environment: What do people need to know in 15 years?

HOW?- Input orientation in times of information overflow (Postman: Schools- information control)

- Neurophysiology: brain functions

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Problems with Output

Reproduction vs. Production of Knowledge („inert knowledge“)

New media: overnews‘d and underinformed - Validation of information

Focused on learning output rather than people („human capital“):

- Cognitive Intelligence (Pisa-Study)

- Lack of social skills (changing family patterns)

- Learners‘ feelings neglected – process orientation

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Explosion of Knowledge and half-value period of knowledge(18 months)

ICT Findings from Brain

research(Neurophysiology): Different styles of perception, learning,

thinking Construction of knowledge in socio- biografical context Multiple Intelligences (H. Gardner) Subjectivism (subjective construction of knowledge)

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Understanding of Learning

Learning means change

Construction of reality

Enlarging your repertoire of action

© C. Bauer, Aktionsforschung

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Problems with Learning-Output

Different levels of Learning :- Knowledge (…reproduction)

- Attitude/ skills- Application/action

Knowledge management Potential development (starting from

ressources)

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IMPLICATIONS OF THESE CHANGES

Empowering people LifeLongLearningLearning means changeEnlarging repertoire of action

COMPETENCE BASED EDUCATION

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From Reproduction to Competences Behaviour /quality / context

- 8 EU-Key competences(Lisbon strategy)

- 4 Transversal key competenceslearning to learncultural expressioncivic and social competenceentrepreneurship

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Formula for successful learning

D x V x F > RD = Dissatisfaction

V= VisionF= First StepsR= Resistance

Dannemiller Typon Ass. 2000

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The Aqueduct learning scape

Cultural heritage

flow

New experience

New resultPrior experience

Curiosity, motivation

key competence

goal

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The Aqueduct Process

Motivation: Why key competence acquisition?

Why heritage education?

What do I know? What do I want to learn?

Experiental learning: e.g. Storyline approach

Identify with a role

Focus on key competences

and plan your learning from there

do practical research

Reflection: What did I learn? How did I learn it? In what way have I changed?