Design for knowledge

Design for knowledgeDaniel LopezEDTC 6341Key PointsTeaching Disciplinary StructuresTeaching Disciplinary Habits of MindDiscourse FormsModes of thinking

INFORMATION IS NOT KNOWLEDGE!Clifford StollSilicon Snake Oil, 1995Ways of KnowingToy Universes Computer simulationsReplacing TextE-Technologies Create new learning opportunities for ResearchLearning Environments Complex SystemsAs a means for organizing the essential elements of knowledge.Basic knowledge content must be known but what is important in practice is an individuals ability to put that knowledge to work.For research simulations of weather patterns and how it is possible to discover new strategies for predicting weather.Not simple, mechanical, linear systems, they are complex systems that require an understanding of the structures of knowledge and how they interact.Learning the DisciplinesDisciplines Theories and generalizations Education - Challenged by Media, researchers and policy makersWhy?Knowledge is identified as a discrete body of essential knowledge and skillsCompetency based Curricula + Direct Instruction + Standardized test = measurement driven teaching and higher test scores.

Of what we need to know (Reading, Writing and Math).Inability to live up to the expectations - Focuses on test itemsKnowledge of Structure and ProcessLearning About StructuresBased on central theories and operationsGrasp key principles or concepts Allows to understand in a meaningful wayRole of structure over contentMore UnderstandableEasily rememberedFacilitates transfer of learningKnowledge about structures of a discipline makes it more understandableIf content knowledge is related in some way to structural elements of a discipline easily rememberedKnowledge organized around the structure of a discipline facilitatesKnowledge organized around the structure of a s

DisciplinesLearning About Processes Doing the DisciplinesGreatest relevancy to students livesTeaching disciplines as ways to think about experience not teaching about disciplines.Not to study about the discipline, Do the discipline

To make sense of experienceThe purest objects we can pass on to our descendants Every discipline has a set of processes to make sense of experiences.

Quiz QuestionsWhat is replacing Text as a means for organizing the essential elements of knowledge?InformationToy UniversesTelevision

Quiz QuestionsWhat is replacing Text as a means for organizing the essential elements of knowledge?InformationToy UniversesTelevision

QuizWhen teachers design opportunities for students to develop knowledge, they must not base the study of the disciplines on more than content descriptions of knowledgeTrueFalse

QuizWhen teachers design opportunities for students to develop knowledge, they must not base the study of the disciplines on more than content descriptions of knowledgeTrueFalse

QuizWhat is more important in education?Teaching knowledge related to specific skills concerned primarily with ones professionTeaching knowledge that leads to general understanding necessary for dealing with the affairs of lifeBothNone of the aboveQuizWhat is more important in education?Teaching knowledge related to specific skills concerned primarily with ones professionTeaching knowledge that leads to general understanding necessary for dealing with the affairs of lifeBothNone of the aboveResourcesPictureshttp://informatters.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/mug-copy4.jpg