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Experience & Learning for the Postmodern Caveman
Application Project
Thomas W. Whiteley
Colorado State University
Adult Teaching and Learning I
2013SP-EDAE-624-801
Dr. Leann M.R. Kaiser
April 27, 2013
As the caveman recorded his history though a visual presentation upon the
walls of caves, I have recorded the history of my newly required knowledge in experience and learning. These 21st
century hieroglyphics are to be used as a modern tool in which I can apply
learner-centered opportunities that may present itself to me. They shall act as my guild, and reminder of learning through
experience.
How the Postmodern Man learns(Tools)
• 1. Reflecting on concrete experience • (Constructivist theory)• 2. Participating in a community of Practice• (situative theory)• 3. Understanding of desires and fears• (psychoanalytic theory)• 4. Resisting dominant social norms• (critical cultural theories)• 5. Exploring ecological relationships • (complexity theories)
• (Fenwick, 2003)
Reflecting on Concrete Experience(Constructivist Theory)
ConstructivismClick Here
1. Concrete Experience; engaging oneself in a new experience
2. Reflective Observation; skills in recognizing experiences from different perspectives
3. Abstract Conceptualization; taking the experiences and analyzing it in which to create new ideas and concepts
4. Active Experimentation; retaining decision-making and problem-solving abilities for actively engaging in experimentation on newly formed concepts
(Kolb, 1984)
Participating in a community of Practice(situative theory)
Community of Practice
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A group of people who share a passion for something they know how to do
We should cultivate and nurture the growth
Fundamental PurposeCreate, Expand and Exchange of knowledge
within the Individual
(Wenger, McDermott, & Snyder, 2002)
Understanding of desires and fears (psychoanalytic theory)
• The psychoanalytic perspective sees our unconscious and interfering with our conscious experiences
• Work through psychic conflicts to learn
• (Fenwick, 2003)
Click HerePower of the Unconscious Mind
Resisting dominant social norms (critical cultural theories)
• Transforming existing social orders by questioning and resisting norms
• Where is postmodernism
• (Fenwick, 2003)
Click HereWhose lens is it anyways?
Exploring ecological relationships (complexity theories)
• Leaning is the sum of it parts• “Consciousness, identity, action and interaction, objects and
structural dynamics of complex systems” (p. 37)
• Binding the experiences in a complex system
• (Fenwick, 2003)
Click HereSimplifying the Complexity
The gathering of Information is complicatednot complex
Experience and Education: A Brief Summary
Click Here John Dewey
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qM-gZintWDc
Good Will Hunting(Rated R for Language)
Summary
How the Postmodern Man learns• Reference
• Fenwick, T. J. (2003). Leaning through experience: Troubling orthodoxies and intersecting questions. Malabar, FL: Krieger
• Kolb, D. A. (1984). Experiential learning: Experience as the source of learning and development. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall
• Wenger, E., McDermott, R., & Snyder, W. (2002). Cultivating communities of practice: A guide to managing knowledge – seven principles for
cultivating communities of practice. Retrieved from http://hbswk.hbs.edu/archive/2855.html