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Lets Talk About Learning
iCiL 2012 Colby
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“Nothing is so common as the desire to be remarkable.”
William Shakespeare
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What is learning?
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When somebody says that a student needs to “know” something ….
They should be asked to add “in order to …”
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The Intentions Of Kids When They Come To School
• Get Grades• Serve Time• Socialize …and not necessarily in this order!
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“A teachers’ job is not to teach kids. A teacher’s job is to create meaningful, engaging work whereby kids learn the things we want them to learn.”
– Phil Schlecty
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Stages Of Learning And Growth
Conscious Incompetence
Conscious Competence
Unconscious Incompetence
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Unconscious Competence
Competence
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Course• QPA Regulations ... http://www.ksde.org/Default.aspx?tabid=1787#91-31-31
• (p) "Unit of credit" means a measure of credit that may be awarded to a student for satisfactory completion of a particular course or subject. A full unit of credit is credit that is awarded for satisfactory completion of a course or subject that is offered for and generally requires 120 clock-hours to complete. Credit may be awarded in increments based upon the amount of time a course or subject is offered and generally requires to complete. Individual students may be awarded credit based upon demonstrated knowledge of the content of a course or subject, regardless of the amount of time spent by the student in the course or subject.
• Our Suggestion ...
• (p) “Unit of credit” means a measure of credit that may be awarded to a student for satisfactory demonstration of mastery of a set of standards which comprise a "course."
• The individual who validates mastery of the identified standards must be certified in the state of Kansas in the appropriate subject area.
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Driving Exam
Two Parts– Written Exam … Conscious Knowledge– Driving … Non - Conscious Knowledge
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How Does Learning Work?
• You have a goal (something that you want to happen)• You have an expectation that a plan of action will
achieve it• The plan fails (this is what it means to have an
important experience … expectation failure)• You need an explanation of why your expectation was
wrong (this is called thinking -- or teaching)• You adapt an old explanation or someone provides you
with a new one• You create a new expectation and try again …
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Student Goals
• Learn• Get a good grade• Get into a good college• Please mom and dad• Keep mom and dad off their back• Get a credit• Get through• Disrupt
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Gallup Found
Half of students are either going through the motions at school or actively undermining the teaching and learning process.
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Definition Of Insanity
Doing something over and over, and expecting different results.
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Any real learning experience includes:
• An actual experience• A story that demands telling about that
experience• Cognitive processes get honed by the
experience• Teaching that is done just in time• Actually accomplishing something …
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People Learn in Two Ways
• They learn by doing (try, fail, explain, try again)
• They learn just in time (try, fail, get help, try again
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The Fundamental Cognitive Processes
1. Prediction2. Modeling3. Experimentation4. Evaluation5. Diagnosis 6. Planning
7. Causation8. Judgment9. Influence10.Teamwork11.Negotiation12.Describing
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We understand and remember theworld in terms of expectations
• We remember expectation failures• We remember ours (or other’s) explanations• We alter our memories as a result
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Your “Sweet Spot” – Jim Collins
What are you PASSIONATE
about?
What can you be the BEST at?
What drives the CASH?
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Things are true … until they aren’t.
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Instead of learning about, students should be learning the discipline of …
Howard Gardner - Five Minds For The Future
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In Real Life, as opposedto School...
learning is about practice
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“The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed.” – William Gibson
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Schools Are...
If you asked high school kids to describe school in one word, what word would they choose?
Is boredom a desirable condition for learning to occur?
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