Kinds of Pedegogy
John Moravec's Blog
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Temponormative |
Pointillist |
Cyclical |
Overlapping |
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Pedagogy |
Traditional |
De- |
Re- |
En- |
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System |
Cartesian, linear |
Moments |
Pulsating |
Chaordic |
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Knowledge produced |
Explicit |
Personal (explicit and tacit) |
Personal and social |
Personal and social |
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Learning happens through… |
Direction |
Serendipity |
Evolution of dialog |
Convergence of direction, serendipity and evolution |
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Learning outcomes pre-defined |
Yes |
No |
Sometimes |
No |
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Examples |
Lectures, readings |
Microblogging, podcast |
Online forums |
Mashups |
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Androgony
- Relevance: Adult learners need to know why they need to know something. Their motivation to engage in learning is directly related to how they perceive the relevance of the content to a particular challenge that they face.
- Life-Experience: Adult learners come equipped with life experience – they want their instructors to respect them as experts and allow the to contribute to their learning. This calls for collaborative settings like small groups and instructional approaches like experiental learning .
- Self-Directedness: They have strong preferences on what and how they want to learn, so it is good to offer them choices and let them influence the course of their learning, for example by using audience response systems (clickers).
- Timing: Adults shift from learning for the future to learning for an immediate application. If I teach them something they do not need at the time, they will be less likely to pay attention.
- Problem Orientation: Adult learners approach leaning problem- or solution-focused rather than learning for the sake of learning. This can make things difficult if my material is concept-focused, so for instance if am trying to teach foundational knowledge or theories.
- Intrinsic Motivation: Certification and mandated training left aside, adults are more often intrinsically motivated to learn since they usually have more control over what type of learning activity they engage with. They really want to learn, if we manage to provide instruction that is effective for them.