GEDI / Grad 5114 – Fall 2015
What is wrong with our education system? That our schools are a residue of the industrial age and the great war years, the content delivery style of teaching does not work, and there is a fundamentally wrong focus on school and grades and teaching and training instead of learning. As Pink Floyd summarize perfectly in this classic. … Continue reading We Dont Need No Education
Read moreWell, one more mini-post for this week: Thinking about what learning is, I recalled my first undergraduate class, PSY 101 (Introduction to Psychology) with 200+ students in an auditorium. I was late for 2-3 minutes and when entered the class, Continue reading →
Read moreLearning sometimes is difficult to define. In a traditional opinion, learning is just to simulate and practice. We need to observe others’ actions and start to take actions like them. If you practice may times, you finally master it. Although … Continue reading →
Read moreKen Robinson is a great discovery for me, thanks #gedivt. I can resonate with his approach, especially his focus on the educational climate. Michael Wesch’s focus on creating an interactive space in the classroom is also in the line of Continue reading →
Read moreThis last class seemed to spark quite the debate between many individuals. Writing for this week is a little bit more difficult than it was for the previous week, as I feel that a lot of what I have to say was shared during class and there is no need to hurt this horse any […]
In her book The Power of Mindful Learning, Ellen Langer defines a mindful approach as having three characteristics:1. the continuous creation of new categories2. openness to new information3. an implicit awareness of more than one perspectiveShe provid…
Read moreWe watched the TED video How to escape education’s death valley by Ken Robinson this Wednesday. When he came to the point of no students should be left behind and human beings are inherent of creative, it reminds me of my exchange experience in University of Helsinki, Finland during my junior year. The professor in … Continue reading Reflects on Ken Robinson’s video: How to escape education’s death valley
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