I have been having a dialogue with colleagues over the past few years about the notion of “Communal Constructivism”. There have been a number of papers written on the subject (e.g. Leask & Younie, 2002; Holmes et al, 2001)
Not least, I have an issue with the term ‘communal’. For me it suggests that [...]
Tags: Learning Theory · Pedagogy
Getting started on a PhD is harder that I thought. Not least the distractions of my work commitments with Core Education, but just in trying to hone in on the exact nature of my topic. I have now fairly well settled on the following working title, although it might need some further tidying as [...]
I spent an enjoyable day yesterday at the @Bristol complex, meeting colleagues from a variety of countries (Kenya, Netherlands, US, Ireland) and backgrounds (teachers, civil servants, academics) to engage in dialogue about the ways in which technology can support learning in the 21st century.
There was some really interesting stuff about immersive technologies (EcoMUVE) from Prof. [...]
Tags: Conferences · Innovation · Pedagogy
Here is the wordle that I used in my presentations at ULearn09 … It was compiled by Tara Fagan of CORE Education, who was doing some work for the Ministry of Education. She asked a whole host of folk to submit words that defined pedagogy for them. She then posted every response … that’s why [...]
Tags: Pedagogy
