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If we know so much about learning, how come it's not practiced more widely? Rosie Rosemarie Woodruff Counseling and Student Development Center University of Hawaii-Manoa 2600 Campus Road, SSC 312 808-965-6114 On Sun, 11 Apr 1999, Gary K. Probst wrote: > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > --------------C018DEB9C0E4EBA201192E72 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > Gary Probst wrote: > > I am forwarding some excellent comments about learning that came on > another list serv. > > --------------C018DEB9C0E4EBA201192E72 > Content-Type: message/rfc822 > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Content-Disposition: inline > > Received: from mx01.erols.com ([207.172.3.241]) by mta3.mail.erols.net > (InterMail v03.02.07.03 118-128) with ESMTP > id <[log in to unmask]> > for <[log in to unmask]>; Sun, 11 Apr 1999 00:02:24 -0400 > Received: from list.msu.edu (list.msu.edu [35.9.5.152]) > by mx01.erols.com (8.8.8-970530/8.8.5/MX-980323-gjp) with ESMTP id AAA06680 > for <[log in to unmask]>; Sun, 11 Apr 1999 00:02:23 -0400 (EDT) > Received: from list (list.msu.edu [35.9.5.152]) > by list.msu.edu (8.9.0/8.9.0) with ESMTP id AAA29342; > Sun, 11 Apr 1999 00:01:58 -0400 > Message-Id: <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 00:01:57 -0400 > Reply-To: Medical Education Research and Development <[log in to unmask]> > Sender: Medical Education Research and Development <[log in to unmask]> > From: Automatic digest processor <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: DR-ED Digest - 9 Apr 1999 to 10 Apr 1999 (#1999-87) > To: Recipients of DR-ED digests <[log in to unmask]> > > There is one message totalling 121 lines in this issue. > > Topics of the day: > > 1. Thoughts Regarding Teaching/Learning > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 15:32:22 -0500 > From: "Richard J. Iuli" <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Re: Thoughts Regarding Teaching/Learning > > Two books that may be of interest to a number of you, and that would > encompass Tim's Principles of Learning as part of a formal theory of > education: > > Teaching Science for Understanding: A Human Constructivist View. 1998. J. > Mintzes, J. Wandersee & J. Novak (Eds.) Academic Press: New York. ISBN: > 0-12-498360. > > Learning, Creating, and Using Knowledge. 1998. J. Novak. Lawrence > Erlbaum: Mahway, NJ. ISBN: 0-8058-2626-2 > > I have also included Novak's Principles of Education (in bold type) to > complement Tim's. > > Tim Jordon wrote: > >Principles of Learning: > > > >1. Learning takes places only when the learner is ready to learn. > > MEANINGFUL LEARNING REQUIRES A DISPOSITION TO LEARN MEANINGFULLY. > > > >2. People learn best when they do something that seems worthwhile to them. > > HUMANS THINK, FEEL AND ACT. THINKING, FEELING AND ACTING ARE INTEGRATED, > FOR BETTER OR WORSE. > > > >3. A good story will communicate more effectively than 20 lectures. > > MEANINGFUL LEARNING REQUIRES MEANINGFUL MATERIALS. CONTEXT HAS A STRONG > INFLUENCE ON LEARNING AND TRANSFER OF LEARNING. > > > >4. It is the learner who should determine the direction of the content, > >not the teacher. > > INSTRUCTION SHOULD BE PLANNED THROUGH CAREFUL ANALYSIS OF [LEARNERS'] > RELEVANT KNOWLEDGE. > > > >5. Individual differences make it necessary for teachers to teach > >different people in different ways. > > THERE IS AN ORTHOGONAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE MEANINGFUL-ROTE AND > DISCOVERY-RECEPTION LEARNING CONTINUA. > > > >6. Only those things which a person has thought for himself/herself are > >truly his/hers. > > EDUCATION LEADS TO A CHANGE IN THE MEANING OF EXPERIENCE. > > > >7. Memorizing is not necessarily learning. > > ROTE-MODE LEARNING IS VERBATIM, ARBITRARY AND NON-SUBSTANTIVE. > > > >8. When we learn, we learn "all over" . . . we learn with our feelings, > >attitudes, body, as well as with our minds. > > POSTITIVE FEELINGS, ATTITUDES AND VALUES ARE ROOTED IN MEANINGFUL LEARNING. > > > >9. Learning is most effective when it is put to use immediately. > > MASTERY-MODE LEARNING USING CRITERION-REFERENCED EVALUATION IS GENERALLY > MORE DESIREABLE THAN CONVENTIONAL COMPETITIVE INSTRUCTION USING > NORM-REFERENCED EVALUATION. > > > >10. Teaching is helping the learner to experience . . . then to use new > >skills through experiences. > > LEARNERS DO NOT UNDERSTAND THEIR COGNITIVE LEARNING PROCESSES. > > > >11. Learners are more ready to learn if they know the reason why; the > >purpose of the new idea; or a way of applying the new idea. > > EVENT-CENTERED, CONSTRUCTIVIST EPISTEMOLOGY PLACES EMPHASIS ON LINKING > THEORY, PRINCIPLES, AND CONCEPTS TO RECORDS, RECORD TRANSFORMATIONS, AND > KNOWLEDGE AND VALUE CLAIMS THROUGH QUESTIONS REGARDING THE EVENT OR OBJECT > UNDER CONSIDERATION. > > > >12. Personal contact is considered by many to be the best way to > >communicate ideas from one person to another. > > FAIRNESS, RESPECT AND HONESTY ARE CARDINAL PRINCIPLES IN EFFECTIVE > TEACHING. CONSTRUCTIVE CARING FOR OTHERS REQUIRES HONESTY, OPENNESS, AND > COMMITMENT TO UNDERSTAND OTHER'S COGNITIVE AND AFFECTIVE CONCERNS. > > > >13. Knowledge is what the learner knows AFTER he/she has learned. > > MEANINGFUL LEARNING UNDERLIES THE CONSTRUCTIVE INTEGRATION OF THINKING, > FEELING AND ACTING LEADING TO HUMAN EMPOWERMENT. > > > >14. The best teaching occurs when teachers and learners work together to > >answer questions that neither of them have the answers for. > > HIGHLY EFFECTIVE TEACHERS WORK FROM STRONG THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS. > COOPERATIVE LEARNING STRATEGIES ARE EFFECTIVE. THE MEANING OF EXPERIENCE > RESULTS FROM THE NEGOTIATION OF MEANING BETWEEN TEACHER AND LEARNING > (ARRIVE AT A SHARED UNDERSTANDING). > > > > > >(Many of these principles were learned from the excellent example of Dr. > >Susan Telljohann, Professor of Health Education, University of Toledo, > >Toledo OH). > > THANKS TIM! > > Richard J. Iuli, Ph.D. METACOGNITIVE TOOLS > Coordinator of Academic Support Services / \ > Office of Academic Affairs CONCEPT MAPS VEE DIAGRAMS > Medical College of Wisconsin the the > 8701 Watertown Plank Road ROUTE BLUEPRINT > Milwaukee, WI 53226 to for > (414) 456-8583 MEANINGFUL CONSTRUCTING > Fax: (414) 456-6506 LEARNING KNOWLEDGE > E-Mail: [log in to unmask] > > ------------------------------ > > End of DR-ED Digest - 9 Apr 1999 to 10 Apr 1999 (#1999-87) > ********************************************************** > > --------------C018DEB9C0E4EBA201192E72-- >