I’m revisiting my pilot study as I rewrite the conference paper which I based on it. I’ve realised that not all my data was coded using the final coding scheme, so I’m doing a quick code. I’ve realised that what I’m looking for really affects my coding. I’m not particularly interested in course materials and […]
(Based on B. Lin, C. Hsieh / Computers & Education 37 (2001) 377–386 ) Objectivist learning model Learning is a change in the behavioral disposition of an organism that can be shaped by selective reinforcement. The goal of learning is to understand objective reality and modify behaviour accordingly. The goal of teaching is to transmit […]
Is the difference – in educational terms – that networks are used for the exchange of skills and resources but have less power to create knowledge and transform people and identities? Must investigate.
I’ve been back to Wenger’s book to try to address my queries. I think it’s the case that, with his ‘communities of practice’ label, he is seekng to mark these communities off from other groupings which have been labelled ‘community’ but which don’t really live up to that definition. He says that ‘membership is not […]
I’ve run into a real problem with the idea of ‘comunity of practice’. What is the difference between a CoP and a community? Lots of people just take the CoP idea as is, and run with it. People who critique the ideas seem to do so in terms of thinking the model through – do […]
Engeström, Yrjö , (2001) ‘Expansive Learning at Work: toward an activity theoretical reconceptualization’, Journal of Education and Work, 14:1, 133 -156 “Gregory Bateson’s (1972) theory of learning is one of the few approaches helpful for tackling this challenge. Bateson distinguished between three levels of learning. Learning I refers to conditioning, acquisition of the responses deemed […]
Just to remind me what my thinking was at this point: · Learning is a social activity and therefore it is always situated culturally, historically and socially. · Learning communities provide good conditions for learning, because they come together with that purpose in mind and can mobilize aspects of community such as shared purpose, shared […]
I keep losing this, and I keep needing it. Forms of learning in a psychologists’ community of practice: They learn about psychologists’ resources and how to access these They learn the skills which are required of a psychologist They learn how to behave as a psychologist They learn how to think like a psychologist. They […]