We use technologies to help us get ahead in other areas of life. Why not embrace them? Why not permit the purposive use of technologies to help students get ahead, too?
"Everybody gets so much information all day long
that they lose their common sense."
-Gertrude Stein
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A systemic approach to knowledge development and application
5/20/2011
In the current issue of On the Horizon, Arthur Harkins and I introduce systemic approaches to knowledge development and application — that is, a framework which provides a systems-language descriptive means for understanding and engaging in an expanding ecology of knowledge development options. We call this “MET” : mechanical (conservatively repetitive), evolutionary (self-organizing), and teleogenic (purposively creative)
Three alternatives to temponormative pedagogy
4/7/2010
When most people mention the word “pedagogy,” they are likely to think of it within a temponormative framework. It is a framework that embraces linear time and Cartesian thinking. This continues to be the most prevalent framework within Western educational contexts. A linear conceptualization of time ensures that the learning process has a beginning and [...]
Postsecondary innovation left behind
6/10/2009
Higher education has never been in greater need of innovation. So, why stop fostering it? Today, Inside Higher Ed published a chilling article: [...] the U.S. Education Department quietly revealed this week that the Fund for the Improvement in Postsecondary Education will forgo its main open grant competition. The main reason: The program’s funds have [...]
Two-Way Immersion is Twice As Good
10/28/2008
An innovative program offered in some Massachusetts elementary schools is giving kids a chance to become bilingual early—and learn from each other. This story in the Boston Globe describes how the program, which begins in kindergarten, mixes native English speakers and native Spanish speakers and teaches all subjects in both languages. The article states: According [...]
Infoxication 2.0
10/24/2008
On her blog, Elena Benito-Ruiz shares a draft chapter on “‘Infoxication 2.0′ as one of the main downsides to Web 2.0 and its educational application.” Infoxication is a state of intoxication of the mind, caused by an overload of information. Although centered around technology, this is thought to contribute to a decline in intellectual performance. [...]
Study: Calculators okay in math class
8/20/2008
…but, only if students know the math first. Media guru Griffin Gardner forwarded this article from ScienceDaily, which suggests that calculators are useful tools in elementary-level mathematics classes. Citing research by Bethany Rittle-Johnson and Alexander Oleksij Kmicikewycz at Vanderbilt, and recently published in the Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, ScienceDaily writes: “So much of how [...]
Futures Research Quarterly publishes special Leapfrog issue
8/5/2008
The World Futures Society has published a special issue of Futures Research Quarterly, focused on the Leapfrog Principle. These papers will serve as the knowledge base for the upcoming Leapfrog conference in Anqing, China this October. Online copies should be available through EBSCOhost in the near future (check with your library for access). Contents for [...]
Brooks on the “Cognitive Age”
5/2/2008
David Brooks wrote an excellent op-ed piece in today’s New York Times. He states that individuals cannot be successful in a globalized world without building advanced capabilities to transform information into meaningful knowledge: The globalization paradigm leads people to see economic development as a form of foreign policy, as a grand competition between nations and [...]
Bill Gates on keeping America competitive
3/2/2008
An editorial by Bill Gates appears in today’s Washington Post. He argues that if the U.S. continues to fail to produce the skilled talent it needs to succeed in an innovation economy, the country should import knowledge and innovation workers: To remain competitive in the global economy, we must build on the success of such [...]
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