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Learning to me is influenced greatly by experiences. Sheri Hadderlie once said to me: "Anything worth doing is worth doing poorly at first." I think she means it's OK to be presented with obstacles and suffer failure or cognitive conflict. It's that experience of and opportunity to try again and discover the answer which really makes learning great!
In my opinion, it is the role of teachers to help facilitate opportunities for learners to have experiences that challenge their thinking and allow them to troubleshoot or problem solve. One of many of Bruner's theories suggests the notion of implementing a spiral curriculum, and I think that teachers or instructors should always look to build curriculum topics up over time. As I consider that notion, I think about the way I study religion, and how I can read a passage of scripture and gain some insights, then over time, I return, and read the same passage and perhaps expound into some other cross-referenced scriptures that add to those insights from before, and it helps build upon the more simple understanding that I may have had about the topic.
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Lacy (unauthenticated)
Jul 15, 2009
I enjoyed reading your blog this week. I like the quote from Haderlie and think it is very true, I often times learn more when I fail at first. Spiral learning is very valuable and I think that is why we align curriculum throughout the grades. Thanks for sharing!
Brian B (unauthenticated)
Jul 15, 2009
Absolutely, what is important is perseverance in the face of adversity. No one is perfect. My idea of using the voice board didn't work out too well, so I changed. And the spiral curriculum I think is used in grad school too. We talk about instructional design processes for example in intro to ID, but then you go more in depth in advanced ID - not sure if they have that for M.Ed. students, Having that prior exposure helps give you an anchor to build richer knowledge. They have this summer mathematics camp for disadvantages high school students at Ohio State, and students learn mathematical problem solving processes that real mathematicians use, albeit not quite as in depth. A very large proportion of those students go on to get phds in math or physics, and a big part of that is the anchor former by the summer workshop.