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John Seely Brown describes what schools should be like: architectural studios. Work in the open, take feedback from others.
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Except that… there’s no *one* way to best provide an education for people. So there’s no *one* was schools should be like.
We have this inescapable desire, it seems, to reduce complex issues to a simple general principle.
When we get past that, we’ll be able to address some of these issues more seriously.
Diversity – not some single solution – is the way forward. Such examples do exist (see, eg. the Edmonton public School Board) though they are often overlooked by people with a Message.
I love the various metaphors.
We hear all sorts of messages about how our learners (young and old) are changing and how their needs are changing and how technology is changing – but we cannot hear enought how the ’system’ prevents us from changing too.
Funny how a Newton quote gets slipped into many a discussion. A great video to show undergraduate education students, so as they may start to seek answers for many of the questions raised…. although like Stephen has said, hopefully the discussion does not lead toward an attempt at coming up with one overarching model/solution.
Where I work in Australia ‘Social Capital’ is a concept (not just the term) that educators generally respond positively toward and can really see value in….although for me it would be nice if its association moves from e-learning toward mainstream education.
One word that for me describes much of my experience (and that which I observe with people using the Web for purposeful interaction) .. “bricolage”