http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/01/17/synthesizing-the-pieces/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:44:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/01/17/synthesizing-the-pieces/#comment-30381 Moving at the Speed of Creativity » Blog Archive » Architecting School 2.0 Mon, 22 Jan 2007 06:45:47 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/01/17/synthesizing-the-pieces/#comment-30381 [...] John shares in the interview that one of the best indicators of success in college is an individual’s ability to form and participate in study groups, because in study groups learners must converse and collaborate. SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT WITH OTHERS is the key. John has shifted from a “I think, therefore I am” paradigm of learning, to a “I participate, therefore we are” model which is fundamentally different. Through participation with others, we literally come into “being” and internalize our understandings about the world. It is vitally important that we help students learn to collaborate effectively in schools. I referenced this last week in observing that a wide gap exists between the primary skills cultivated within our present educational culture (and particularly environments focused on high-stakes accountability) and those needed for 21st century workforce success (including collaboration.) [...] [...] John shares in the interview that one of the best indicators of success in college is an individual’s ability to form and participate in study groups, because in study groups learners must converse and collaborate. SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT WITH OTHERS is the key. John has shifted from a “I think, therefore I am” paradigm of learning, to a “I participate, therefore we are” model which is fundamentally different. Through participation with others, we literally come into “being” and internalize our understandings about the world. It is vitally important that we help students learn to collaborate effectively in schools. I referenced this last week in observing that a wide gap exists between the primary skills cultivated within our present educational culture (and particularly environments focused on high-stakes accountability) and those needed for 21st century workforce success (including collaboration.) [...]

]]> http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/01/17/synthesizing-the-pieces/#comment-30346 David Truss Thu, 18 Jan 2007 21:53:47 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/01/17/synthesizing-the-pieces/#comment-30346 Wesley, I would have spent more time on the graphic if I new it would be used elsewhere... especially by the author of the quote:-) Thanks for yet another great post with very practical links. Dave Wesley,
I would have spent more time on the graphic if I new it would be used elsewhere… especially by the author of the quote:-)
Thanks for yet another great post with very practical links.
Dave

]]> http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/01/17/synthesizing-the-pieces/#comment-30326 Elizabeth Wed, 17 Jan 2007 21:41:10 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/01/17/synthesizing-the-pieces/#comment-30326 Wow, Wes, great post! You succinctly get to some crucial issues in today's education. Similar thoughts I've been pondering over the past few years with NCLB, standardized testing, and the need to create a learning environment that successfully prepares the "innovators" we (and Thomas Friedman) talk so much about needing in the coming decades. Rarely does regurgitation blossom into invention and problem-solving. Wow, Wes, great post! You succinctly get to some crucial issues in today’s education. Similar thoughts I’ve been pondering over the past few years with NCLB, standardized testing, and the need to create a learning environment that successfully prepares the “innovators” we (and Thomas Friedman) talk so much about needing in the coming decades. Rarely does regurgitation blossom into invention and problem-solving.

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