it4L

Hands on Support in Shropshire continues to move forward, with a session today developing skills to upload and maintain the extensive ArtWeb at Sundorne school.

**Note the Shropshirehos blog isn’t a complete record of the HOS work done in the county ;-), not even the highlights - just as and when I get chance to blog things **

Here’s some more of Konrad’s writing that strikes a nerve for me, that learners can’t really take ownership of words in a textbook that they can’t interact with. How much emphasis should be placed on transmission models of learning? If knowledge is just handed out on a plate (or in a book) could it not encourage learners to be lazy, just to learn enough to pass their assessments? I prefer to teach leraners to think, to help them to develop the thought processes that they need to become autonomous lifelong learners.
Read the rest of this entry »