Educational Pedagogy

With logic you start out with certain ingredients just as in playing chess you start out with given pieces. But what are those pieces? In most real life situations the pieces are not given, we just assume they are there. We assume certain perceptions, certain concepts and certain boundaries. Lateral thinking is concerned not with playing with the existing pieces but with seeking to change those very pieces. Lateral thinking is concerned with the perception part of thinking. This is where we organise the external world into the pieces we can then 'process'.

A healthy human brain does not want to always be creative, it is designed to figure out how to do things or how to think about things and then 'locks' that automatic response or behaviour into a subconscious process so that your conscious brain can focus on other matters.

 

Learn more / En savoir plus / Mehr erfahren:

 

http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?&tag=Thinking

 

http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?&tag=Think-Different

 

http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?&tag=Think+outside+the+box

 

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Progressive education is a pedagogical movement that began in the late nineteenth century; it has persisted in various forms to the present. The term progressive was engaged to distinguish this education from the traditional Euro-American curricula of the 19th century, which was rooted in classical preparation for the university and strongly differentiated by social class. By contrast, progressive education finds its roots in present experience. Most progressive education programs have these qualities in common:[citation needed]

Emphasis on learning by doing – hands-on projects, expeditionary learning, experiential learningIntegrated curriculum focused on thematic unitsIntegration of entrepreneurship into educationStrong emphasis on problem solving and critical thinkingGroup work and development of social skillsUnderstanding and action as the goals of learning as opposed to rote knowledgeCollaborative and cooperative learning projectsEducation for social responsibility and democracyHighly personalized learning accounting for each individual's personal goalsIntegration of community service and service learning projects into the daily curriculumSelection of subject content by looking forward to ask what skills will be needed in future societyDe-emphasis on textbooks in favor of varied learning resourcesEmphasis on lifelong learning and social skillsAssessment by evaluation of child's projects and productions

 

Link from Wikipedia:

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_education#John_Dewey

 

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