Deep Understanding
Doug Peterson,
doug – off the record,
Mar 12, 2010
The connectivist answer to questions like, "when will I ever use this again?" is to focus on process, not content. Doug Peterson describes his experience, "Later on, there was a response by Colin Jagoe to Peter's original post "When will I use this again?". I answered, "Never, but that's not the point, you're working your brain to make it better able to solve problems that you WILL encounter later on." I love it and says so much." This is just the sort of story I told in my presentation today. But to use this kind of story, you have to talk to students about how they learn. They need to know why they are practising. It's no Karate Kid. You can't just make them do menial tasks with no understanding and expect them to stick it out.
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