tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29868932.post9052013160512855128..comments2024-02-14T22:50:48.749+10:30Comments on Bill Kerr: minsky's attempt to explain hard problem solvingBill Kerrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00206808014093631762noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29868932.post-87698497916433528212008-01-27T20:48:00.000+10:302008-01-27T20:48:00.000+10:30More on problem solving:http://tinyurl.com/2hzbv4P...More on problem solving:<BR/><BR/>http://tinyurl.com/2hzbv4<BR/>Principles for Teaching Problem<BR/>Solving<BR/>Technical Paper #4<BR/>Jamie Kirkley<BR/>Indiana UniversityAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03384288304778972289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29868932.post-80270597324975674252008-01-26T10:44:00.000+10:302008-01-26T10:44:00.000+10:30Thanks for all this new thinking Bill ...We are st...Thanks for all this new thinking Bill ...<BR/><BR/>We are starting a new ict_pd cluster this year, the schools involved have chosen to base the new learning on environmental <I>“sustainability”.</I><BR/><BR/>Means I am currently trying to unpack “What so worthy and requiring of understanding in <B>Sustainability</B> (The balance between human needs and those of the natural environment), and <B>Kaitiakitanga</B> (Managing the modern day environment based on a Maori world view and notions of guardianship, all life is connected, manu, tapu and mauri). <BR/><BR/>The mind map I have created of curriculum connections and classifications for Sustainability is so extensive that it is increasingly hard to read it on one screen. <BR/><BR/>It seems sustainability is a little like one of those Russian matryoshka dolls, every time I determine something that is important to understand I realise that it also has important prior understandings inside.<BR/><BR/>It occurs to me that many of the “concepts” we expect students to grapple with are so complex, abstract and evolving that most students and their teachers struggle with a lack of the background facts and information necessary if they are even to begin to understand. And it helps me understand why the learning outcomes in these sort of concept curriculum topics often seem to limit themselves to a stream study or a project on reducing school litter– not unlike those environmental studies learning outcomes in the 1980’s.<BR/> <BR/> Learning is an even bigger concept than sustainability – so thanks for adding in some extra connections to Artichoke - my mind map equivalent on Learning. I’ve put Minsky on my “What is worthy and requiring of understanding in Learning” listartichokehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15926940379668541109noreply@blogger.com