http://mcglaysia.wordpress.com/2008/05/29/let-the-students-drive/ technology and education and all that goes in the mix Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:50:17 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://mcglaysia.wordpress.com/2008/05/29/let-the-students-drive/#comment-47 An Old Prophecy Confirmed? On the Uses and Abuses of Laptop Learning | Triangle Tutors Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:43:22 +0000 http://mcglaysia.wordpress.com/?p=35#comment-47 [...] May 29, 2008, Let the students drive? « Learning2.1 [...] [...] May 29, 2008, Let the students drive? « Learning2.1 [...]

]]> http://mcglaysia.wordpress.com/2008/05/29/let-the-students-drive/#comment-44 Brian Lockwood Sun, 08 Jun 2008 03:48:12 +0000 http://mcglaysia.wordpress.com/?p=35#comment-44 I'm not afraid of this approach, I actually welcome it and employ it constantly in my classes. Yes it's unconventional but my students and I learn so much more from it. I’m not afraid of this approach, I actually welcome it and employ it constantly in my classes. Yes it’s unconventional but my students and I learn so much more from it.

]]> http://mcglaysia.wordpress.com/2008/05/29/let-the-students-drive/#comment-43 Helenmary Jarrott Mon, 02 Jun 2008 04:53:43 +0000 http://mcglaysia.wordpress.com/?p=35#comment-43 I get tired of the sound of the 'let students drive their own learning' mantra.. Does not that approach presuppose that students have the developmental maturity to discern what it is they should be learning and to apply themselves to acquiring that learning - even when it is 'boring' and unpalatable? I also get a bit edgy about the way 'learning' appears to be morphing into a fluid, undefined, unregulated mess, with no one prepared to take responsibility for defining what 'core learning' for various subjects is, or should be. Heaven help us in a few years when the doctors and engineers trained in this fairyland begin to emerge! I get tired of the sound of the ‘let students drive their own learning’ mantra.. Does not that approach presuppose that students have the developmental maturity to discern what it is they should be learning and to apply themselves to acquiring that learning – even when it is ‘boring’ and unpalatable? I also get a bit edgy about the way ‘learning’ appears to be morphing into a fluid, undefined, unregulated mess, with no one prepared to take responsibility for defining what ‘core learning’ for various subjects is, or should be. Heaven help us in a few years when the doctors and engineers trained in this fairyland begin to emerge!

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