4. Why learn by doing? We are always interacting with our environment using different senses (seeing, hearing, smelling, feeling, tasting) Knowledge is constructed, not transmitted, as a result of experiencing and interacting with the environment Learning retention rates Chi, Bassok, Lewis, Reiman & Glaser, 1989
5. Why learn by doing? Knowledge is fundamentally situated in practice “When knowledge is first and foremost a form of activity and experience – of doing something in the world within a community of practice – the facts and information eventually come for free” (Shaffer, Squire, Halverson & Gee, 2005) Knowing and doing are reciprocal knowledge is situated and progressively developed through activity http://www.flickr.com/photos/kaswenden/320676396/ used under CC licence
6. Learn by doing with technology Experimenting with technology Exploring Hypothesizing Conjecturing Speculating Testing Datalogger Robotics
7. Learn by doing with technology Immersing into virtual worlds Quest Atlantis
8. Role of students Knowledge is built by the learner, not supplied by the teacher (Bruckman, 1998; Piaget, 1967) New knowledge could be acquired more effectively if the learners were engaged in constructing products that were personally meaningful to them Learning by doing entails trying things out, formulating hypotheses and testing them Explore, experiment, construct, converse and reflect on what they are learning Use info resources and knowledge construction tools to solve problems http://www.flickr.com/photos/hmns/4184551309/ used under CC licence
9. Role of teachers Design learning activities that make students use different senses Expose students to situations that make them curious enough to take learning into their own hands Open up interesting problems and provide tools for solving them Give students guidance and facilitation when needed listen to students’ questions answer students' questions suggest ways they could discover the answer themselves http://www.flickr.com/photos/hmns/4185319892/ used under CC licence 8
10. Activity In pairs, discuss how you might incorporate learning-by-doing in art, music or home economics Share with the class using LinoIt Art: Green notes Home economics: Blue notes Music: Pink notes 9
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