Paradigms

‘Transformed’ by the discovery of schooling as one educational paradigm among many

by Helen E Lees

Presented at Philosophy of Education Great Britain Conference, Symposium on Women in Philosophy of Education, New College, Oxford, 2011

To think about education as schooling, is a common mistake. There is a sense that this mistake is part of a dominant... more To think about education as schooling, is a common mistake. There is a sense that this mistake is part of a dominant ‘world-view’ where valid education happens in and through schools or educational institutions and also often adheres, to varying degrees, to an established educational modality of teacher-led teaching. Elective home education (EHE) is one form of education that disproves the myth of education as schooling. It does so in intriguing and surprising ways that involve new approaches to learning and becoming (Thomas and Pattison 2007; Sheffer 1995). In its very difference from schooling, EHE offers an alternative world-view of education in a human life that many practioners see as transformative. This paper looks at the discovery of EHE as a product of a Kuhnian ‘gestalt-switch’ (Kuhn 1962) that takes a person from one world and into another, with subsequent ontological implications for lifestyles and communication between ‘world-views’. The argument suggests that schooling needs to move towards being widely self-identified as only one paradigm amongst many in a educational arena of radically different educational worlds and that a conflation of education with schooling needs to cease. This is because transformations in people’s lives experienced when education is understood as not just schooling have implications for education which are intriguing.

De evolutie naar non-lineaire complexiteit in digitale mediacultuur; een exploratieve literatuurstudie

by Steven Wyseur

In deze scriptie werd nagegaan in welke mate het mogelijk is om de multidisciplinaire concepten van de... more In deze scriptie werd nagegaan in welke mate het mogelijk is om de multidisciplinaire concepten van de complexiteitswetenschappen  toe te passen binnen de communicatiewetenschappelijke discipline. Aan de hand van een exploratieve literatuurstudie werd een beschrijvend, holistisch referentiekader opgebouwd dat de nieuwe wetenschappelijke inzichten van de complexiteitswetenschap verklaart en onderscheidt van het klassieke paradigma. Vanuit dit referentiekader werd de rol van de fundamentele begrippen van informatie, communicatie en digitale media in de huidige informatiemaatschappij bekeken. Dit werd gerealiseerd door middel van het uitdiepen van de verschillende subdisciplines waaruit de complexiteitswetenschap voortkwam, namelijk de systeembenadering, de cybernetica, de chaostheorie, de fractale geometrie en de studie van netwerken. De essentiële concepten van elke subdiscipline werden blootgelegd en gekaderd binnen de communicatiewetenschappen. Uit de studie kwam de centrale rol van informatie en communicatie als universele principes naar voor waardoor werd geconcludeerd dat een herbronning van de communicatiewetenschappen noodzakelijk is om een interdisciplinaire harmonisatie te bekomen. De complexiteitswetenschappen lenen zich inderdaad om binnen de communicatiewetenschappen gebruikt te worden. Verder werd een aanzet gegeven om de onderzochte concepten en fenomenen toe te passen binnen een empirisch kader van de communicatiewetenschappelijke discipline.

Learning Theories Overview

by Matematik.us MatematikEtkinlikleri

http://www.teorem.info/theories/learning-theories-overview.html

Learning Theories Overview

Paradigms:

* Behaviorism
* Cognitivism
* Constructivismmore Learning Theories Overview

Paradigms:

* Behaviorism
* Cognitivism
* Constructivism
* Design-Based
* Humanism

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Taking The Power Back: Moving towards re-empowerment & the healing of the ‘developed’ societal attitude malfunction.

by Jeff Malderez

Published on www.jjmalderez.com. (© Jeff Malderez, 2010)

Law, Deviation and Paradigmatic Change: Copyright and its Metaphors

by Stefan Larsson

Drawing on debates in Sweden about Internet freedom, particularly those connected to copyright and file sharing, and... more Drawing on debates in Sweden about Internet freedom, particularly those connected to copyright and file sharing, and on the European legislative trend of amending copyright, this chapter analyses metaphors and conceptions in terms of a societal paradigmatic shift and the collision of mentalities. Kuhnian paradigms are wedded with the mentalities of the French Annales School of historic research. The chapter argues that the “building blocks” of these mentalities and paradigms can be studied in metaphors, in public debates or in legislation, which may reveal the conceptions they emanate from. This chapter touches upon ethical, moral and legal issues related to the digitalization of society. The relevancy of this chapter in relation to the theme of the book is found in the conceptualization of “deviancy”. One has to ask from what perspective or paradigm the judgment of the behavior takes place, and in what historical context it is made.