Learning in the Knowledge Economy
Fast Company names The Third Teacher: 79 Ways You Can Use Design To Transform Teaching and Learning as one of the best design books of 2010.
BMD co-authored The Third Teacher with OWP/P Cannon Architects and VS Furniture.
More on the article here:
http://www.fastcodesign.com/1662949/13-of-the-best-design-books-of-2010#12
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Get creative with education and take it to the world.
I wonder what this means for technology. What will happen to the kids who are growing up today without being surrounded by the latest technology. Are we looking at a new breed of ‘disadvantaged’
Home Libraries Influence a Kid’s Success in School - GOOD Education - GOOD
(via bmdesign)
If our education system isn’t fit for the 21st Century, then what?
Could the Edupunk movement hold some clues?
“Edupunk” is an educational approach that combines creative drive with a maverick attitude, celebrating a kind of cocky, do-it-yourself confidence in which the educator—or possibly the student—designs the tools for teaching and learning. It speaks directly to the corporatization of education—and doesn’t say nice things about it - eLearn Magazine
Heutagogy places specific emphasis on learning how to learn, double loop learning, universal learning opportunities, a non-linear process, and true learner self-direction. So, for example, whereas andragogy focuses on the best ways for people to learn, heutagogy also requires that educational initiatives include the improvement of people’s actual learning skills themselves, learning how to learn as well as just learning a given subject itself. Similarly, whereas andragogy focusses on structured education, in heutagogy all learning contexts, both formal and informal, are considered. - Wikipedia
