Comments on: Concrete and Contextual https://blog.learnlets.com/2015/08/concrete-and-contextual/ Clark Quinn's learnings about learning Thu, 20 Aug 2015 16:25:32 +0000 hourly 1 By: Lisa Sieverts https://blog.learnlets.com/2015/08/concrete-and-contextual/#comment-820536 Thu, 20 Aug 2015 16:25:32 +0000 http://blog.learnlets.com/?p=4448#comment-820536 This is great! I feel as though this is what I’ve been trying to do in my teaching, but hadn’t been able to articulate the framework clearly. Thank you.

]]> By: Clark https://blog.learnlets.com/2015/08/concrete-and-contextual/#comment-820530 Wed, 19 Aug 2015 20:46:01 +0000 http://blog.learnlets.com/?p=4448#comment-820530 Richard, I love service learning as a model; where you do projects that help the community. As to research, my starting point would be Bransford, et al’s work on Anchored Cognition, and Brown & Collins’ Situated Learning. You can look at Jean Lave’s work with mathematics in Brazilian street kids, and the overall Situated Cognition work (beyond learning) such as Andy Clark’s Being There book.

]]> By: Richard Morris https://blog.learnlets.com/2015/08/concrete-and-contextual/#comment-820528 Wed, 19 Aug 2015 18:04:57 +0000 http://blog.learnlets.com/?p=4448#comment-820528 re more likely to design learning that will actually have an impact." I have just returned from Nairobi where I led a workshop on transformational learning in which the participants had to design a learning response to a particular situation in their country. One group decided to create training for care-givers to help those traumatized by Boko Haram in northern Nigeria. Our approach is that there have to be community impacts in the outcomes of the training as well as demonstrable development of competence in the learners. I was glad for your comment because there are few who think of outcomes in the context as well as for the learner. I would love to dialogue more with you on this when you have time. I tend to take it for granted that better outcomes are achieved where learning is contextual. You mentioned empirical research on this. Can you point me to some sources? Many thanks, Richard]]> Hello Clark,
I noted your comment “With a focus on sufficient and meaningful practice, we’re more likely to design learning that will actually have an impact.” I have just returned from Nairobi where I led a workshop on transformational learning in which the participants had to design a learning response to a particular situation in their country. One group decided to create training for care-givers to help those traumatized by Boko Haram in northern Nigeria. Our approach is that there have to be community impacts in the outcomes of the training as well as demonstrable development of competence in the learners. I was glad for your comment because there are few who think of outcomes in the context as well as for the learner. I would love to dialogue more with you on this when you have time.

I tend to take it for granted that better outcomes are achieved where learning is contextual. You mentioned empirical research on this. Can you point me to some sources?
Many thanks,
Richard

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