Connectivity: Spike Hall's RU WeblogNews, clips, comments on knowledge, knowledge-making, education, weblogging, philosophy, systems and ecology.Organization of Communication in a Classroom- November 5, 2005 Summary: Readiness theory would have us predict that learning will be real and non-trival to the extent that what is being taught about and how it is taught matches the content and learning strategies already "owned" by the learner. It seems that the education profession is quite comfortable with this as a general statement; however, the useful application of this maxim in classroom situations, i.e., something that results in improved student learning, is appallingly small . ...http://radio.weblogs.com/0106698/2005/11/04.html#a327 |