TBB199Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Michael Polanyi, Scientific Progress, Mental Model
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Includes knowledge about what we need to do in order to learn and remember information. Also includes the ability to monitor our current understanding to make sure we understand. A design of learning that encourages attention to preconceptions, and begins instruction with what students think and know. This provides a foundation on which new knowledge can build. Knowledge-centered lens a learning design that focuses on what is being taught, why it is taught and what mastery looks like. This involves looking into subject matter, understanding, the curriculum and learning goals. Assessment-centered lens a learning environment that emphasizes the need to provide frequent opportunities to make students" thinking and learning visible as a guide for both the student and the teacher in learning and instruction. This allows for the student to revise his/her thinking and the development of metacognitive abilities. Community-centered lens this learning environment encompasses the above three lens and encourages a culture of questioning, respect and risk taking.
