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Experience & Learning for the Postmodern Caveman

Experience & Learning for the Postmodern Caveman. Application Project Thomas W. Whiteley Colorado State University Adult Teaching and Learning I 2013SP-EDAE-624-801 Dr. Leann M.R. Kaiser April 27, 2013.

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Experience & Learning for the Postmodern Caveman

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  1. Experience & Learning for the Postmodern Caveman Application Project Thomas W. Whiteley Colorado State University Adult Teaching and Learning I 2013SP-EDAE-624-801 Dr. Leann M.R. Kaiser April 27, 2013

  2. As the caveman recorded his history though a visual presentation upon the walls of caves, I have recorded the history of my newly required knowledge in experience and learning. These 21st century hieroglyphics are to be used as a modern tool in which I can apply learner-centered opportunities that may present itself to me. They shall act as my guild, and reminder of learning through experience.

  3. How the Postmodern Man learns(Tools) • 1. Reflecting on concrete experience • (Constructivist theory) • 2. Participating in a community of Practice • (situative theory) • 3. Understanding of desires and fears • (psychoanalytic theory) • 4. Resisting dominant social norms • (critical cultural theories) • 5. Exploring ecological relationships • (complexity theories) • (Fenwick, 2003)

  4. Reflecting on Concrete Experience(Constructivist Theory) Click Here Constructivism Concrete Experience; engaging oneself in a new experience Reflective Observation; skills in recognizing experiences from different perspectives Abstract Conceptualization; taking the experiences and analyzing it in which to create new ideas and concepts Active Experimentation; retaining decision-making and problem-solving abilities for actively engaging in experimentation on newly formed concepts (Kolb, 1984)

  5. Participating in a community of Practice(situative theory) Community of Practice Click Here A group of people who share a passion for something they know how to do We should cultivate and nurture the growth Fundamental Purpose Create, Expand and Exchange of knowledge within the Individual (Wenger, McDermott, & Snyder, 2002)

  6. Understanding of desires and fears (psychoanalytic theory) • The psychoanalytic perspective sees our unconscious and interfering with our conscious experiences • Work through psychic conflicts to learn • (Fenwick, 2003) Power of the Unconscious Mind Click Here

  7. Resisting dominant social norms (critical cultural theories) • Transforming existing social orders by questioning and resisting norms • Where is postmodernism • (Fenwick, 2003) Whose lens is it anyways? Click Here

  8. Exploring ecological relationships (complexity theories) • Leaning is the sum of it parts • “Consciousness, identity, action and interaction, objects and structural dynamics of complex systems” (p. 37) • Binding the experiences in a complex system • (Fenwick, 2003) Simplifying the Complexity Click Here

  9. The gathering of Information is complicatednot complex

  10. Experience and Education: A Brief Summary Click Here John Dewey

  11. Good Will Hunting (Rated R for Language) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qM-gZintWDc

  12. Summary

  13. How the Postmodern Man learns • Reference • Fenwick, T. J. (2003). Leaning through experience: Troubling orthodoxies and intersecting questions. Malabar, FL: Krieger • Kolb, D. A. (1984). Experiential learning: Experience as the source of learning and development. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall • Wenger, E., McDermott, R., & Snyder, W. (2002). Cultivating communities of practice: A guide to managing knowledge – seven principles for cultivating communities of practice. Retrieved from http://hbswk.hbs.edu/archive/2855.html

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