Reid Walker
A list of readings, blog posts & articles to inform my own practice within a Modern Learning Environment.
This week I have been in Christchurch as part of our efellows programme. Our time was split between working on our research; provocations from Core staff such as Keryn Davis (on power of play and student questions) and Derek Wenmoth (returning to the why and sharing books that are at the core of his beliefs to...
Modern Learning. What is it? Is it even a thing? Are we to say all learning that's not happening now is not modern and therefore not as good? Rubbish. Here's something: modern learning ain't the furniture. It ain't the devices. It's ain't the amount of 20% time you give your students.
Once 'child centred' was commonly heard phrase but it now seems dated . 'Student centred' seems more relevant -is this personalised learning? If students are helped individually some might call this personalised but , if it is moving through a pre-determined curriculum at the students pace this is simply a more an extreme form of ability grouping than personalising learning.
