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I absolutely loved this video! I agree with every word of John Seely Brown.
As human beings, we need people to know how to behave in our "human world", what is acceptable and what is not. To learn a language, we need to be surrounded by people in order to know how it works, to hear it and express our thoughts. We need interaction with people to learn anything.
So, what can we do better in schools today? I guess, a very big step towards bringing our students to success is implementing cooperative learning activities. Students learn from each other and they share their knowledge with their classmates. We need to create activities that are meaningful to them, that they can easily relate to. We need to foster their imagination and let them create, work with their imagination, play with knowledge, experiment.
Mr. Brown called it an "architectural studio". Students' work is made public, then it is criticized by peers and a "master". He mentioned something important at the end. He said that the identity is constructed on how students participated in the project, what they have done and how it was received by other members of peer-based learning community.
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I agree!
ReplyDeleteI believe that cooperation is the key to learn. Today's society is based in teamwork and we must prepare students for they future. Teaching all cooperation strategies and the advantages of group work will improve students' developement in all aspects, one more reason to include cooperation in our activities!
The problem with cooperative learning is that it may not be for all groups. I do not support the idea of using exclusively cooperative learning methods. Students need to be exposed to different situations, such as competitive and individualistic experiences.I do not deny the pros and cons for each of these orientations. However, I strongly believe that it is necessary to have a sense of balance among cooperative learning experiences along with individualistic and competitive learning activities in the classroom because it is essential to prepare students for different social contexts.
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