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Christy TuckerStephen Downes presentation on 10 things "you really need to learn."
"Learning how to learn is learning how to create patterns in our mind rather than merely acquiring them."learning presentation digitalliteracy lifelonglearning communication patterns
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11 Jun 07
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Things you Really Need to
Learn
Stephen Downes
May 30, 2007 -
How to predict consequences
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A combination of science,
mathematics, and visualization
… the ability to
create a mental
model imaging the
sequence of events
that would follow,
\"what would likely
happen if...?\" -
how we learn it today
Games of:
• numbers and counting (eg., darts)
• action (eg., billiards, baseball)
• chance (eg., poker)
• strategy (eg., chess, go)
… and a little bit of science and mathematics
education, to fill out the theory -
How to look at some text and to
understand, in a deep way, what is
being asserted… -
How to read
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Understanding the four major types of writing:
• Description
• Argument
• Explanation
• Definition
http://www.isoc.org/inet2000/cdproceedings/6d/6d_1.htm -
what to watch for
• reading without comprehension
• reading without meaning or purpose -
Other Literacies
• graphics and maps
• videography
• signs and symbols
• music
• body language -
How to distinguish
truth from fiction -
The first thing to
learn is to
actually question
what you are
told, what you
read, and what
you see on
television. -
what it is
• judging for yourself
• observing
• questioning -
what to watch for
• framing
(motives matter)
• backgrounding
(our hidden assumptions)
• misperception
(we see what
we’re looking for) -
How to empathize
The ability to imagine
oneself as another person…
The ability to be
another person… -
what it is
a mental model of the other person's
thoughts and feelings in your own mind
a genuine feeling in yourself that
operates in synch with the other person -
what to watch for
- assuming everyone else is like you
- assuming empathy is
a bargain
like, say, the golden rule -
be creative
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A transfer of knowledge from
one domain to another
• A manipulation of that
knowledge
Operates by metaphor
thinking outside the box
Requires pattern recognition -
How to communicate clearly
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what it is
probably the hardest
• knowing what you want to say
• knowing how to say it
simple tools -
How to Learn
your brain. You
are trying to
connect
neurons
together, and to
strengthen that
connection. -
Learning is like recognition…
To teach is to model and demonstrate
pattern recognition -
Learning how to learn is learning how to create patterns in
our mind -
If your school is not facilitating proper
exercise and nutrition, demand them! -
you have to
say \"I am valuable.\ -
the belief that you are good enough (to have an
opinion, have a voice, and have a say, that your contributions
do matter) -
the belief that you are capable (that you can learn
to do new things and to be creative) -
your ability to be independent (to not rely on
some particular person or institution for personal well-being) -
and autonomous (capable of making your own
decisions and living your live in your own way) -
what to watch for
People who say you’re worthless
(unless you vote for them, do what they say, buy their product)
If somebody tells you
that you are worthless
over and over, and if you
do nothing to counteract
that, then you will come
to believe you are
worthless, because that's
how your neural
connections will form. -
Tell yourself that you are smart, you are cool, you are strong…
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What you are doing right
now is the thing that you
most want to do -
How to live
meaningfully -
Appreciation of the here and now
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educate people
• cure diseases
• explore space
• worship God
• raise a family
• design cars
• make art
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