Discuss this statement and outline implications for educational settings.Explain the below questions with critical literature reference
What is knowledge, the important role of knowledge in learning cannot be overestimated .
what a learner brings to new learning situations plays a significant part in how well they will learn?
However, it is not just the product of knowledge that is important, it is the ability to know, learn and do things with knowledge which is also important.
Module Readings
Alexander, P. (2006). Psychology in learning and instruction. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Pearson. Chapter Four. The nature of knowledge and the process of knowing (pp. 63 - 87).
Bolstad, R., Gilbert, J., McDowall, S., Bull, A., &Hipkins, R (2012). Supporting future-oriented learning and teaching - a New Zealand perspective. Wellington, NZ: Ministry of Education. Chapter 5: A curriculum that used knowledge to develop learning capacity (pp. 31 - 38).
Gilbert, J. (2005). Catching the knowledge wave? The knowledge society and the future of education. Wellington, NZ: NZCER Press. Chapter 4: Where to from here? New ways of thinking about knowledge and learning (pp. 67-97).
21st century learning initiative. 2010. “Schools in the Future. What has to change and why.” http://www.21learn.org/archive/schools-in-the-future-what-has-to-change-and-why/.
Alexander, P.A. (2006). Psychology in learning and instruction. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Merrill Prentice Hall.
Alexander, P.A., Schallert, D.L., & Hare, V.C. (1991). Coming to terms: How researchers in learning and literacy talk about knowledge. Review of Educational Research, 61, 315-343.
Bolstad, R., Gilbert, J., McDowall, S., Bull, A., &Hipkins, R (2012). Supporting future-oriented learning and teaching - a New Zealand perspective. Wellington, NZ: Ministry of Education. Chapter 5: A curriculum that used knowledge to develop learning capacity (pp. 31 - 38).
Bauman, Z. 2007. Liquid times: Living in an age of uncertainty. Cambridge, UK: Polity Press.
Bransford, J., Derry, S., Berliner, D., &Hammerness, K.L., with Beckett, K.L. (2005). Theories of learning and their role in teaching. In L. Darling-Hammond & J. Bransford (Eds.), Preparing teachers for a changing world: What teachers should learn and be able to do (pp. 40-87). San Francisco, CA: Jossey Bass.
Gilbert, J. (2005). Catching the knowledge wave? The knowledge society and the future of education. Wellington, NZ: NZCER Press. Chapter 4: Where to from here? New ways of thinking about knowledge and learning (pp. 67-97).
Leuthardt, E. 2014. “Why is the world changing so fast? The rate at which people exchange ideas drives social and technical revolutions.” https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/mind-blender/201403/why-is-the-world-changing-so-fast.
McKellar, H. (2012). The changing nature of knoweldge. Available from http://www.kmworld.com/Articles/Editorial/Features/The-changing-nature-of-knowledge-80087.aspx
National Research Council (2000). How people learn: Brain, mind experience and school. Washington, DC: National Academy Press
Sawyer, R.K. (2006). Introduction. The new science of learning. In R.K. Sawyer (Ed.), The Cambridge handbook of the learning sciences (pp. 1-16). Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press