Nearly a half-century ago, educational theorist and researcher Albert Bandura coined the term ‘Social Learning Theory’ to describe the transfer of knowledge among students who learned not just from a teacher expert or a textbook but from each other.
“We need to understand how people learn when they have a choice — and bring that into places where they are required to learn” — David Price, Open Student voice is all the rage at conferences and PLN discussions — people are talking almost nonstop about how important...
For continuous and effective learning, we have to learn to swap the linear for the non-linear and the controlled for the cacophonous.
The notion of a student ‘inquiry mindset’ has become very en vogue in educational circles lately. Inquiry-based learning is effectively defined by educational writer Trevor Mackenzie in his seminal book, Inquiry Mindset, as “the process where students are involved in...
