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Creating life long learnersCreating life long learners
David TaylorDavid Taylor
School of Medical EducationSchool of Medical Education
Liverpool UniversityLiverpool University
Who thinks they are life long Who thinks they are life long learners?learners?
What made you one?What made you one?
a persona person
an experience an experience
PiagetPiaget
Intelligence is knowing what to do Intelligence is knowing what to do even when you don't know the ruleseven when you don't know the rules
Dreyfus (Berkley)Dreyfus (Berkley)
need to learn to learnneed to learn to learn a university is a community of a university is a community of
learnerslearners
““Mood in the Room”Mood in the Room”
Learning StylesLearning Styles
Everyone has their own preferred Everyone has their own preferred learning stylelearning style
But they can only find it by But they can only find it by experience experience
It follows that we need to provide our It follows that we need to provide our students with as many different students with as many different learning experiences as possible.learning experiences as possible.
Dewey (1933)Dewey (1933)
Reflection is…Reflection is… A purposeful form of thought A purposeful form of thought
provoked in learners when they provoked in learners when they recognize that their understanding is recognize that their understanding is incomplete.incomplete.
WalkerWalker
Narratives destabilise comfortable Narratives destabilise comfortable worlds and offer the possibility of worlds and offer the possibility of empathetically understanding other empathetically understanding other liveslives
Grateful thanks to Lindsey Nicholls who Grateful thanks to Lindsey Nicholls who spoke at the SAAHE conference in UWC spoke at the SAAHE conference in UWC May 2006May 2006
Reflection vs reflexionReflection vs reflexion
Reflection = mirrorReflection = mirror Inner resonanceInner resonance
Reflexion = windowReflexion = window think aboutthink about
To be reflexive = a capacity to doubt To be reflexive = a capacity to doubt oneselfoneself
Bateson’s hierarchy of Bateson’s hierarchy of learninglearning
Level 0 Level 0 habithabit Level 1 Level 1 trial and errortrial and error Level 2 Level 2 self fulfilling prophesyself fulfilling prophesy Level 3 Level 3 responsibilityresponsibility
For your blind spotsFor your blind spots
What is a reflective learner?What is a reflective learner?
Experience
Theory
Reflection Action
In order to reflectIn order to reflect
3 things are needed 3 things are needed something to reflect onsomething to reflect on reflection time & modellingreflection time & modelling motivation motivation
Albanese,2006,Medical Education Albanese,2006,Medical Education 40;288-290 40;288-290
something to reflect onsomething to reflect on
Big pictureBig picture Boundaries of knowledge Boundaries of knowledge
Vygotsky (c. 1928)Vygotsky (c. 1928)
Zone of proximal developmentZone of proximal development
ZPD
BA
reflection time & modellingreflection time & modelling
TimeTime Role modelRole model
motivationmotivation
intrinsic is not always enough intrinsic is not always enough (Liverpool, Manchester vs. Cardiff...) (Liverpool, Manchester vs. Cardiff...) Not a surprise - tendency towards Not a surprise - tendency towards
strategic learning strategic learning
How to encourageHow to encourage
Journals & or small groups are Journals & or small groups are neither necessary nor sufficient neither necessary nor sufficient
The single biggest influence on me The single biggest influence on me was my biology teacher at school was my biology teacher at school who used to ask me how I got to the who used to ask me how I got to the answer.answer.
My two main questions as a PBL-My two main questions as a PBL-facilitator facilitator
1) what is the evidence for that?1) what is the evidence for that? 2) show us your working2) show us your working
Student needsStudent needs
DedicationDedication Self reliance Self reliance Hard workHard work TimeTime Attention to detail Attention to detail A role modelA role model