CCK08 - Week2- I part
immagine di Trevor D.
This week I read some course documents. In particular I have been attracted by Rhizomatic Education/Knowledge. After I followed the Moodle discussion I wanted to write something about it.
I think that R.K is the one of the first ways to learn. I believe that pre-scoholar children have not a linear way to learn about what surrounds them. This is easy to watch when a child is playing. He (she) has a toy in his hands. Suddenly he abandons it to search for something else. As young mother you think he’s unsatisfied, but after a bit of time you can see the first toy near the second forming a new game. (for example a big doll into a little Lego house). And the play goes on in a very original different way.
The school, for my experience the Italian school, demolishes minutely this kind of natural learning. In fact, in the beginning as a mother, with eighteen years of school on my shoulders, I tried to divide my daughters’ toys every day: dolls with dolls, Lego with Lego etc. I was very stupid!
When Silvana says that “R.K Model seems to fit adult education only” she’s right, because it doesn’t correspond to the widespread model. The school is substantially based on classifications, hierarchical knowledge and put all its attentions to the contents and not on the mind process’. The same mistake I did with my daughters’ toys.
When we become adults, free from the school finally, we discover a new way to learn which is more natural then we had when we were younger.
About another interesting topic by Rodd: pre-requisites. In order on what I wrote above, I think that R.K doesn’t need any prior knowledge in particular. The requisites are in the human nature. The main pre-requisite could be “I want to know the world”.
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This is an excellent
This is an excellent example for thinking about how we learn before encountering formal educational systems. Thank you for sharing!
Hi Emmanuela! I was driven
Hi Emmanuela!
I was driven to your blog from our today's chat in USTream.tv
What you point out is very real. In my practice I have seen kids and teenagers baffled by the school system. The kids that keep their natural way of learning, which it chaotic to us as adults, have many difficulties in the linear School system. This causes them a lot of personal problems.
What I tell them and their parents is that the school will keep measuring knowledge in the same hierarchical way, based on classifications and relying heavily on memory. What we need to do is to teach their kids to beat the system while preserving their self esteem.
By beat the system I mean: teach them to pass the grades and keep learning the way they do. There is nothing wrong with the kids, let them see they are valuable even if they do poorly at a school that does not value creativity and network learning.
I wish the schools understood what you point out here, that we could design a educational model which recognized our natural way of learning.
Love: Maru
To Maru
Thank you Maru,
I agree with you. "Not all evil comes to harm" School, sometimes, is a godd school of survival.:-)
ciao
Mela
brava
You have a good point and I can still see all the toys all over the floor - I had twins so it was a bigger amount than ever and a great mess.
I was educated in the U.S. and see the differences between the two educational systems, having children who attend Italian schools here. Somethings are better here - others are better in the States. Anyway it is interesting to compare. Certainly my 19 year old daughter who has just completed Liceo Linguistico is more prepared than the average high school student in the States....
I would like to see R.K. put into action here in Italy. Some of my children's profs that I have come to know through the years could really benefit from it... if only they could see the light, right?
Thanks for your wonderful contribution to the course, Emanuela!
Our school
Dear Susan, I criticise the italian school (that I attended) bu I know there are many good teachers in our schools. My daughters, now at the University, have had good ones. But there's still a lot of them who cannot update their didactical method.
If you understand italian, you can read my last post about some of my school colleagues.
http://emanuelaz.blogspot.com/2008/09/carissimo-ingegnere.html
Ciao e grazie.
Mela
Great example, Emanuela. I
Great example, Emanuela.
I want to add to it.
I often think to my son and most of his friends that I know since they were babies. Sometimes, I have reflected on how they looked smarter, more creative, easier to learn BEFORE their schooling...
I'm not for de-schooling our society, but I feel that schools definitely have to change!!!
per Anto
Mannon, che è la studentessa australiana che ospito, ti fa i complimenti per il tuo inglese!!!:-)
Quando le mie figlie hanno cominciato a frequentare le elementari ho notato uno spegnersi della loro fantasia, della capacità di fare associazioni, insomma sembravano rincitrullite. Lo stesso disagio lo provo con le mie nipotine a cui, veramente, fanno fare delle cose assurde. Questi ultimi anni ancora di più, un po' per la competizione (perversa) che c'è fra gli insegnanti. Il più bravo è quello che fa più programma, ed anche alcuni genitori che pensano che i voti scolastici corrispondano ad un automatico successo nella vita. Mettiamoci anche i vari Ministri che si susseguono, uno più competente dell'altro in fatto di educazione, che danno il colpo di grazie. Fanno demagogia sulla pelle della gente.
Sono sempre dell'opinione che l'incapacità di gestire le situazioni complesse (istruzione/educazione) comporti una domanda di semplificazione riducendo le variabili del sistema, tornando indietro invece di progredire.
This is an excellent
This is an excellent example. Do you mind if I use it?
Do you mind if I use it?
Oh! Yes, of course. It's a pleasure. :-)
Oh, I agree so much! :-)
Oh, I agree so much! :-)
R.K.
I agree with your point.
I wonder how the benefits of R.K. might be introduced in our school system.
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