Trying to do the taxonomy of learning theorists is pretty interesting, but using mind meister is pretty annoying. I've hit the table in the library at least 5 times while trying to use it. The thing that sucks about it is trying to move your entire (lets call it a tree) tree to where you want it to go without deleting everything! It should not work that way! Anyway, it is cool to see connections and inspirations that other learning theorist connect to an use based on your learning theorists! Everything is built upon everything else, which makes me realize how easy it can be to build an idea off of an incorrect idea and then get stuck in a place that seems impossible to get out of... one might say that is what happened with our education system. Someone that I have never heard of, but agree with some of his theories is Carl Roberts. I like how he states that a person cannot directly teach another person, but facilitates their learning. Pretty interesting way of looking at teaching.
I also like how he thinks that we should give people a chance to prove themselves before assuming negative assumptions onto them. I am working with one of my kids on that right now! He always assumes I do not know facts he knows. When it comes to animal facts, which he is a rockstar with, he is most likely right, but he is learning that he does not know what I know, or not. Now he knows he should ask me first instead of saying "I know you don't know this." This also goes hand in hand with my job because we probe and reprobe things to see if they are generalized, or not. Meaning if he already knows the skills and we do not have to teach it to him. If we assumed he knew nothing because he is autistic and hasn't worked with our company before, then he would get bored, not improve, and we would not be doing our job.
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