Philip Duchastel (duchaste@fcae.acast.nova.edu)
Mon, 08 Feb 1999 16:26:03 -0500
Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 16:26:03 -0500 From: Philip Duchastel <duchaste@fcae.acast.nova.edu> Subject: Re: "Learning Strategies Then and Now: Same or Different?"
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Barry Jackson wrote:
> use of Approaches to Learning frameworks (as exemplified in the work of
> Entwhistle, Saljo, Ramsden, and others) and their strong relationship with
> levels of learning outcomes achieved.
>
> As a side issue, I notice that this work, while having an increasingly
> important effect in pedagogical thought in Australia , the UK and other
> parts of Europe, does not appear to have made a great impact in the US. Why
> might this be?
>
I think that perhaps it is because it remains fuzzy - that is, difficult to
operationalize. Godron Pask's thinking on serialist-wholist approaches suffered
also from this. The Marton line of thinking is certainly appealing and I think
most of us would believe in it intuitively. However, it remains hard to
distinguish between the categories. What is deep, not so deep, surface, close to
surface, etc...? It seems to point to something, but something that has not been
quite described in the right way yet. Just some thoughts...
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