Tag: historyofeducation
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TPCK: Making Old-ish Frameworks New
“The important thing in science is not so much to obtain new facts as to discover new ways of thinking about them.” Sir William Henry Bragg Mishra and Koehler’s (2006) article on the idea of TPCK was so in-depth that I had dreams about it last week. I’m not kidding. The authors really, really dove…
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Politics and Education? Didn’t See That Coming
I’m starting to believe that doctoral work is not about what you know, but rather all about being surprised at how much you do not know. It’s humbling and exciting all at once, and more than a little overwhelming. This week, I wanted to dive further into the concept of using digital storytelling in education…
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The Learning Sciences: Then and Now
“The best practices discussed are built on the idea that students of all ages are not blank slates when they come to the classroom; instead, instructors can build on how minds look at the world based on what those minds have experienced in it so far.” Sawyer’s (2006) introduction to The Cambridge Handbook of the…
Now What? (Education and Technology in a Post COVID World) 