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LaaN views learning as both intrinsic and extrinsic; it occurs through the continuous building of personal knowledge networks, at both internal/conceptual and external levels.

. In LaaN, everyone is a knowledge networker and can thus act as a novice in one context and step into the expert role in another context. And, in LaaN, the bridge between where the learner is and where she is going is through her personal knowledge network, rather than in the hands of a teacher or a more competent peer.

a knowledge ecology is open, multidirectional, and without an end point of development.

In the nineteenth century and for much of the twentieth, most industrial workers did work silently on their own, in large open offices or on production lines, under the supervision of a manager. Schools, which have always been designed to prepare children for life as adults, were structured similarly. An important life lesson was to be able to follow rules and think inside the box. But today's world is very different - at least for those of us living in highly developed societies. Companies long ago adopted new, more collaborative ways of working, where creative problem solving is the key to success - the ones that did not went out of business - but by and large the schools have not yet realized they need to change and start to operate in a similar fashion.

I ask you, which is the more important information: the score on a standardized, written test taken at the end of an educational episode, or the effect that educational episode had on the individual concerned?

teaching math in the progressive way requires teachers with more mathematical knowledge than does the traditional approach (where a teacher with a weaker background can simply follow the textbook - which incidentally is why American math textbooks are so thick)

Teachers do not need to be technology experts to allow students to use it to retrieve information, collaborate, create, and communicate.

Those stuck in the past... those who are not developing their own personal learning networks... those not taking ownership for their learning... are doing a great disservice to our students and themselves.

Gjennom å bruke blogg som et åpent forum for å diskutere skolemateriale, kan elevene oppnå store læringsgevinster.

De fleste læringsportalene på nett er kjennetegnet av lite dialog og gjensidig deling av informasjon

Det sier seg selv at dersom studentene kun møter et begrenset utvalg verktøy, vil heller ikke de som utdannes til lærere ta i bruk mer differensierte verktøy og metoder når de selv skal undervise, sier Hoem.

Det är viktigt att observera att det klart satsas på språk och matematik, det vill säga ämnen som är intellektuella verktyg.

Men i botten finns ett krav på att eleverna ska arbeta.

Finland kombinerar stöd åt svaga elever och urval för duktigare elever med en tredje vinnande faktor, nämligen utmärkta lärare.

En avgörande skillnad mellan den finländska lärarutbildningen och den svenska är alltså vilka personer som lockas till utbildningen.

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