authentic learning

May 4, 2011

1990s, Epistemology, Learning, Teaching, uncategorized / gary

Papert wrote the following in the second issue of Wired Magazine back in 1993! “I see then a pattern of intellectual development that I shall oversimplify by casting it in three distinct phases. The first phase is one of universally successful learning. All children show a passion for interactive exploration of their immediate world. The […]

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April 18, 2011

2000s, Constructionism, Learning, Project-based learning, School Reform, Teaching, uncategorized / gary

“Once I was alerted to the concept of “hard fun” I began listening for it and heard it over and over. It is expressed in many different ways, all of which all boil down to the conclusion that everyone likes hard challenging things to do. But they have to be the right things matched to

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