KU foreign language education

Active Learning Approach - Version 1

MAIN TOPIC 1 - CONCEPT AND THEORIES

 

Introduction
In this main topic: Concepts and Theories, we will explore three sub-topics on "John Dewey: Learning by Doing; Edgar Dale: Cone of Experiences and Benjamin Bloom: Bloom’s Taxonomy". They are the basic concepts and theories of the approach, tending to enhance students to be active learners who do and think about what they are learning and for what purposes. The activities or experiences will be designed for them in order to gain knowledge in this way. Learning by Doing, also known as Experiential Learning, focuses on the learning process by practices. The "Cone of Experiences", also known as Cone of Learning, is the model that incorporates various theories related to both learning process and instructional design. It’s a tool to help teacher make decision about materials, activities, and teaching process to be applied in class. Bloom’s Taxonomy promote the higher order thinking skills of learners, their ability to think about what they are studying from the first stage of knowing to the creative one: remember, understand, apply, analyze, evaluate, and create. All these background concepts and theories are supportive for the strategies and techniques to be used in actively constructing learners' skills and knowledge.

 

SUB-TOPIC 1: JOHN DEWEY - LEARNING BY DOING
Website
LEARN NC: Heather Coffey - Experiential education - a program of the UNC School of Education - CC
This article explains the history and theory of experiential education, which combines active learning with concrete experiences, abstract concepts, and reflection in an effort to engage all learning styles. 
URL: http://www.learnnc.org/lp/pages/4967#noteref1

Slide
IN@SlideShare: lrickes - John Dewey
This slides give the information about John Dewey: his entire life, work experience, believe and concepts, and  qoutes, which influence the development of education.
URL:http://www.slideshare.net/lrickes/john-dewey-powerpoint?qid=2ffe3791-a417-480d-b634-255bd6528b16&v=qf1&b=&from_search=3
Prezi: Emily Hoxie: Learning through experience:
John Dewey’s education theoretical approach.This slide provides experience and education, such as teacher’s role, engagement in learning, etc. we will see what students need from teachers in developing a concrete understanding.
URL: https://prezi.com/lpwe20c8vbfm/learning-by-doing-john-dewey/      

Video

YouTube:Bridget Biloute: Experience Based Learning Theory Video - Publishedon Jul 1, 2012 - John Dewey's experience-based education. Video project for a class.

URL: https://youtu.be/jbceuTsnPWM

YouTube: John Dewey - America's philosopher of democracy and his importance to education - Uploaded on Feb 4, 2011Scholar A.G. Rud explains how the ideas of John Dewey—whose life

spanned from the Civil War through World War II—are still very relevant to education in the 21st

Century. Rud is dean of the Washington State University College of Education and co-editor of

John Dewey at 150: Reflections for a new century. (Purdue University Press).

URL: https://youtu.be/wMh1LYuZ3B4

YouTube: Audiopedia - Experiential LearningThis video is targeted to blind user; it provides the information about Experiential Learning, which is the process of making meaning from direct experience, also known as learning from experience.URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11jiPTYjLgI

 

PDF/EBook

Youth & Policy, Jon Ord: John Dewey and Experiential Learning: Developing the theory of youth work.

This document provides the meaning of the word “experience” which is compared between Kolb and Dewey. It represents some of experiential learning model from different founders, such as Kolb, Lewin, etc.

URL: http://www.youthandpolicy.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/ord-yandp108.pdf