Jill-N

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I was just playing around & look at that... it links to my blog !

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media type="custom" key="6882731" In the final paragraph of Chapter 1, Dewey writes, "Hence, one of the weightiest problems with which philosophy of education has to cope is the method of keeping proper balance between the informal and formal, the incidental and intentional, modes of education."

My analysis of this sentence is that one of the toughest, most difficult tasks of educators and education as a system/institution is to give equal attention and time to Informal (social connections via interaction and understanding), and formal (structured analytical studying), and incidental (learned through experiential, hands-on methods, social & cultural influence) and intentional (specifically instructed information through customary methodology) modes/methods of education. It is vital to keep a balance between learning through purposeful teachings and learning from experience, both socially with family and friends and in a formal setting such as school.

Education in General Formal - Sitting, studying, reading, writing, arithmetic Informal - Social interaction, family influence, emotional connections Incidental - Influence learned from family, history, social interaction, cultural heritage Intentional - Specifically chosen and instructed subject matter

The above comic illustrates the confusion of educators as well as students about how to integrate technology and keep the balance that is necessary to successfully educate students with today's evolving technological changes. The answer may not be easily attained, but integrating real world examples of technology will help students associate the value of technology with the need for learning to use it.

[|John Dewey's Democracy & Education Chapter 1]


 * An Ode To Spreadsheets..**

A table of values arranged with perfection, columns and rows in any direction. From top to bottom and left to right, the info you need, so tidy & tight. Formulas, filters, labels & cells, for these wonderful tools, my heart swells.

by Jill Nobles

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The school I went through was a very small school, so you would generally think that there would be more room for open analyzing, evaluating, and creating but the real focus in my learning was always about memorization and remembering.