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2018 Transformative Learning Conference

du 8 au 9 March 2018

Oklahoma City, OK

CONFERENCE PROGRAM

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Learning from Our Mistakes: Seeking Desirable Difficulties for Ourselves and for Our Students

jeudi 8 mars 2018 à 13:45–15:15 CST
Young Ballroom B
Summary

We learn from our mistakes, right? Well, sometimes we do, and sometimes we don’t. Sometimes hard tasks lead us to give up, sometimes to try harder. Do we learn more or better from some kinds of mistakes than from others? Do some kinds of mistakes create cognitive dissonance that leads to deeper learning? Do some create disorienting dilemmas that lead to transformative learning? We will explore the extent to which our students learn from their mistakes, and the extent to which we do. We will seek to discover how we can assess our errors, not to avoid them, but to make them productive.

Abstract

We learn from our mistakes, right? Well, sometimes we do, and sometimes we don’t. Sometimes hard tasks lead us to give up, sometimes to try harder. Do we learn more or better from some kinds of mistakes than from others? Do some kinds of mistakes create cognitive dissonance that leads to deeper learning? Do some create disorienting dilemmas that lead to transformative learning? We will explore the extent to which our students learn from their mistakes, and the extent to which we do. We will seek to discover how we can assess our errors, not to avoid them, but to make them productive.

References

Tagg, John. (2003). The Learning Paradigm College. Bolton, MA: Anker Publishing Company, Inc.

Format of Presentation

Workshop

Conference Thread(s)

Communicating Transformative Learning

Primary Presenter

John Tagg, Consultant, Higher Education

Secondary Presenters

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