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"Why Schools Can't Improve:
The Upper Limit Hypothesis"
Robert Branson
Florida State University
http://www.icte.org/T01_Library/T01_257.PDF
However,
Branson insists that we have reached the upper limit of this 20th century
education paradigm.
"Jobs
in the new economy--the ones that won't get outsourced or automated--"put
an enormous premium on creative and innovative skills, seeing patterns
where other people see only chaos," says Marc Tucker, an author
of the skills-commission report and president of the National Center
on Education and the Economy." [2]
Time
BUT
there are implications . . . .
The
Transitions: There are numerous ways
in which the new paradigm differs from the old.
Thinking
& Learning Architecture
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Surface
(What?)
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Deep
(How?)
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Profound
(Why?)
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Capability
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Skill
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Talent
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Virtue
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Motivation
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Extrinsic
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Intrinsic
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Moral
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Learning
Methodology
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Memorization
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Reflection
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Intuition
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Learning
Processes
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Memorisation
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Reflective
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Intuitive
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Problem
Solving
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Mechanistic
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Analytical
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Conceptual
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Critical
Literacy
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Questioning
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Investigative
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Perceptive
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Outcomes
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Information
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Understanding
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Wisdom
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Thinking
Processes
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Eclectic
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Sequential
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Relational
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Evidence
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Replication
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Application
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Creativity
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World
View
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Self-centred
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Empathetic
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Compassionate
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Motivation
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Extrinsic
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Intrinsic
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Moral
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Attitude
to Learning
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Compliant
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Engaged
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Discerning
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Communication
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Confident
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Eloquent
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Inspirational
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Learning
Relationships
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Dependent
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Independent
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Synergetic
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Social
Relationships
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Self
Centred
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Considerate
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Selfless
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Self
Esteem
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Confidence
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Assured
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Humility
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Life
[has] . . . .
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Direction
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Meaning
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Purpose
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Concern
for others
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Pity
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Sympathy
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Compassion
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Ethics
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Attitudes
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Values
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Principles
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World
View
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Self
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Inclusive
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Loving
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Adapted from the original rubric by John
West-Burnham
Dispositions
“The
term “thinking dispositions” borrows from the lay use of the
term disposition to refer to a predilection to exhibit a behavior under
certain conditions, but a predilection neither necessary nor sufficient
for the behavior.”[3]
Perkins
& Tishman
Inquiry
Learning Model
[1]A Paper by: Robert
K Branson Florida State University
http://www.icte.org/T01_Library/T01_257.PDF
[2] Time; Dec 2006;
How to Bring Our Schools Out of the 20th Century http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1568480-1,00.html
Accessed Jan 12 2007
[3] Perkins, David;
Tishman, Shari. “Dispositional Aspects of Intelligence; Harvard Graduate
School of Education; 1998 http://learnweb.harvard.edu/alps/thinking/docs/Plymouth.pdf
Accessed April 2007
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