1. KICD – UNESCO – IBE Curriculum Workshop Day 4 AM
Thomas Cobb Faculty of Education, Université du Québec à Montréal Lili Ji
International Bureau of Education
Geneva

2. Student Final Presentations (2)
1. Language
2. Science

3. Is this what we were looking for yesterday?

5. The key is to look for “Program of study”

7. All knowledge…. Exists in composites of smaller ideas, emotions, etc
One “item of knowledge” can be imparted to another in two ways:
As a composite (whole, unit, etc), or
In pieces
For the receiving party to make into a composite for himself / herself
Make into a composite = CONSTRUCT

8. Pieces of knowledge… Also known as DATA
Raw data as opposed to fully formed, precast, theory

9. In other words… It’s all about the grain size of the knowledge
And the roles of the knowledge giver and receiver
In constructivism, the receiver takes on a large role
So this is the bigger picture on the boring platitude that
constructivism = learner centred

10. And the educational application of all this?
That while “data” is not always the convenient unit for every purpose…
We do not give children paper and matches and ask them to discover a conclusion about these substances…
Data that is constructed into knowledge by the learners themselves, through activity and thought, will be STRONGER, more GENERALIZABLE, and especially MORE TRANSFERABLE TO NOVEL CONTEXTS
Knowledge that cannot be applied to a novel context is dead knowledge (a.k.a. inert knowledge)

11. And this attaches to the competence approach how ?
Knowledge for USE
Is another way of saying knowledge for TRANSFER
USE = USE IN A NOVEL CONTEXT

12. PRESENTATIONS
Tea Break 11h00

13. 13h – 14h
Lunch