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FGrose at 02:01, 11 September 2009

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	[[Seymour Papert]] told us in the 1960s that education should be about powerful ideas, in ''Mindstorms: Children, Computers, and Powerful Ideas''. This is a short list of ideas, divided into the feeble and the powerful. There are many more.		[[Seymour Papert]] told us in the 1960s that education should be about powerful ideas, in ''Mindstorms: Children, Computers, and Powerful Ideas''. This is a short list of ideas, divided into the feeble and the powerful. There are many more.

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	The idea of [http://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2007/08/powerful-ideas-discourse.html non-universals] was started by Kay and furthered by Kerr. The idea being that all cultures spontaneously develop some ideas, for example art, but few cultures develop the more complex ideas, for example perspective drawing. The weakness in this analysis is that an idea might be very difficult to spontaneously generate but relatively easy to maintain in a culture. It does not necessarily give a guide as to how much teaching effort is required. It is however a useful way to look at powerful ideas.		The idea of [http://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2007/08/powerful-ideas-discourse.html non-universals] was started by Kay and furthered by Kerr. The idea being that all cultures spontaneously develop some ideas, for example art, but few cultures develop the more complex ideas, for example perspective drawing. The weakness in this analysis is that an idea might be very difficult to spontaneously generate but relatively easy to maintain in a culture. It does not necessarily give a guide as to how much teaching effort is required. It is however a useful way to look at powerful ideas.

	Universals		===Universals===
	- language		* language
	- communication		* communication
	- fantasies		* fantasies
	- stories		* stories
	- tools and art		* tools and art
	- superstition		* superstition
	- religion and magic		* religion and magic
	- play and games		* play and games
	- differences over similarities (?)		* differences over similarities (?)
	- quick reactions to patterns		* quick reactions to patterns
	- vendetta, and more		* vendetta, and more

	~~non~~ universals		===Non universals===
	- reading and writing		* reading and writing
	- deductive abstract mathematics		* deductive abstract mathematics
	- model based science		* model based science
	- equal rights		* equal rights
	- democracy		* democracy
	- perspective drawing		* perspective drawing
	- theory of harmony (?)		* theory of harmony (?)
	- similarities over differences (?)		* similarities over differences (?)
	- slow deep thinking		* slow deep thinking
	- agriculture		* agriculture
	- legal systems		* legal systems


	[[Category:Idea]]		[[Category:Idea]]

Tonyforster: /* What is a powerful idea? */ universals

2009-09-10T22:29:28Z

What is a powerful idea?: universals

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	The idea of [http://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2007/08/powerful-ideas-discourse.html non-universals] was started by Kay and furthered by Kerr. The idea being that all cultures spontaneously develop some ideas, for example art, but few cultures develop the more complex ideas, for example perspective drawing. The weakness in this analysis is that an idea might be very difficult to spontaneously generate but relatively easy to maintain in a culture. It does not necessarily give a guide as to how much teaching effort is required. It is however a useful way to look at powerful ideas.		The idea of [http://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2007/08/powerful-ideas-discourse.html non-universals] was started by Kay and furthered by Kerr. The idea being that all cultures spontaneously develop some ideas, for example art, but few cultures develop the more complex ideas, for example perspective drawing. The weakness in this analysis is that an idea might be very difficult to spontaneously generate but relatively easy to maintain in a culture. It does not necessarily give a guide as to how much teaching effort is required. It is however a useful way to look at powerful ideas.

			Universals
			- language
			- communication
			- fantasies
			- stories
			- tools and art
			- superstition
			- religion and magic
			- play and games
			- differences over similarities (?)
			- quick reactions to patterns
			- vendetta, and more

			non universals
			- reading and writing
			- deductive abstract mathematics
			- model based science
			- equal rights
			- democracy
			- perspective drawing
			- theory of harmony (?)
			- similarities over differences (?)
			- slow deep thinking
			- agriculture
			- legal systems


	[[Category:Idea]]		[[Category:Idea]]

Tonyforster: /* What is a powerful idea? */ universals

2009-09-10T22:26:08Z

What is a powerful idea?: universals

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	An idea is powerful if it is reusable in generating more ideas, in solving future unanticipated problems?		An idea is powerful if it is reusable in generating more ideas, in solving future unanticipated problems?

	Bloom's Taxonomy is an attempt to classify types of learning from lower order to higher order. It ranges from simple recall to synthesis and evaluation.		Bloom's Taxonomy is an attempt to classify types of learning from lower order to higher order. It ranges from simple recall to synthesis and evaluation. But lower order skills can still be powerful?

	[http://web.missouri.edu/jonassend/ Jonassen] believes that the goal of education is to learn the skills needed for solving real world problems, such problems are ill-~~defined~~ in that they have multiple or no solutions and they are cross-disciplinary.		[http://web.missouri.edu/jonassend/ Jonassen] believes that the goal of education is to learn the skills needed for solving real world problems, such problems are ill-structured in that they have conflicting or undefined goals, multiple or no solutions and they are cross-disciplinary.

	The idea of [http://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2007/08/powerful-ideas-discourse.html non-universals] was started by Kay and furthered by Kerr. The idea being that all cultures spontaneously develop some ideas, for example art, but few cultures develop the more complex ideas, for example perspective drawing. The weakness in this analysis is that ~~ideas~~ might be very difficult to spontaneously generate but relatively easy to maintain in a culture. It does not necessarily give a guide as to how much teaching effort is required. It is however a useful way to look at powerful ideas.		The idea of [http://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2007/08/powerful-ideas-discourse.html non-universals] was started by Kay and furthered by Kerr. The idea being that all cultures spontaneously develop some ideas, for example art, but few cultures develop the more complex ideas, for example perspective drawing. The weakness in this analysis is that an idea might be very difficult to spontaneously generate but relatively easy to maintain in a culture. It does not necessarily give a guide as to how much teaching effort is required. It is however a useful way to look at powerful ideas.

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Tonyforster: /* Powerful Ideas */ maps

2009-09-10T22:14:39Z

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	* Logic		* Logic
	* Programming paradigms		* Programming paradigms
	* Maps (interpreting ~~not~~ reproducing)		* Maps (creating and interpreting rather than reproducing)
	* Symbols		* Symbols
	* Human rights		* Human rights

Tonyforster: /* Powerful Ideas */

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Powerful Ideas

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	* Logic		* Logic
	* Programming paradigms		* Programming paradigms
	* Maps		* Maps (interpreting not reproducing)
	* Symbols		* Symbols
	* Human rights		* Human rights

Tonyforster: /* What is a powerful idea? */

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What is a powerful idea?

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	==What is a powerful idea?==		==What is a powerful idea?==
	An idea is powerful if it is reusable in generating more ideas, in solving future unanticipated problems? ~~Bloom's Taxonomy is an attempt to classify types of learning from lower order to higher order. It ranges from simple recall to synthesis and evaluation.~~		An idea is powerful if it is reusable in generating more ideas, in solving future unanticipated problems?

	Jonassen		Bloom's Taxonomy is an attempt to classify types of learning from lower order to higher order. It ranges from simple recall to synthesis and evaluation.

			[http://web.missouri.edu/jonassend/ Jonassen] believes that the goal of education is to learn the skills needed for solving real world problems, such problems are ill-defined in that they have multiple or no solutions and they are cross-disciplinary.

			The idea of [http://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2007/08/powerful-ideas-discourse.html non-universals] was started by Kay and furthered by Kerr. The idea being that all cultures spontaneously develop some ideas, for example art, but few cultures develop the more complex ideas, for example perspective drawing. The weakness in this analysis is that ideas might be very difficult to spontaneously generate but relatively easy to maintain in a culture. It does not necessarily give a guide as to how much teaching effort is required. It is however a useful way to look at powerful ideas.

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Tonyforster: /* What is a powerful idea? */

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What is a powerful idea?

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	==What is a powerful idea?==		==What is a powerful idea?==
	An idea is powerful if it is reusable in generating more ideas, in solving future unanticipated problems? Bloom's Taxonomy is an attempt to classify types of learning from lower order to higher order.		An idea is powerful if it is reusable in generating more ideas, in solving future unanticipated problems? Bloom's Taxonomy is an attempt to classify types of learning from lower order to higher order. It ranges from simple recall to synthesis and evaluation.

			Jonassen

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Tonyforster: /* What is a powerful idea? */

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What is a powerful idea?

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	==What is a powerful idea?==		==What is a powerful idea?==
	An idea is powerful if it is reusable in generating more ideas?		An idea is powerful if it is reusable in generating more ideas, in solving future unanticipated problems? Bloom's Taxonomy is an attempt to classify types of learning from lower order to higher order.

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Tonyforster at 21:13, 10 September 2009

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	* Unanswerable questions		* Unanswerable questions
	* Resilience		* Resilience

			==What is a powerful idea?==
			An idea is powerful if it is reusable in generating more ideas?

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FGrose at 20:07, 10 September 2009

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	* Tools		* Tools
	* Truth, including how we decide what is true (Epistemology)		* Truth, including how we decide what is true (Epistemology)
	* Reality, including how we decide ~~hat~~ is real (Ontology)		* Reality, including how we decide what is real (Ontology)
	* Ethics, specifically what we should do even if we don't want to, and what to do next		* Ethics, specifically what we should do even if we don't want to, and what to do next
	* Fun		* Fun
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	* Unanswerable questions		* Unanswerable questions
	* Resilience		* Resilience

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