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14 Cards in this Set
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Key Proponents of Rationalism
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Socrates
Plato Descartes Kant |
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Ideas of HE related to Rationalism
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Liberal ars
Liberal education Teaching strategies rooted in familiarity Traditional UG core Essential curriculum "Time honored" |
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Culture of Rationalism
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"Collegial"
(Birnbaum 2000) (Bergquist 1992) |
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Constructivism
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Humans construct meaning from current knowledge structures. Each learner is a unique inidvidual with unique background and learning needs. Complex and multidimensional. Each arrives at own version of truth, rooted in worldview. Reality does not exist prior to our social invention of it. Interaction with knowledgeable facilitators necessary to acquire competence in cultural history, language, symbols, etc. Learners is responisble for learning; facilitator encourages dynamic interaction. Learning is a shared experience. A set curriculum with objectives may be set down but it becomes something personal as learner frames it within own belief system.
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Key Proponent of Constructivism
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Piaget
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Ideas of HE related to Constructivism
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Postmodernism
On-line education Accessibility No physical boundaries Profit motive Flexibility Emerging "Chameleon" |
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Culture of Constructivism
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"Anarchial)
(Bergquist 1992) |
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Pragmatism
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Consequences and effects are vital components of meaning and truth, more important than its origins. Darwinism as applied to theories of learning. Thought guides actions. Truth exists only inasmuch as it is useful (utility) which means it is influenced by place, time, and circumstances. Utility is a necessary condition of truth, but not everything that is useful is true, Knowledge and action are not sequential or even separate, There is no univrsal or transcedent truths; it means differenct things to different people in different circumstances.
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Key Proponents of Pragmatism
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Pierce
James Dewey Mead |
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Cultue of Pragmatism
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"Political" Birnbaum 2000
"Managerial or Negotiating" Bergquist 1992 |
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Related ideas of HE to Pragmatism
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Land grant institutions
Community colleges Access Public Service Practical/Vocational Broad focus React to community needs "How knowledge is used" |
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Empiricism
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Knowledge and meaning are acquired through that which is expereinced or sensed. Observation and demonstrability are essential. Lock in Essay on Human Understanding--the mind is a clean slate (tabula rosa) on which experiences leave their marks. Values usefulness of knowledge but does not require immediate applicability. Eschews the notion of innate ideas or that knowledge exists apart from how it is experienced. Empiricism has heavily influenced the scientific disciplines and is the philosophical basis of the scientific method
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Related ideas of HE to Pragmatism
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Land grant institutions
Community colleges Access Public Service Practical/Vocational Broad focus React to community needs "How knowledge is used" |
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Empiricism
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Knowledge and meaning are acquired through that which is expereinced or sensed. Observation and demonstrability are essential. Lock in Essay on Human Understanding--the mind is a clean slate (tabula rosa) on which experiences leave their marks. Values usefulness of knowledge but does not require immediate applicability. Eschews the notion of innate ideas or that knowledge exists apart from how it is experienced. Empiricism has heavily influenced the scientific disciplines and is the philosophical basis of the scientific method
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