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Higher Learning, Knowledge and... a Rainbow
Dr Louise Gracia
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First a few questions... ...and a game of catch!
Why are you here?
Answer: To read for a degree.
What are you hoping to achieve?
Answer: A First, or a 2i.
How will you go about achieving these?
Answer: Process of higher learning.
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Time to say goodbye to school/college learning...
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...and say hello to higher learning!
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So...what is ‘higher learning’?
• Gaining knowledge? [Later...]
• Passing exams?
• Knowing ‘stuff’?
• Solving problems?
• Being able to complete new tasks?
• Knowing the answers to questions?
• Remembering things?
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How do you do it? What are your processes of learning?
• Taking notes... • Practicing questions... • Completing homework... • Memorising things... • Reading textbooks... • Talking to friends who explain things... • Asking questions... • Writing down/recording what the tutor says... • Listening... • Thinking...
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What a great start...but is it enough?
• Carl Rogers defined higher learning in terms of ‘being changed as a person’ – a process of self-development.
• What do you think this means?
• Learning then becomes a matter of improving YOU! (‘Self-actualisation’)
• What do you need to develop about you?
• What might need improving about you....?
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1. Creativity
Is imagination more important... ...than knowledge?
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2. Communication Speaking, writing, presenting -
VERBAL
Gesture, posture, eye-contact, expression, listening – NON-VERBAL
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3. Analysis and Reasoning
Words (qualitative)... ...and Numbers (quantitative)
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4. The Self
Self-confidence, self-belief, self-motivation...
WARNING...INDEPENDENT THINKING AHEAD!
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5. The Other Independent Learning...
(Alone)
...and Co-operative Learning.
(In Groups)
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6. Positivity
Enjoying the learning journey (process) rather than...
...waiting to arrive at the learning destination (product).
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7. Empathy
3D, Surround Sound, Dolby Digital, learning approach not... ...tunnel vision.
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8. Take responsibility NOW!
Own it, work it! Maximise your learning...
...don’t wait to be told what to do, think and say!
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9. Self-actualise and avoid learning from the neck up!
Learning through being... ...not having (Erich Fromm)
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So...what have we ‘learned’ so far?
• Higher Learning = SELF-DEVELOPMENT.
• It is something YOU DO FOR YOURSELF.
• We provide the ‘infrastructure’ (conditions that facilitate learning – excellent tutors, cutting-edge research, stimulating curriculum, innovative teaching, state-of-the-art computer facilities, multi-media learning resources etc.), but...
• ...YOU DO ALL THE LEARNING.
• Learning is a PROCESS not a PRODUCT – ‘Being’ not ‘Having’...an experience.
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To Have or To Be... ...what’s the difference?
• Fromm, E. (1982) To Have or To Be? – A new blueprint for mankind! London: Abacus.
• Having mode: ... • Being mode: ... • Avoid ‘deadness’...be ‘alive’:
– Take personal responsibility, e.g. organise and motivate yourself!
– Be purposive, active, in control, e.g. make notes don’t just take notes.
– Be engaged as a person, e.g. learning is not just about thinking, but about feeling and experiencing things too. Get involved. Avoid learning from the neck up!
• Move towards......GRADUATENESS.
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Positive Psychology
• PERMA – (Martin Seligman)
– Positive (the importance of happiness)
– Engaged (‘alive’ and ‘responsive’)
– Relationships (build active, constructive ones)
– Meaning (get a purpose...be on a mission!)
– Achievement (Toughen up...be persistent and resilient...get ‘grit’ in your life!)
Q: Is persistence more important for academic success than intellect?
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Where can I find out more?
• EXPLORE:
• http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/careers/
• Consider ‘Strengths’ analysis (developed by CAPP)
• http://www.cappeu.com/Portals/3/Files/Capp_Sample_Realise2_Standard_Profile.pdf
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OK...so we now know something
about how to learn...but what about what we will learn?
Let’s turn out attention to
knowledge...
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What is knowledge?
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• Information • Data • Truth • Facts • Scientific proof • Conventional wisdom • Statistical relationships • Predictable patterns • Objective understanding... • What about experiences, feelings, intuition, new
ideas, perceptions, observations, sounds, social descriptions, conversations, beliefs...?
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How do we know? Indentifying knowledge
• Write down something you know... • Now write down how you know that... • Read (or told) it? • Proved it with mathematics or science or experiment? • Heard it? • Remembered it? • Issues of validity or reliability • Let me share something with you...Schutz 1962, p.5 • What about, thoughts, feelings, experiences,
sensations...are these ways of knowing and types of knowledge too?
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What happens when we know something?
• Legitimises particular activities, fields, behaviour, lines of thinking, professions etc. and discounts others!
• Many ways of knowing, and many types of knowledge.
• Your job...being OPEN to them.
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What do we ‘know’ about a rainbow?
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Answer(s)...? • Optical phenomenon involving the refraction and
reflection of sunlight through water droplets in the earth’s atmosphere, creating a spectrum of light as a multi-coloured arc.
• Does this capture all that is known about a rainbow?
• Or is it just one perspective...meteorological or physics’ perspective?
• Frames the rainbow as a scientific phenomenon...but can other perspectives contribute knowledge about a rainbow?
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Other Perspectives
• Historical:
– Greco-Roman mythology
– Norse mythology
– Irish legend
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• Religious:
–Christianity and Judaism – Genesis 9, 13-17
• Cultural:
–Amazonian culture
• Art:
–Numerous depictions e.g. Rubens.
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Peter Paul Rubens (1577 - 1640) The Rainbow Landscape, c.1636
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• Literature:
– Multiple appearances in poetry e.g. Wordsworth; Keats.
– Richard Dawkins: ‘Unweaving the Rainbow: Science , Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder’.
• Music/Film:
– Rock band – Rainbow
– Radiohead 2007 album ‘In Rainbows’
– Many songs e.g. Iconic ‘Somewhere over the rainbow’ – Judy Garland in the Wizard of Oz
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• Symbolism:
– Symbol of hope, peace, new era, calm after the storm – e.g. Rainbow Warrior – Greenpeace ship
• Others?
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How does this help us?
• ‘Knowledge is constructed, based on multiple realities, of which science is only one’. Flick (2002, p.30)
• Considering (prioritising?) only one strand limits our understanding.
• Approach learning from a multiple-realities perspective, don’t seek knowledge from one viewpoint, consider alternative views.
• E.g. Accounting...
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What have we learned about higher learning and knowledge?
• Be (pro)active, be engaged, be curious, be motivated and be open to your learning.
• Be creative, be positive and be persistent in your learning approach.
• Focus on your personal development as you work towards ‘graduateness’.
• Use a critical approach to becoming ‘knowledgeable’.
• Adopt a multiple-reality approach to knowledge.
• Remember that knowledge is not finite or complete and that many things do not have a ‘right answer’.
• But most importantly...
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...Enjoy!