Readiness to NOT Learn Outside of Safety All Educators know about readiness - what Vygotsky called the ‘Zone of Proximal Development’. The point of ‘readiness’ in education is often spoken about in relation to ‘readiness to learn’, most often in reference to the acquisition of language and … [Read more...] about Readiness to NOT Learn Outside of Safety
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Motivation, Learning and Risk
Motivation, Learning and Risk Motivation, like learning is not a neutral concept. How one thinks motivation and learning work, is directly connected to ones’ worldview, psychology of goals and one’s theory of knowing (epistemology). For example, if one holds a behaviourist view about motivation one … [Read more...] about Motivation, Learning and Risk
Ritual as Embodied Learning in Safety
Ritual as Embodied Learning in Safety I have written about the nature of ritual previously, particularly the properties of ritual: https://safetyrisk.net/safety-as-ritual-performance/ All rituals (and associated semiotics) ‘embody’ learning. It is important when understanding learning that we … [Read more...] about Ritual as Embodied Learning in Safety
The Fear of Learning in Risk
The Fear of Learning in Risk There is no learning without risk and no risk without learning. I find it interesting when Safety gets on the learning bandwagon that confuses learning with cognitive knowing and training with education. There is no component of the WHS curriculum that deals with the … [Read more...] about The Fear of Learning in Risk
Education in Safety
Education in Safety I am on several discussion lists across a number of disciplines and one such list in Education surfaced this week about what readings were considered essential for First Year Education students. The group is populated mostly by experienced teachers and a few academics. The … [Read more...] about Education in Safety
What Are You Trying to Say?
What Are You Trying to Say? One of the Advanced modules we run in CLLR (https://cllr.com.au/register-to-study/) is on the nature of semantics, semiosis, linguistics and the creation of meaning. This Advanced Linguistics module addresses the primary question: what are you trying to say? Most of the … [Read more...] about What Are You Trying to Say?
Scaffolding, Readiness and ZPD in Learning
In the first few weeks of a Teaching degree one is introduced to the fundamentals of learning theory and there are plenty of them (https://teacherofsci.com/learning-theories-in-education/ ). Every teacher knows that the simplistic nonsense of behaviourism – in and out, reward and punishment, black … [Read more...] about Scaffolding, Readiness and ZPD in Learning
The Covid-19 Lesson
I wonder what you have learned during Covid-19? Many people are talking about what they have ‘learned’ under Covid and that’s great. It’s good to hear people talk about appreciation of others, realisations about isolation, struggles with sameness, boredom and challenges in resilience. It’s … [Read more...] about The Covid-19 Lesson
Dr Long Joins Federation University
Dr Long Joins Federation University Dr Long is pleased to announce he is joining Federation University and will be working initially in the Masters in Applied Science (OHS) at VIOSH. (https://study.federation.edu.au/#/course/DEH9) Whilst Dr Long continues to run programs through the Centre for … [Read more...] about Dr Long Joins Federation University
Another brick in the wall
Another brick in the wall An educated, healthy and confident nation is harder to govern Tony Benn 1 Almost all education has a political motive, which promotes national, religious or social group interests at the expense of its detractors. It determines the subjects taught, the knowledge … [Read more...] about Another brick in the wall