AmA - On Teaching and Learning

As an expert you will be asked to facilitate the learning of others, not to mention your personal eternal learning in your field. Join a session about how our brains accept new knowledge and store it for later use. Your take-away will be three-fold; how to chunk information you give to others, how to improve your own learning AND something to entertain with at dull parties.

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1. Anden information On Teaching and Learning Aino Vonge Corry, PhD Putting speakers on stage Helping developers talk with each other Messing with the heads of students
2. Anden information Why should you listen? 1) Becoming an expert 2) Improve your own learning 3) An anecdote to entertain a dinner party with!
3. Anden information Dreyfus model of skill acquisition Novice Context-free rules Beginner Applies guidelines Competent Responds to the unexpected Proficient Unconsciously combines processes and responds to nuances of situations Expert Has intuitive grasp of whole situation Discussing experiences Applying it Watching presentations Applying it again and again, and again Teaching
4. Anden information Who performs best? The expert is better than the novice They perform equally well The novice is better than the expert A mid-play chess board
5. Anden information Master Novice A mid-play chess board
6. Anden information Who performs best? The expert is better than the novice They perform equally well The novice is better than the expert A random chess board
7. Anden information Master Novice A random chess board
8. Anden information Novice and Expert in Chess Expert Knows 100.000s of board configurations and their associated moves Novice Knows few (if any) board configurations and their associated moves
9. Anden information Reading et a lg nimo cs ire pa psw e ngni nr ome ht
10. Anden information Reading et a lg nimo cs ire pa psw e ngni nr ome ht the morning newspaper is coming late
11. Anden information How to learn ▪ Chunks of information ▪ Patterns and automata ▪ Learning preferences ▪ Constructivism
12. Anden information You get a new apprentice And you want to turn the apprentice into an expert in the system that you work on
13. Anden information Start teaching the apprentice Talk all day and use numerous examples….. Why does it not work?
14. Anden information The brain - memory Working memory Long-term memory Nose ☺
15. Anden information Working memory in action
16. Anden information Decoding patterns in working memory
17. Anden information Chunking - processing
18. Anden information Encoding patterns in Long-term Memory
19. Anden information References to patterns
20. Anden information Design Patterns - learning
21. Anden information Design Patterns - applying W hat are the patterns in your w orkplace?
22. Anden information If the apprentice does not get it? - even with the use of patterns ?
23. Anden information Teaching Anecdote From the Beginning of the Century….
24. Anden information My intro to OO
25. Anden information And how to get to code – easy!
26. Anden information The assignment for the attendees
27. Anden information What I had in mind
28. Anden information What they came up with…
29. Anden information Procedural Brain
30. Anden information My OO Brain
31. Anden information Søren Kierkegaard That you, when you want to succeed in bringing a person to a certain place, must start by finding out, where he is, from the start and begin there At man, når det i sandhed skal lykkes en at føre et menneske hen til et bestemt sted, først og fremmest må passe på at finde ham der, hvor han er, og begynde der.
32. Anden information If the apprentice still does not get it? - even when you find out where to start ?
33. Anden information Learning Preferences – the Felder-Silverman model ▪ Global vs. Sequential learners
34. Anden information Learning Preferences – the Felder-Silverman model Global learners Sequential learners
35. Anden information Learning Preferences – the Felder-Silverman model Active learners Reflective learners
36. Anden information If the apprentice still does not get it? - even if you cater for learning preference ?
37. Anden information A brain with content
38. Anden information Events are processed
39. Anden information Encoding starts
40. Anden information Encoding fails
41. Anden information Encoding works by construction
42. Anden information But knowing the content is not enough… If the apprentice does not want to listen to you….
43. Anden information LOGOS PATHOS ETHOS
44. Anden information Logos – what you are saying Pathos – how excited you are Ethos – who (they think) you are
45. Anden information Logos – what you are saying Pathos– how excited you are Ethos – who (they think) you are
46. Anden information Logos – what you are saying Pathos– how excited you are Ethos – who (they think) you are
47. Anden information What did you listen to? 1) Becoming an expert 2) Improve your own learning 3) An anecdote to entertain a dinner party with!