AmA - On Teaching and Learning

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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

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Anden information Why should you listen? 1) Becoming an expert 2) Improve your own learning 3) An anecdote to entertain a dinner party with!

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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

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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

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Anden information Master Novice A mid-play chess board

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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

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Anden information Master Novice A random chess board

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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

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Anden information Reading et a lg nimo cs ire pa psw e ngni nr ome ht

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Anden information Reading et a lg nimo cs ire pa psw e ngni nr ome ht the morning newspaper is coming late

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Anden information How to learn ▪ Chunks of information ▪ Patterns and automata ▪ Learning preferences ▪ Constructivism

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Anden information You get a new apprentice And you want to turn the apprentice into an expert in the system that you work on

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Anden information Start teaching the apprentice Talk all day and use numerous examples….. Why does it not work?

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Anden information The brain - memory Working memory Long-term memory Nose ☺

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Anden information Working memory in action

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Anden information Decoding patterns in working memory

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Anden information Chunking - processing

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Anden information Encoding patterns in Long-term Memory

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Anden information References to patterns

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Anden information Design Patterns - learning

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Anden information Design Patterns - applying W hat are the patterns in your w orkplace?

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Anden information If the apprentice does not get it? - even with the use of patterns ?

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Anden information Teaching Anecdote From the Beginning of the Century….

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Anden information My intro to OO

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Anden information And how to get to code – easy!

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Anden information The assignment for the attendees

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Anden information What I had in mind

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Anden information What they came up with…

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Anden information Procedural Brain

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Anden information My OO Brain

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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.

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Anden information If the apprentice still does not get it? - even when you find out where to start ?

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Anden information Learning Preferences – the Felder-Silverman model ▪ Global vs. Sequential learners

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Anden information Learning Preferences – the Felder-Silverman model Global learners Sequential learners

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Anden information Learning Preferences – the Felder-Silverman model Active learners Reflective learners

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Anden information If the apprentice still does not get it? - even if you cater for learning preference ?

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Anden information A brain with content

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Anden information Events are processed

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Anden information Encoding starts

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Anden information Encoding fails

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Anden information Encoding works by construction

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Anden information But knowing the content is not enough… If the apprentice does not want to listen to you….

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Anden information LOGOS PATHOS ETHOS

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Anden information Logos – what you are saying Pathos – how excited you are Ethos – who (they think) you are

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Anden information Logos – what you are saying Pathos– how excited you are Ethos – who (they think) you are

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Anden information Logos – what you are saying Pathos– how excited you are Ethos – who (they think) you are

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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!