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Bloom's Taxonomy. From Emerging Perspectives on Learning, Teaching and Technology Mary Forehand The University of Georgia Introduction.

Bloom's Taxonomy

Index of Learning Theories. Why #Connectivism is not a Learning Theory « A Point of Contact. Firstly, the question of how to label Connectivism is an important one because this affects how people connect with the theory.

Why #Connectivism is not a Learning Theory « A Point of Contact

As a relatively young theory, its growth, acceptance, employment and how people actually understand Connectivism all depend partially on how it is represented. Representing a theory inaccurately limits the quality of the potential connections made with that theory, an insurmountable obstacle for such a theory that is concerned with the creation of successful networks and connections of specific quality to support this success. Secondly, to be clear, my position isn’t one of anti-Connectivism. To say that Connectivism is not a learning theory is not to devalue the theory. Gallery Of Cognitive Scientists. Dictionary of Cognitive Science. "It often does more harm than good to force definitions on things we don't understand.

Besides, only in logic and mathematics do definitions ever capture concepts perfectly. The things we deal with in practical life are usually too complicated to be represented by neat, compact expressions. Especially when it comes to understanding minds, we still know so little that we can't be sure our ideas about psychology are even aimed in the right directions.