Constructionism, Learning by Design, and Project Based Learning. From Emerging Perspectives on Learning, Teaching and Technology Seungyeon Han and Kakali Bhattacharya Department of Educational Psychology and Instructional Technology, University of Georgia Review of Constructionism, Learning by Design, and Project Based Learning Constructionism: Instructional Model The trainers at Performance Solutions were excited. Finally, a workshop on designing and delivering effective web-based instruction was being offered! The workshop, held on a Saturday, was composed of attendees who were trainers who normally consulted with clients, and those who trained their trainers and managers.
As the meeting began, the participants settled down. After the participants returned from the break, Kayla asked the audience for their ideas about effectively designing and delivering web-based instruction, while encouraging the participants to elaborate with examples from their own experience. After lunch, Kayla anticipated that the participants might be lethargic. North Star : Self-Directed Learning for Teens - Overview. High School Curriculum at Oak Meadow, Homeschooling High School Curriculum, Resources, and Support. Curriculum: High School The Advantage of Oak Meadow’s Print-based Courses Printed course materials are portable and accessible in any environment, regardless of internet availability or computer equipment.
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My intention in this short piece is to take a brief look at the essence of anthroposophy and to hopefully interest people in looking further. One place to start is with a quote by Rudolf Steiner on the yearning felt by those with whom anthroposophy resonates: Anthroposophy is a path of knowledge to guide the Spiritual in the human being to the Spiritual in the universe.
It arises in man as a need of the heart, of the life of feeling; and it can be justified only inasmuch as it can satisfy this inner need. He alone can acknowledge Anthroposophy who finds in it what he himself in his own inner life feels impelled to seek. So it is a yearning, a feeling that impels a man or woman to seek what lives deep within the soul and to find its echo in what lives in the cosmos. For others, difficulties arise elsewhere. And beyond: