Cognitive ApproachesIn this week’s readings, we studied Bloom’s Taxonomy. Although, it is the most commonly used, referenced and cited education theory it is also widely misunderstood. For my own personal research, I wanted to get a copy of the original text but was unable to do so. Since the only copy I could order was for over 100 hundred dollars I decided to use secondary sources for my research. I found it interesting that there were in fact 3 branches to the original taxonomy two of which I was not familiar with. I found it interesting but not surprising that these two branches where the affective and psychomotor branches. It is that we choose only to focus on the mind when the brains, when the hands and the heart play an essential role in reaching higher order thinking. Furthermore, I pursued my researched I remembered reading somewhere that Bloom once said that his research was misunderstood and I wondered why. Then I thought that perhaps the visual representation of the theory could be misleading. Indeed, it seems to indicate that we can only master “higher levels of thinking” by first mastering, “lower levels of thinking”. This can happen but higher thinking can also lead to lower levels understanding. In conclusion, it may be easier to get students to memorize facts if they deeply understand the problem first, it all depends on the approach and the context. References: Bransford, J., Brown, A., & Cocking, R. (2000). How people learn: Brain, mind, experience and school. Washington, DC: Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council. Chapter 1, Chapter 6, Case, R. (2013) The unfortunate consequences of Bloom's taxonomy - The Critical Thinking Consortium. Retrieved September 29, 2018, from https://tc2.ca/uploads/PDFs/Critical%20Discussions/unfortunate_consequences_blooms_taxonomy.pdf Lalande, M. (2012). Aiming Higher: Bloom and Vygotsky In the Classroom. RECIT Provincial Service for General Adult Education. Creative Commons 3.0. Retrieved September 29, 2018, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjUOHhFvR4k Meyer Dan. (2010) Math class needs a makeover. TED. Retrieved September 29, 2018, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWUFjb8w9Ps Orey, M. (2010) Emerging perspectives on learning, teaching and technology. Global Text. Chapters 1-5 Sinek, Simon. Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action (2009). Penguin Publishing Group
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