#AfricaEd Archive
A slow chat intended for international educators in Africa and beyond but open to anyone who is interested of course. We chat weekly on Thursdays from August to June starting at 7am GMT and going until whenever.
Thursday February 22, 2018
2:00 AM EST
-
Q1 How do you define authentic learning?
-
So would you equate it to connecting to prior knowledge?
-
If something feels authentic(relevant, useful, practical etc) to us as learners, whatever our age, I feel it's almost always an extension to what we either already were aware of or had some idea about. So yes, there is a connect to prior knowledge.
-
A1 I think of it as connecting to the world of the students. does a great job w/ this in UOIs. Math/Economics taught thru Ss developing "stores" or services.
-
Q2 Why do you think authentic learning experiences are important or not important?
-
A2 it does help with the when are we ever going to use this in the real world question
-
A2 they are also great at getting students interested
