Day 2 of the Project Zero Classrooms (PZC) started off with the Plenary Session with Dr. Howard Gardner. I was wondering what the “Truth, Beauty and Goodness” has to do with student learning. As he explained it, education in the post modern, digital era has posed many challenges in terms of giving students a sense of their culture’s view of what is true or false. So much information coming from television, online resources (ex. Wikipedia) and other digital forms has changed, mashed and merged information students use regardless of it being true, false or continuously changing or evolving. This pose a big challenge to many educators who teach students to make judgments on the amount and quality of input they encounter on a daily basis. As we enter the postmodern world, a paradigm shift of how we define what is true, good and beautiful is necessary to achieve authentic learning and understanding. How do we go about this –wait for Dr. Howard Gardner’s new book “Truth, Beauty and Goodness Reframed."
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Hi Ate! Welcome to the wonderful world of blogging! Grabe, you look like a high school student here in your photo with Dr. Gardner!
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