Today
while engaging in the productive pedagogy learning materials below, the labeling
of Blooms Taxonomy was creating a block for me. I am a
high achiever and like to do well, so as I read through the concepts of
learning in action I think, "On no I am in the lower
order thinking, how will I ever get out of it?" In my experience the term
lower order is a phrase that is used to describe monkeys and parrots and their
reciting abilities. On the other hand the use of the words 'higher order'
indicates a level of superior intelligence. So far, I am still hanging out with
the parrots and monkeys with a desire to reach this ‘higher order thinking’.
Scholars agree that through the use of productive
pedagogy human beings are capable of higher order thinking (Shulman, 1987). However in my mind, the way the language is used here to create
meaning in Bloom’s model makes me see the low and the high as separate groups. When in fact, it is a progressive construct and the journey is
just as important as the destination.
Today I want to rename the two groups: first order thinking and final order understanding.
Because for me today and every other day in my digital interactions I know that lower order thinking has to come first.
Today I want to rename the two groups: first order thinking and final order understanding.
Because for me today and every other day in my digital interactions I know that lower order thinking has to come first.
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