Participatory Learning vs. De-schooling, De-skilling, and De-valuing

Wed, Jul 15, 2009

Aside, Henry Jenkins, Jason Flom, Learning, Teaching, Technology, Video

In another outstanding video from Edutopia’s Educator page of the Digital Generation Project, Henry Jenkins, participatory media guru and Director of MIT’s Comparative Media Studies Program discusses “this new media landscape” and its implications for learning, teaching, and integrating media literacy.  He challenges us as educators and participants in media to look beyond “natives vs. immigrants” in envisioning and implementing a participatory curriculum that helps students “pool knowledge” with each other.  He advocates for a paradigm shift from the deschooling, deskilling, and devaluing that often happens as soon as students walk into the classroom.

“Originally published on May 27, 2009 © Edutopia.org; The George Lucas Educational Foundation.”

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Jason Flom - who has written 112 posts on Ecology of Education.

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View Comments to “Participatory Learning vs. De-schooling, De-skilling, and De-valuing”

  1. bill farren Says:
    25. July 2009 at 12:21 pm

    Thanks for adding that video. It really helps confirm what I am thinking about these days. Love the, “do no harm” part.

  2. bill farren Says:
    25. July 2009 at 7:21 pm

    Thanks for adding that video. It really helps confirm what I am thinking about these days. Love the, “do no harm” part.

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