When I first started to read the Part IV reading, A Design For Learning, it gave an overview of the readings for the next six chapters. From that and from the first few paragraphs of Chapter 10, the thought on my mind was how am I going to remember all of these case studies. You see, for the first few weeks after self-reflection and thinking about how I have been part in the Instruction Paradigm, I began to get frustrated and really wanted to make a change. Like an instant change...
Then when I got into reading the Part IV section and the beginning of chapter 10, I realized that Tagg was going to tell me. He has made it clear that there is no equation that we can put our individual variables into and out pops a result. He discussed how he would like to look at all types of Universities, four-year, community colleges, etc., to try and give a broad view. But as I read through all of these different ways that institutions are trying to move into the Learning Paradigm, it was really overwhelming to hear each of the case studies.
Case after case after case, expressing how this community college took this approach and this research institution took this approach. I enjoyed the content very much, I would highlight all the information that I thought would be useful to remember. But there was SO MUCH info. So from that I wanted to know if there is some sort of organized visual aid that perhaps lays out the different types of institutions and the different techniques used by them to move towards the Learning Paradigm. I have begun to construct my own "flow chart" in the mean time of these cases.
Really thinking about how I want to make a difference in the University I end up working at, I think that books such as Taggʻs are a valuable thing to have. I think that he doesnʻt give in-depth details of how the University functions (because that I can find on my own) but he doesnʻt an excellent job of skimming the surface and really pointing me in the direction of where to look in Universities to see who is using or trying to implement the Learning Paradigm. I think that if there existed an accessible diagram of some sort that outlines the different institutions approaches, this would be a very valuable resource. Perhaps even creating a universal system in which the diagram would be constantly accessible and editable.
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