Learning Continuum

Stimulating Learning instead of Facilitating Teaching

Bastian Küntzel

in my youth, education looked like this.

but where I learned the most, it looked like this

every educator I met wanted their students to learn

but so many where stuck in their way of how to organise this

why? why don’t we organise learning better?

and what can we do about it?

we need a good theory

a good theory allows you to

see things dierently

THE LEARNING CONTINUUM

the learning continuum

allowed me to look at

education dierently.

purpose context

content process

four dimensions, three extremes per dimension

purpose context

content process

formality

purpose context

content process

nonformality

purpose context

content process

informality

so what?

an example of innovation in formal education: Khan Academy

purpose context

content process

Khan Academy

an example of innovation in non-formal education: Human Library

purpose context

process

Human Library

content

reality - constantly shifting

purpose context

content

a typical seminar

process

we learn best

purpose context

content process

balance

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