Wednesday, 9 April 2008

How might Wenger's notions on CofP relate to Prensky's on education?

Wegners model of Cofp may relate to Prensky’s on education in terms of that it is learning something in a way that is enjoyable for those who are learning it.

In Cofp you are learning something that you want to learn, in a way you enjoy.
You could link this with Prensky’s theory on education as he wants digital immigrants to start teaching digital natives through technology because he thinks that they spend a lot of time using technology so they will learn better through it, potentially because they enjoy using it.

I think you could also link both theories’ together in the way that they potentially could run the liability that they would only suit certain individuals.

A certain Cofp might suit me, but it might not suit you!

I think this would be the same if Prensky got his way by making all schools go “technologically mad” (my own quote!), as not all students would learn better through technology than they would through the ‘old’ traditional methods.
You could also link the two together because in both theories you will always be learning off each other, within Prensky’s the tutors will have to learn from the children how to do things on computers, whilst the children learn from the tutors what it is they have to look for on the computer! And in Cofps you are always learning from each other also.