Answering Big Questions through Self-Organized Learning

Autor/in	Rix, Sally
Titel	Answering Big Questions through Self-Organized Learning
Quelle	In: Childhood Education, 93 (2017) 4, S.316-319 (4 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-4056
DOI	10.1080/00094056.2017.1343585
Schlagwörter	High School Students; Student Reaction; Teaching Methods; Independent Study; Active Learning; Discovery Processes; Inquiry; Educational Strategies; Foreign Countries; India; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Schülerkritik; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Selbststudium; Aktives Lernen; Lehrstrategie; Ausland; Indien
Abstract	Self-organized learning was developed by Professor Sugata Mitra of Newcastle University on the foundation of his firm belief that learning will emerge spontaneously when children are encouraged to be curious and are allowed to self-organize. There are seven dedicated Self-Organized Learning Environments (SOLEs) that Mitra established in conjunction with TED, five of which are in India and two in the United Kingdom. Over the last few years, SOLEs have also been set up by enthusiastic facilitators all around the world, sometimes as part of existing schools and sometimes as a way of extending access to education to children who are being left behind by existing structures and systems. The facilitators provide computers with Internet access (always fewer computers than children to promote collaboration), pose a curiosity-stimulating Big Question, and then stand back while children self-organize to find their answers. While it is always noisy, even chaotic, when children share what they've found, the adults listening are often amazed. This article briefly describes two SOLEs--one at George Stephenson High School, located in the middle of a small town in northeast England and one in a stand alone room in the remote village of Korakati, India which is located in the middle of the world's largest mangrove forest. [This article was first published in "Childhood Explorer."] (ERIC).
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Update	2020/1/01