Pulling It All Together

So let’s put it all together to define Learner Driven Education and the goals of this blog.

OH WAIT! What ABOUT TEACHERS? And parents and all the people that care about Learners and their Education? We can’t define Learners, Driving, context, Education, and learning and not discuss the role of these individuals.

 Always two there are, no more, no less: a master and an apprentice. Yoda

 Often the most conspicuous part of a learner’s context, teachers, parents, and others continue to be, of course, learners themselves. Here we’ll call them Prime Learners (PL) and while sharing much, but not all, of a Learner’s context, their Relationship with the Learner has probably the largest impact on a Learner, their Context, their long and short term needs and how all of those things are processed than anything else.

There! Now we can define LDE. Rather than simply defining it, however, let’s give it a truly honorable start by expanding that definition into:

• DREAM -      To help create a world where Learners seek the very best context and the very best Primer Learners to help them reach their goals.
• VISION - To discuss educational situations and theories with people around the world in any educational venue in light of the value of educational contexts and relationships in helping Learners drive their own education.
• MISSION -   To help Learners differentiate between effective and ineffective learning contexts. To help Learners and Primer Learners foster effective learning contexts where Learners Drive their own Education.
• PURPOSE -      To explore educational situations, discussions, and theories from the perspective of how learners process contexts in order to meet long and short term needs.

Now, why do I care about LDE? What meaning does LDE have for me?

LDE is the end and the beginning of my life long passion for Education. It’s the current answer to my own long unfulfilled desire for an advanced degree in Education. It’s helping me better understand and gain more confidence in my abilities as a teacher and a home school mom who constantly rethinks existing educational practices. Through the defining journey of this blog, I hope to become a Prime Learner who creates a world where Learners seek the very best context and the very best Prime Learners to help them reach their goals.

In short, I hope to use this as a context for meeting my own long term need to pursue my own LEARNER DRIVEN EDUCATION. I hope it will also be an inspiring context for you as well.

And in case anyone else is tired of the bare skeleton types of discussions, I can’t wait to really get started now!!!

~vbb

Excuse me?

My plan was for the next post to discuss what drives a learner. Before I do, however, I wanted to clarify a couple of things.

One of my goals for this blog is to take a look at our basic definitions of Learning and Education and offer new definitions and a new framework for understanding these essential elements of our society. As we build this framework, I’ll post the skeleton of which on the Basic LDS Principles page and then we’ll begin fleshing it out by applying it to existing educational forms and opportunities within our homes, our communities, and our world.

The next thing I want to do is clarify what, essentially, a Learner is.

Here is what I posted previously:

Let’s define a Learner as 

someone who is actively looking for something.

If that’s the case, what are they looking for?

I would suggest that 

a Learner is basically looking for the means to

~       reach a goal

~       fill a need

~       recreate

We can refine that to say:

A Learner is

someone who is actively looking to fill a need.

If that’s the case, what needs are they trying to fill?

I would suggest that 

a Learner is basically looking to meet

~ immediate needs

~ long term needs

Now, on to what Drives a Learner!

~vbb