Pleasedrawadragonfly

Doesnega0vityhavearoleinlearning?

•  HowdoIknowthatI

ThisisCordulegaster boltonii 

Evidence

•  Checkimagesdescrip0ontocheckthosethatmatched

•  Descrip0onsmatchedtogiveastandardmodelofcomparison‐Linneaus

•  Checkedspeciesdistribu0onmaps‐foundlocally•  CheckedTemporalinforma0on‐right0meofyear•  Checkedtwodifferentwebsites‐thatwerereliable

•  Iwrotedownacarefulobserva0on

ThisisCordulegaster boltonii‐ or is it 

EvidenceAGAINST

•  It’sabluryphotograph•  Myinterac0onwithitwasatfirstdistracted•  Myinterac0onwasbrief•  Nopicture(noteven)mineshowsthegoldenreflec0onthatIsaw‐Iseeinmymemory

•  Thedistribu0onmapplacedtheSppmorenorthinthecity

•  Thespecifichabitatrequirementsegheathlanddon’tmatch.

Judgment

folk‐theory of mindformostpeopleisthatknowledgeasanimmutable,transmissableen0tywithintrinsic

truth.

weshouldlookbeyondthesimplis0cexplicit/tacitordeclara0ve/proceduralduali0esofknowledgewhichtypifyourdiscourse,andincludethesesixknowledgecategories:statable,implicit,episodic,

impressionis0c,skillandregula0ve,eachimportant.

Mezirowpositsthatalllearningischangebutnotallchangeis

transforma0on

Known

UnKnown

Confident

Unaware

Uncertain

Howmightenquiryhelpcanourcollec0vetheoryofmind?

Howmightenquiryhelp?

Assessmenttask

Theegghasmanyproblemstodealwith‐Survivalegnotbeingeaten

Thischangesover0me.Sofortheinstarstagesits

havingenoughfood

Undergoecdysisupto15instars

Successfuldeterminedby

“nega0vefeedback”onthesystem

Metamorphosis‐Emergebecome

public

Ourwalkthrewupamul0tudeofissues

Werefinedour

problemaswelearned

Notjustonce

Successassessmentcriteria

Presen0nglearning

ourchange

(Too?)O_entheonlyvisible

part

Theegghasmanyproblemstodealwith‐Survivalegnotbeingeaten

Thischangesover0me.Sofortheinstarstagesits

havingenoughfood

Undergoecdysisupto15instars

Successfuldeterminedby

“nega0vefeedback”onthesystem

Metamorphosis‐Emergebecome

public

NOTDRIVENBY

AQUESTION

WantsVS

Needs

Notmo0va0on/engagement

led

AllsuccessfulDragonfliesgothroughsamecyclewedidn’t

Butthisstartsmethinkingabout

popula0onstudies

Andheindidualandsocialaspectsoflearning

Since1980,34of37Bri0shspeciesofdragonflyhaveexpandedtheirrangenorthwardsbyanaverageof74km

Why?

Climate

Pollu0on

symbio0c

Compe0tors

What’stheuseofmodelsinassis0ngdevelopingunderstanding?

•  NottakingthingsPrima Facie •  DiscrepenciesmayleadyoutoCHANGEDunderstanding

•  Modelsencourageposi0veandnega0vethinking?