Blooms Taxonomy a hierarchy of thinking skills Knowledge

Blooms Taxonomy a hierarchy of thinking skills Knowledge list, brainstorm, describe, define, identify Comprehension give examples, retell, summarise, relate, interpret, Application implement, carry out, predict, use, solve Analysis organise, compare/contrast, show relationships, deconstruct Synthesis create, modify, rearrange, develop, plan, produce Evaluation critique, judge, weigh, appriase, justify

The following diagram is Bonds adaptation of Ham’s Tree of Knowledge.

Information should be a tool that is used critically by the learner in one of the following ways: • To break knowledge into its components (analysis) • To ask a question on the basis of knowledge • To explain knowledge in own words • To bring examples of knowledge • To create a simulation, model or metaphor • To create knowledge of the basis of knowledge • To generalise from an item of knowledge • To identify knowledge in different contexts Harpaz • Communicate information

Traditional Learning Environments • Teacher centered instruction • Single sense stimulation • Single path progression • Single media • Isolated work • Information delivery • Passive learning • Factual, knowledge-based • Reactive response • Isolated, artificial context Newer Learning Environments • Student-centered learning • Multisensory stimulation • Multipath progression • Multimedia • Collaborative work • Information exchange • Active/exploratory/inquiry • Critical thinking and informed decision making • Proactive, planned action • Authentic, real world context

The purpose of learning is to move students away from being absorbers of information to being processors, synthesisers, creators and users of information Sergiovanni 1995