If you click here, you will be taken to the home page or learning page that provides an introduction to learning.
If you click here, you will be taken to a misconceptions map page that provides information about and links to pages on the following subjects, 'the school paradox', 'teaching','fear & coercion', 'punishment', 'discipline', 'work & play', 'the fourth R', 'child rights'. My thanks to John Holt for much of this. The information concerning those pages, will be on that misconceptions map page in the same manner as it is on this page.
If you click here, you will be taken to a page called 'theoriesanswers. This page links to two pages on intrinsic motivation and learning called 'self-determination' and 'self-theories'. The page also links to an 'answers' page that answers the following. Why do some things have to have to be unlearned? Why does some learning become blocked? Why do intellectual enthusiasm, venturesomeness and flexibility decline?
If you click here, you will be taken to a page called 'future' This page provides links to a 'future of learning' page that provides speculation about the future of learning and to the 'content of learning' in the future page. It also is about and links to pages concerned with the future as related to technology. These pages are as follows, 'anytime' 'anyplace' 'mass customizing' 'beforemath' and 'no-matter'.
If you click here, you will be taken to a 'whatwecando'. This page links to a 'wecando' page on how things change and student directed learning. The page also links to pages on how different sections of the community or institutions can change. These pages are as follows, 'schools', 'government', 'business', 'libraries', 'internet', 'television', 'teachers', 'students', 'learners', 'parents', 'programers', 'psychologists'.
If you click here, you will be taken to a page called 'learningkeys'. This page provides links to a page called 'evaluation' about testing and exams particularly as performed in schools. It also provides links to the twelve keys to learning. The keys to learning are as follows, 'world', 'confidence', 'fragile', 'failure', 'criticism', 'teachlearn', 'contagion', 'start', 'choices', learntolearn', 'learningthefuture' and 'handson'.
If you click here, you will be taken to a page called 'creativegenius'. This page provides links to the genius, creativity and the rapid cognition pages. It also links to the 13 tools of creative genius which are, 'observing', 'imaging', 'abstracting', 'recognizing patterns', 'forming patterns', 'analogizing', 'body thinking', 'empathizing', 'dimensional thinking', 'modeling', 'playing', 'transforming', 'synthesizing'.
If you click here, you will be taken to a 'realitymap' page that provides information about and links to the following various pages,'George Kelly' and his construct theory, 'meaningfulness', 'iteration', 'thought codes', 'cognition' and Greenspan and Shanker's 9 levels of mental development. These are 'conjecture', 'convergence', 'patterns', 'correlation', 'symbolism', 'testing', 'causes', 'grayarea', 'standardization'.
If you click here, you will be taken to a 'method' map page that provides information about and links to various pages concerning Karl Popper, Jean Piaget, Maria Montessori, and the meanings of words used on this site. The information concerning those pages, will be provided on that 'method' map page in the same manner as it is on this page. The important thrust of this section concerns the work of Popper.
If you click here, you will be taken to an 'interests' map page that provides information about and links to various pages concerning, a reinterpretation of B. F. Skinner's work, 'associations', 'context', 'Bateson', 'reinforcement', 'mind threads', 'the spiral path' and 'intrinsic motives'. The information concerning those pages, will be provided on that 'interests' map page in the same manner as it is on this page.
If you click here, you will be taken to a 'needs' map page that provides information about and links to an overview page of Maslow's work and pages for each of the need levels in his hierarchy. These include 'curiosity', 'physiological', 'safety', 'love & belonging', esteem', 'meta, being or aesthetic'. The information concerning those pages, will be provided on that 'needs' map page in the same manner as it is on this page.