Ed Res @ 50

September 25, 2017December 21, 2017petergoodyear

Screen Shot 2017-10-09 at 7.40.46 pm Here are slides & notes from my presentation at the 50th anniversary celebration for the Dept of Educational Research at Lancaster University, 22nd Sept 2017.

michaelrhysjohnson October 25, 2017 / 9:11 am

Thank you for the session.
I’ve been intrigued by the concept of ‘working knowledge’ since it popped up in the ‘Guidelines for effective networked learning in HE’ (2001) and my ears pricked up when you attributed it to Robert Yinger (e.g. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/1041-6080(93)90012-H )…
The talk was full of useful stuff though – ‘liked’ the ref to the ‘Analysis of Complex Learning Environments’ chapter which I’d not seen, and the way you then linked with research that was taking a similar perspective.
‘We suggest that providing better ways of thinking about analysis, evaluation and design can help dislodge unhelpful habits of thought – especially those that try to isolate intrinsic merits of particular tools, media or pedagogies. We also argue that such analysis sharpens perception of the boundary between what can be designed, and what must emerge at learntime.’ p51

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- petergoodyear October 25, 2017 / 11:23 am
  
  Thanks Mike. The ‘working knowledge’ term comes from the Yinger & Hendricks-Lee chapter below. From memory, they attribute it to Douglas Harper’s lovely little book on blacksmith’s work. We picked up ‘working knowledge’ in the SHARP project – a follow on from JITOL.
  
  Harper, D. (1987). Working knowledge: skill and community in a small shop. Berkeley: University of California Press.
  
  Yinger, R., & Hendricks-Lee, M. (1993). Working knowledge in teaching. In C. Day, J. Calderhead, & P. Denicolo (Eds.), Research on teacher thinking: understanding professional development (pp. 100-123). London: Falmer.
  
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  - michaelrhysjohnson October 25, 2017 / 6:56 pm
    
    Thanks for making that link – it wasnt in the Yinger I’d turned up. But I should have spotted it in the epiflu book 🙂 https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Zl0eDQAAQBAJ&lpg=PA99&ots=Z7tAJ1Pr0c&dq=Harper%2C%20D.%20(1987).%20Working%20knowledge%3A%20skill%20and%20community%20in%20a%20small%20shop.%20Berkeley%3A%20University%20of%20California%20Press.&pg=PA99#v=onepage&q=Harper&f=false
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