BILL BROWN learning to learn about parent engagement in lifelong &lifewide learning
naming and reframing public issues to inform decision making
IF we are to disrupt conventional thinking about parent engagement in learning
THEN we must value the wisdom/capabilities drawn from diverse knowledge domains
WHY explore these domains?
People engaged in business/community/education/social change are parents too!. In their other roles,they are engaged in designing,delivering and reviewing innovative practices that create demand /respond to customer needs and deliver a Return on Investment (ROI) measured in terms of social benefit brand integrity, $ profit.
The wisdom gained in this agile learning context produces diverse expertise, tools structures and tactics relevant to other parents, institutions and systems with a mission/mandate for supporting learning in chaordic contexts
Conclusion 7: Across communities of practice and research traditions, inconsistency in conceptual terminology is a barrier to collaboration and progress..
HOW can we begin this conversation ?
Ask the generic questions within domains WHO ~ PEOPLE ; WHY ~PURPOSES ;WHERE ~ PLACES ;HOW ~PROCESSES WHAT~ PRODUCTS
Identify themes and patterns of concepts ,principles and capabilities across disciplinary/domain boundaries
WHAT outputs will be available to focus the conversation?
A evidence informed framework for engaging parents with diverse talents in the collaborative design of next practice parent engagement in learning .
SOCIOLOGY
PSYCHOLOGY
NEUROLOGY
BIOLOGY
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PHYSICS
LITERATURE
Horizon Scanning Centre Toolkit .
I am still influenced by my masters program under the fantastic Dr Anne Silcock. I remember quoting Bronfenbrenner 1977 Towards an experimental ecology of human development
"It can be said that much of developmental psychology is the science of the strange behaviour of children in strange situations with strange adults for the briefest possible time "
SO I am drawn to getting my evidence from multiple sources on the basic assumption that no one discipline/knowledge domain holds all the wisdom BUT multiple perspectives disrupt the comfort zones,challenge unconscious biases and avoid the specious practice of applying Dr Google to find an answer that suits my purpose
