Stepping Into the Void
The tools, trials, and dangers of reenactment-based learningNicholas Cioran – April 5, 2014
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Nicholas Cioran Husband, father of two, IT manager, student, and reenactor
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Hoplologia Experimental archaeology and ancient arts, Martial and Domestic
500 BC to 1815 AD
The reenactment of past thought is not aprecondition of historical knowledge, but an integral element in it. - R. G. Collingwood
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Students come to learn only when they experience what they take
- Martin Heidegger
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Experience alone does not create knowledge.- Kurt Lewin
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Knowledge results from the grasping ofexperience and transforming it.
- David A. Kolb
Concrete Experience
Reflective Observation
Abstract Conceptualization
Active Experimentation
People experience what they expect to experience. - Jeffrey Schwartz
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We fill in the gaps in what we see to create an experience based pattern on which we act.
- David Snowden
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Exploration happens best by accident, not by following a schedule – John Stilgoe
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Reflection is fundamental to learning. It providesa basis for future action. - Donald Schön
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How can I know what I think until I see what I say?- Karl Weick
Group learning starts with dialogue, the capacityof members to suspend assumptions and enter into genuine thinking together. - Peter Senge
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Senge on Group Dialogue Share Observations
Reflect Together
Interpret the Experience
Decide to Act
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The Action Research Cycle
Analyze
Plan
Act
Evaluate
Analyze
Plan
Act
Evaluate
Analyze
Plan
Act
Evaluate
Reflect
ReflectReflect
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Personal Reflection
Group Dialogue
Develop Theory
Contribute to the
scholarly dialogue
How does it all fit together?
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We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.
– T. S. Eliot
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