Downes’ Response to Kirschner, Sweller, & Clark’s Attack of Minimally-Guided Instruction
November 18, 2007 · Filed Under Presentations, Videos
Stephen Downes provides this response to Kirschner, Sweller, and Clark’s paper entitled, Why minimal guidance during instruction does not work: An analysis of the failure of constructivist, discovery, problem-based, experiential, and inquiry based teaching.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6353305476431305581Downes makes a thorough critique of the assumptions espoused by Kirschner, Sweller, and Clark and argues with the core debate of cognitive structures that the authors build their perspective upon. He presents an exhaustive approach to constructivism and connectivism and is a must-view presentation for anyone studying the principle differences between instructivist and constructivist approaches.
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