At 07:52 06-10-1998 -0500, Elke Sanz wrote:
> I do not think that education
>and learning are exclusive, there is learning in education, but maybe not
>the type of learning that makes a LO.
>
Neither do I, Elke. And I also agree that there is a lot of "learning"
done at the Universities, by teachers, investigators and students.
But I think it is mainly "individual learning" and not so much
"organizational learning", or even "cooperative learning". This has many
negative side effects after students complete their degrees.
Maybe the situation is different in other countries, but what I find in
these days in latin Europe (not only in my country, but also in Spain,
France or Italy) is that, when they complete the degree, students have two
"options": either they continue at the University to "study" for a master,
or a PhD (and they never develop a profession in the "world outside", nor
really "grow up"), or they "profissionalize" and "stop learning". I think
it should be a responsality of the University to reverse this type of
situation, and I believe that becoming more close to "an organization that
learns" could be a mesure ( between others ) in that direction.
Rgds
Artur
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