Ladder of Participation…this model is intended to convey the stages of citizen’s power and control (beginning with manipulation, and ending with citizen control). The ladder translates to teaching and learning. Many courses are structured to give the instructor control (treating the learners as “objects” to be manipulated into a place of “right thinking and knowing”). Moving up the ladder, however, learners gain control over their learning.
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Ladder of Participation
elearnspace points to an article by David Wilcox, Ladder of Participation now available online. That further points to an updated version of the Ladder itself. This ladder describes how people participate in society, from not at all to full …