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.
Posted by gsiemens at November 22, 2004 03:38 PM