New Possibilities for Education and Human Development: the Brain Science Approach
Date Issued
2016
Date
2016
Author(s)
Chang, Chi-Wei
Abstract
Research discourse: Everyone has different feeling towards difficulty, but in some cases, the difficulty of courses, work, and production activities is unilaterally decided by the authorities based on their subjective feelings. The main focus of this research is ultra-open learning. The ultra-open learning theory criticizes contemporary single-mode educational environment: each person nowadays has different learning method, but all people belong to the same frame. For example, teachers and parents have the right to guide; most teachers and parents seem to have different teaching method, but in fact, they all use conventional things as their teaching methods; all students today are controlled by the rules set by their teachers or parents, and even if they are taught with flipped teaching, ability- and interest-oriented teaching, or homeschooling, teachers and parents are still the one who possess the right to guide. The students are trapped in the single-mode environment, so the chance of producing talents is low. The study aims at “increasing the chance of producing talents” and creates the ultra-open learning theory. The range of ultra-open learning is larger than that of open-learning; the meaning of ultra-open learning is slightly different from that of open learning, because the environment of ultra-open learning includes open-learning and conventional learning rather than only conventional learning. Although the chance of producing talents is low in single-mode conventional educational environment, the ultra-open environment still needs conventional education for the following reasons: 1. Some people are suitable for conventional education; 2. Ultra-open environment needs a variety of learning methods (a variety of possibilities), and it can even increase the chance of producing talents by utilizing the interaction between different possibilities. Open learning is incompatible with conventional learning (that is, conventional conservative learning is not allowed in the open learning system), so the ultra-open learning system that includes conventional conservative learning is opener than open learning system. The tolerance of ultra-open learning system enables countless people to learn as they wish; in the priority and uncontrolled position, everyone is free to design his own learning combination, which is consistent with human rights. The principle of the ultra-open learning theory in this study is similar to that of the multiuniverse theory: just like there are many bubbles in the beer, there are so many universes in the hyperspace that “in a certain amount of universes, the operation mode of physical constants is consistent and can produce life.” In conclusion, the study suggests that everyone should base on his feeling or judgment towards the difficulty of courses or production activities not only to design his own learning combination or conduct his own work and production activities but also to create an ultra-open environment for everyone to freely design his own learning combination – that is, to serve a bottle of beer with lots of bubbles!
Subjects
Genius
Ultra-open learning
Open education
Conventional education
Brain plasticity
SDGs
Type
thesis