Sep 20 2007
Knowledge and Wisdom …
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
You’ve probably heard it before; I heard it again on “Take on the Takeaway” this evening. But it made me smile, so I thought I’d share it! Also made me think – knowledge is knowing how to use ICT, wisdom is using it to improve learning and teaching …
I am still trying to plug the Scottish Learning Festival which ended today – I listened to a couple of their podcasts this evening, which were quite interesting. There are a lot of examples of Scottish educational terminology – I always think it’s nice to have an idea of what teachers are doing in other countries so we can share good practice. Also on the Learning and Teaching Scotland website are some videos of the speeches and interviews from the conference. I’ve linked to Mick Waters, who talks about sharing good practice between Scottish and English teachers. I’m all for it.
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I was interested to read your words about knowledge and wisdom – hopefully I can apply them. I’m about to set up a “blog francais” for my pupils – this weekend with any luck – and am visiting your blog for inspiration. I hope all is going well. JC x
Great blog! I’ll link it to the Midwheb site.
How far was it stimulated by Midwheb. I know both we and the Transforming Teachrs programme in Haringey have been promoting the idea.
I cant talk much more as I am following up all those links.
However, I like the notion of learning how to apply knowledge appropriately and in new forms. We certainly believe in this. Wisdom is also seeing knowledge in different ways and developing knowwledge. This is why I am interested in post gradaute work with teachers
Great to see you again. Good luck.
Lovely to hear from you both! Glad the Edinburgh businessman who was helping Antonio Carluccio “take on the takeaways” could prove to be so inspiring!!
This blog was one of the tasks set by the Transformation Teachers Programme, so although not directly coming from Midwheb, I’d obviously enjoyed the interaction on Midwheb – you’ll probably remember all the entries where I almost felt as if I was talking to myself! – so when I came across blogging, I obviously embraced it. I also kept a diary for many years but then stopped, so I think it’s a good practice to reflect on experiences, and here there is a specific purpose. I also like talking, and writing, and communicating in general, so blogging suits me down to the ground – although I’m never quite sure who ever reads this! (Nice to get comments occasionally!) But I think a lot of the value is for me, myself (and I?!) – it’s a reminder of what I’ve learnt, what I can do, what I’ve found that’s interesting, and a place to reflect.
Janet – I look forward to seeing your new blog soon! Hopefully it’ll remind me of my French! Hope you are enjoying work!