tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10313978.post114347053018073539..comments2023-11-03T06:03:50.388-07:00Comments on The Learning Circuits Blog: Gaming Classroomsjayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16271633210993298646noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10313978.post-1144363444848219122006-04-06T15:44:00.000-07:002006-04-06T15:44:00.000-07:00When I read back my comment out of context, it see...When I read back my comment out of context, it seems very flip and shallow - not, as you may assume, my intention. Let me contextualise. The organisation has 5 key themes, one of which is developing leadership with the belief that a learning management team aspiring to effectively lead the workforce will improve both organisational culture and effectiveness. The explicit features of the development activity (360 degree feedback, team building, image consultants etc) are part of a visible game and this is where identification with Clark's posting begins. Clark refers to the whole game of 'dressing appropriately, feigning interest in topics that bore me beyond belief, cramming for tests', and the games students continue to play; yet the real game is the invisible game - behaviours developed through association with that of 'successful' peers or at least those with whom we have found a positive working climate, leadership (or, for that matter, any other particular skill) developing through considered and yet organic mentoring or apprenticeship. The implicit game having explicit value.<BR/><BR/>And I still don't know whether this makes sense outside my workplace situation ...Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247411184388958358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10313978.post-1143554868976758432006-03-28T06:07:00.001-08:002006-03-28T06:07:00.001-08:00"image consultant." Sounds like the upper-bracket..."image consultant." Sounds like the upper-bracket term for a Mary Kay salesperson.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10313978.post-1143554867830191262006-03-28T06:07:00.000-08:002006-03-28T06:07:00.000-08:00Clark,The first thought that occurred to me was to...Clark,<BR/>The first thought that occurred to me was to enshrine your final paragraph and pass it on to my kids as a recipe for academic success. And valuable it is!<BR/><BR/>But your point is even more valuable. The obsession with scoring and grades makes us forget performance goals and the other key notion of identifying in some way with what we're learning. Instead it generates hypocrisy since we all know the techniques and attitude you describe are the only way to succeed, but we maintain the pretention that such fundamentally dishonest procedures are favorable to learning!Peter Isacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11345466329362975451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10313978.post-1143495263446889072006-03-27T13:34:00.000-08:002006-03-27T13:34:00.000-08:00When part of staff development involves compulsory...When part of staff development involves compulsory attendance at a session with an image consultant I would say the game has become more than sufficiently explicit n'est pas?Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247411184388958358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10313978.post-1143484130754618282006-03-27T10:28:00.000-08:002006-03-27T10:28:00.000-08:00Well put, Clark. Let's make the game more explicit...Well put, Clark. Let's make the game more explicit, since it's been implicit for years.Harold Jarchehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11462304722726586155noreply@blogger.com