Steve Wheeler, the author of this post argues that “often a mistake to try to represent complex ideas in the form of simplistic diagrams,” and goes on to suggest that Bloom, so much hailed as a model of thinking, requires serious revision in a “digital age.”
He goes on to state in Bloom Reheated (the significance of the title is in the blog post – ergo, read it) that “We need to find ways to nurture the agile, flexible, critical and creative learners we desperately need in our communities today.”
All agreed. No problem – except that how do I work with students to give them effective models of learning that will stand them in good stead in a classroom? There might be holes in the Bloom taxonomy (not least, for me, its pyramid structure) but it is still very current, (as in this guidance on University Learning Outcomes), and does allow students to think about how they teach, how their pupils learn; it is an effective tool for the reflective teacher who wants to move beyond “you do what works.”
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