Jenny Mackness

No- not off base Barb. That's a great description of how emergent learning and prescriptive learning rub along beside each other, even in situations where you would expect prescriptive learning to dominate.  A really helpful example. Thanks

Hi Phillip - many thanks for all these ideas. I am interested that you mention studies in neuroplasticity. Do you have any more information about this you could share?

Thanks Deidre for explaining where you think emergent learning fits into relation to medical situations. I like the idea of emergent experiences and I'm now wondering how they differ from emergent learning. Stil thinking..... :-)

Goodness Deidre - homeschooling and working full time - that's quite something! I can see why the school system didn't work for your daughter. She must have been far too much of her own person for them to cope with - but paradoxically this is what we want from education, isn't it?

Hi Sylvia - I have to say that my immediate reponse is that I'm not sure what you are trying to get at. If I wanted to be pedantic, I could question what 'it' means in this context. So - what do I think about when I read this phrase? I am confused. But this is not necessarily a bad thing and maybe what you want?