Why do we have to be
lifelong learners?
When we get a new phone, car, TV, game, toy, any appliance
Driving a car
Riding a motorbike
Driving a forklift
Becoming a tradesperson
Moving house
Going on holidays
Buying a house – borrowing money
Starting a new job
Taking up a new hobby – craft, sport, etc etc
Tracing family history
Understanding the news
Meeting new people and making friends.
When we get sick
When someone dies
Moving out of home
Travelling
Visiting a new place
Doing something new – anything!
Going to hospital
Going on a train, plane or hot air balloon
Going on a ride at the show.
When we are in conflict with someone and we want to sort it
out.
It could be argued that our attitude towards new and different
things is based on our attitude towards learning.
Hear hear! Well said, well communicated :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Nikki - I could have added academic learning as well, but that's not for all of us and I'm working on a way to make lifelong learning a real and authentic concept for our community. :-)
DeleteIt's so true Ang - lifelong learning applies to everything we do every day and if we can position (or reposition) ourselves as learners then it makes the quest more accessible.
DeleteYou forgot the most important thing Angela! Knowing how to order a pizza via the Internet using your mobile phone!
ReplyDeleteOr a cab....love it! And the old interwebs pizza order ain't made it to Shepparton yet. Lol
DeleteYikes! You mean you have to actually walk into a shop and order it over the counter! That's like ... like ... having to write with one of those ... what did they call them?? ... oh yes, pens!
Deleteat some time, at some stage in our life, even the most mundane tasks or actions were new, we HAD to be risk takers at some level to get to where we are now. As adults, we can choose to keep learning, take risks, or stick our head ..... but whatever we choose to do, time will not wait and change will produce more change.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely true Chris. With regard to digital technologies being a risk taker is essential. I was involved in a Twitter discussion a couple of weeks back when someone said that it is not always good to be first. That may be so in certain circumstances, but there is also a risk that we may be the last. For example, if someone does not have a mobile phone now I find it irritating; they are so much harder to contact. Many teachers act like social networking is new. Facebook was launched in 2004. Geocities and Tripod.com were popular in the mid 1990s. So the question is no longer who will be first - that boat sailed a long time ago!
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