Workshop Quality Assurance Forum 2014

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1 Workshop Quality Assurance Forum 2014

2 How do connotations of to learn and to teach influence learning and teaching? Andrea Trink Head of Quality Management Fachhochschule Burgenland - University of Applied Sciences Burgenland Austria

3 Relationship between language and thinking Die Grenzen meiner Sprache bedeuten die Grenzen meiner Welt. The limits of my language represent the limits of my world. (Wittgenstein, 1997, S. 67) Deutscher criticises the idea "dass die Sprache, die wir zufällig sprechen, ein Gefängnis ist, welches unsere Vorstellungskraft beschränkt. The language we speak is not a prison limiting our imagination. (Deutscher, 2010, S. 168)

4 Connection between language and thinking Thinking is the precondition for language But: development and use of language from one generation to the other language has an influence on our thinking as well

5 Connection between language and thinking Language = interpreting reality

6 The function of language Language = means of communication = transmitter of emotions = can be manipulating

7 The origin of the verb lernen /to learn German lernen/english to learn (intransitive) from Gothic lais I know, I have tracked originally: to follow a track From concrete to generalised meaning: follow a track to learn something new (in general )

8 The origin of the verb lehren Old High Germanic (intransitive) lēren A causative of a gotic präteritopräsens lais ich weiß/i know (I have tracked) Original meaning to make aware Thus German lehren could be interpreted as lernend machen, zum Lernen bringen (to make somebody learn, to get someone to learn) English: The transitive sense (He learned me how to read), now vulgar, was acceptable from c.12 until early 19c., from Old English læran "to teach" - literally "to make known;

9 The origin of the verb to teach Old English tæcan "to show, point out, declare, demonstrate," also "to give instruction, train, assign, direct; warn; from Proto-Germanic *taikijan "to show" the Old English word for "to teach, instruct, guide" was more commonly læran

10 The verbs to teach and to learn generate different feelings in each of us depending on our background depending on our education depending on our native language? Es lernen heißt wohl: dazu gebracht werden, daß man s kann. ( to learn something seems to mean: to make somebody be able to do something) (Wittgenstein, 1997, S. 401)

11 The verbs to teach and to learn The verb to learn means to me lifelong further education to be curious a wonderful thing

12 The verbs to teach and to learn The verb to teach means to me knowledge transfer exertion of power to inspire somebody

13 language thinking - learning Connotations might be depending on mother tongue: German: lernen Learning at school, in courses often negative memories Finnish: oppia Learning by experiences often positive memories

14 The role of Quality Assurance Audit Course evaluation Tests Teaching strategies Surveys

15 Groupwork Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 1. task 2. task 3. task 1. task 2. task 3. task 1. task 2. task 3. task presents results presents results presents results D i s k u s s i o n 15 min. each task 5-7 min. each 15 min.

16 What do the verbs to teach and to learn mean to us? What feelings/connotations do we have when thinking about the verbs to learn and to teach 15 minutes

17 A world without teaching? What would it mean if we don t need to use the verb to teach any longer? 15 minutes

18 The role of Quality Assurance How can Quality Assurance point the successful turn From teaching to learning? 15 minutes

19 Thank you!

20 Wittgenstein, Ludwig, Tractatus logico-philosophicus: Tagebücher ; Philosophische Untersuchungen, Berlin, 1997 Deutscher, Guy, Im Spiegel der Sprache. Warum die Welt in anderen Sprachen anders aussieht. München, 2010 Master Thesis: Trink, Andrea, Lebenslanges Lernen im deutschsprachigen Raum und in Finnland eine komparative Untersuchung unter Berücksichtigung der etymologischen Entwicklung ausgewählter Bildungsbegriffe, 2012