I.     Challenge for one’s own development
        A.    FACTORS
               1.  Independent people & own responsibility:
                    Making vital interconnections between  human being and essential content
               2.  Learner carries something from encounters
               3.  Evaluation:  expected human competence
        B.    IMPORTANCE TO EDUCATORS
               1.  Need to practice their disciplines vs reveal it
                    Teachers are not preachers
               2.  Realistic outcomes for learners
                    Use of content & skills in natural settings
      C.    ESSENCE
              Educational expectations = human competence goals
      D.   IMPLICATION TO EDUCATION
           1.    Contexts:  Professional program, class, methods
           2.    No choice: requirements over human competence
           3.    Teaching and learning:  vital interaction
           4.   Model for students expectations for content/skills
           5.   Use their experiences for content orientations
           6.    Focus curriculum as per a single child
                 Critical question:  Benefit of content to person?

                 CONCEPTUALIZATIONS
    A.   INTEGRATION:  CONTENT + OWN EXPERIENCES
            Continuing challenge for individuals:  Student & Teacher
            Model one’s conceptualizations about content / context
     B.    CONCEPTUALIZATION
            Basis for drawing information from texts / people
     C.    ANALYSIS
        Information; leads to facilitating unification into new conceptualizations
     D.   INVOLVEMENT OF STUDENTS
            Increasing rate and levels of thinking
            Establish meaningful contexts of learning

               TEACHER:  FOUNDATIONS
            1.   Competent in subject matter:  Conceptualization / Content
                    Related to the real world
                    Consistent with the process of learning
                    Capability to design, implement & evaluate curriculum
             2.    Reflective:  Content, conceptualizations, learning process, human aspirations, etc.
             3.    Essential sequence:
                    Conceptualization, Select content, Conceptualize learning, Design learning activities,
                     Facilitate, Monitor, Respond to messages, Evaluate, Induce generalization / transfer

            STUDENT:  FOUNDATIONS
            GOAL:  COMPETENCE AS HUMAN BEING
            1.   Competent in subject matter:  All levels / domains
                    Related to the real world
                    Consistent with one’s unique world view, experiences
             2.    Reflective \ Self-awareness
             3.    Capable of integration:  Content / skills with life
             4.    Uses own images, experiences and competencies in new learning
             5.    Willing to take risks / Intuitive
             6.    Develops perspectives; hypotheses; tests & evaluates
             7.    Transfers learning to underlying competence
 
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