Comments on: Debunking Dale Cone’s Pyramid http://chrislott.org/story/debunking-dale-cones-pyramid/ Musings on education, techology, and life.. Sun, 04 Jul 2010 16:19:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Doug Noon http://chrislott.org/story/debunking-dale-cones-pyramid/comment-page-1/#comment-116308 Doug Noon Fri, 16 Nov 2007 02:03:25 +0000 http://www.chrislott.org/2007/11/15/debunking-dale-cones-pyramid/#comment-116308 When I was a swimming instructor, I used to joke about how it would be if we tried teaching people to swim by demonstrating what to do, and having them take notes. You're correct, that we all recognize the value of experience in learning. The argument against the Cone of Experience presented there could be characterized as the <a href="http://atheism.about.com/library/glossary/general/bldef_appearance.htm" rel="nofollow">appearance vs. reality</a> challenge. I like to use the same tactic when people talk about "learning" as if it was s monolithic concept that can be easily generalized. It's tough to make any claims about learning if you don't clearly define what that is. When I was a swimming instructor, I used to joke about how it would be if we tried teaching people to swim by demonstrating what to do, and having them take notes.

You’re correct, that we all recognize the value of experience in learning. The argument against the Cone of Experience presented there could be characterized as the appearance vs. reality challenge. I like to use the same tactic when people talk about “learning” as if it was s monolithic concept that can be easily generalized. It’s tough to make any claims about learning if you don’t clearly define what that is.

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