Charla de John D. Falk y Lynn Dierking (Oregon State University) en el curso sobre Aprendizaje por libre elección dictado a educadores de museos de Colombia (with permission). Por traducir con su colaboración.

1. Professor John H. Falk
Professor Lynn D. Dierking
Oregon State University
USA

2.  We live in a Learning Society
 Learning is 24 – 7 – 52 – 80+
 Learning is rapidly becoming integral to all
aspects of life – work and leisure – with the
boundaries becoming ever more blurred

3. Learning, Education &
School are NOT
synonyms!

4.  Children spend 85% of their waking hours
outside of school.
 Over a lifetime, less than 3% of our time is
spent participating in formal instruction.
 Most of what we learn, we learn through free-
choice learning.

5. 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
LIFE SPAN
11:00
PM
7:00
PM
3:00
PM
11:00
AM
7:00
AM
TIME
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S
2
4
6
8
10
12
K-12
College

6. Free-choice learning is learning that is guided by a
person's needs and interests.
People engage in free-choice learning throughout
their lives to find out more about what they find
useful, compelling or just plain interesting.

7. 1. 76% Books, magazines, not for school
2. 74% Life Experiences
74% Television
3. 68% School courses
4. 65% Science Museums, Zoos & Aquariums
5. 57% On the job
6. 55% Family and Friends
7. 31% Radio
8. 10% Internet (NOTE: 3% in 1997)

8. 1. 43% Free-Choice Learning
2. 34% School
3. 23% Work-related

9. INDIVIDUAL
Internet
Print Media
(Books,
Magazines,
Newspapers
Workplace
Community
Organizations
Friends &
Family
Electronic Media
(TV, radio, film)
Schools &
Universities
Faith-based
Organizations
Museums

10.  Learning begins with the individual.
 Learning involves others.
 Learning takes place somewhere.
 Learning occurs over time.

12. Personal Context
 Expectations and Motivations
 Prior Knowledge and Experience
 Prior Interest
 Perceived Choice and Control
SocioCultural Context
 Interactions Within Own Social Group
 Interactions With Staff & Other Visitors
 Cultural values related to leisure and learning
Physical Context
 Orientation & Advance Organizers
 Characteristics of the Physical Setting
 Design of Educational Elements
 Subsequent Reinforcing Experiences

13. The illiterate of the twenty-first
century will not be those who
cannot read and write, but those
who cannot learn, unlearn, and
relearn.
Alvin Toffler

14. Links
 John H. Falk, Ph.D. more
 Lynn D. Dierking, Ph.D. more
 Oregon Sea Grant - Free-Choice Learning
faculty
 Oregon U. Science and mathematics education
Ph.D. Program
 The Institute for Learning Innovation