“Learning by being”: integrated thinking and competencies to mark the difference from AIs

Carlo Giovannella
pp.  8 – 26, download
(https://doi.org/10.55612/s-5002-057-001)

Abstract

In this position paper, starting from the concept of competence and highlighting how competence frameworks always underlie a model of the individual’s operativeness in a specific context, an educational model is proposed in which scientific thinking and design thinking – both of which can be enhanced by computational thinking – are integrated. This model is associated with an integrated competence space and the development of a new paradigm – ‘learning by being’ – aimed at the harmonious development of the learner; a competency-based paradigm that could favor the transformation of the “factory-school” model introduced following the industrial revolution and help the human to mark its difference with the “artificial intelligences” (AIs).

Keywords: Integrated thinking, Integrated space of competencies, Learning by being, Competence-based learning.

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