Learning Framework - Bloom's Taxonomy

In 1956, Benjamin Bloom led a comittee of colleges in identifying domains or categories of educational activities. These domains were

• Cognitive - mental skills (knowledge)
• Affective - growth in feelings or emotional areas (attitude)
• Psychomotor - manual or physical (skills)

Bloom's Taxonomy follows the thinking process of humans. Before a person is able to understand a concept,they first must remember what had been taught. Therefore knowledge cannot be applied if the concepts were not first understood.

In the mid-nineties a former student of Bloom, Lorin Anderson revised the cognitive domain in the Learning Taxonomy. The two main prominent changes were

1. changing the names in the six categories from nouns to verbs
2. rearrange the wording slightly

Below is a diagram illustrating these changes:

http://edtechvision.org/?p=123

The Bloom's Revised Taxonomy is believed to reflect a more active form of thinking.

As educators move into the 21st century technology and othe forms of ICTs are becoming more prevalent in classrooms. to cater for this change Bloom's Taxonomy as be revised to become Bloom's Digital Taxonomy. This now includes verbs that relate to all forms of technology.

http://lifelonglearnerrhonda.wordpress.com/tag/educational-technology/

Advantages

• relevant to all types of learning
• concepts which mske up Bloom's is relevant for planning and design in all educational levels
• serves as a template for evaluation

The diagram below demonstartes how the Web 2.0 tools fit within the domains of Bloom's Taxonomy.

http://www.usi.edu/distance/bdt.htm

As this information shows how every KlA  and information taught to our future students fits within Bloom's Taxonomy fits.

References

http://www.businessballs.com/bloomstaxonomyoflearningdomains.htm

http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/hrd/bloom.html