Video Games, Authority, and Problem-based Thinking

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Ulises Mejias[Edit][Delete]: Video Games, Authority, and Problem-based Thinking, i d e a n t [Edit][Delete] September 1, 2006

Ulises Mejias is talking about online games, but his critique of rationalism is delicious: "The thing with rationalism is that it inverts the problem-solution relation in such a way that only problems that have solutions it can handle are made relevant. Problems, in other words, are subordinated to solutions." Quite right. Now consider this observation in the light of the current testing and outcomes phenomenon. More...