What do we Know?

What do we KNOW about teaching and learning theories? How do we know?

Well, similar to another post in the class on this issue I feel we don't Know very much at all about anything. We knew the earth was flat once. We knew earth was the center of the universe once. So to talk about what we know is difficult. Perhaps we can discuss was appears to be consistently true right now for us. Even if we loosen up the definition of "know" we don't get anywhere. There are so many theories about learning and teaching we cant really discuss what we know. Heck, we have a hard enough time just defining what teaching and learning are. And what we would know about them would alter depending upon just how we define them.

But enough of that. That is my real response, but here it is for the average Joe. We know we can teach. We know we can learn. We know these things involve tools and communication. We know Learning always involves a teacher, even if the teacher is a book, computer, or the learner themselves. That is about it. Everything else seems up in the air for me.