What is old becomes new again

Remember how your mother, father, or grandparents would always talk about how things that are in style today like sayings, hairstyles, clothing trends were in style back when they were young? That's the image that comes to mind when I read about the "new" teaching models that are popular today. For instance, Herrington and Standen state that "little credence is now given to learning theories that propose that learning is no more than the transmission of a body of knowledge from teacher to student." (p.196) And we are reminded in our reading and the presentation that the way knowledge was transferred "back in the day" was through apprenticeships. In fact, I always find it interesting that the same verbiage is still in use today: lawyers practice law, doctors practice medicine, because that is how they learned and, quite frankly, how they still learn today. Theories today support the notion that knowledge should be transferred through real-world experiences; authentic experiences. Experiences that are relevant and provide the appropriate context for students to learn. The Cognitive Apprenticeship appears to be a process that can help educators achieve the goal of teaching by modeling and coaching and letting the students take more control over their own learning process. It will be interesting to see if anyone chooses this model and has the ability, nay, talent, to make this model web-based.