Confusing: Learning how to Learn--of three ways of learning how to learn: learning how to become better student, learning how to construct knowledge, and learning how to be a self-directing learning, I thought the goals and methods for a self-directed learning in life and as student to be a tad bit confusing. While I understood the overall goad, I somewhat struggled with the method used, especially autodidaxy, a little hard to comprehend. I did get something out of this section. I had a thought of having my student buy a journal and bring to class and at the beginning/end of class spend 5 minutes reflecting on what they have learned and what they can do with the information they have learned-how did it connect with previous things we've learned, how does it make you think about the human experience on a whole, essentially--going through Fink's taxonomy in the present context of what was learned.

Significant (3): Fink did a really great job here! He went more in depth to Bloom's cognitive taxonomy: evaluation, synthesis, analysis, application, comprehension, and knowledge, and introduced new taxonomy as a way to make significant learning: foundation knowledge, application, integration, human dimension, caring, and learning how to learn. While I agree with Bloom's taxonomy, I know come to the realization that it is very basic in nature, while Fink its more applicable to making sure that students not only acquire the information but see the value in the information that they've acquired. The author does a great job at goin in depth, providing examples of each. Reading through it, I see how I can incorporate these taxonomy into my learning outcome to ensure that my students learn and they understand how they too can learn from integrating and connecting the general and foundational knowledge learned earlier to becoming more critically, practical, and creative thinkers-the fundaments to creating a significant learning experience.