Sometimes people ask me why I’m writing this blog, and what my message is. As we begin another school year, I’d like to review my framework, both for myself and for anyone who is intrigued by the concept of Knowledges Interchange.

First, to answer the WHY question.  It’s not really complicated.  I have ideas that I don’t see reflected elsewhere in the popular or scholarly literature.  If you Google “Knowledges Interchange” this site is just about the only listing you’ll get.  This blog allows me to share ideas with anyone who might be interested.  It also serves as a kind of journal for me, so that my thoughts don’t disappear somewhere and fade away.  Through this blog I have been in touch with some people who share my perspective, or have related thoughts.  Yes, it’s a self-publishing exercise, but I hope it will inform the publishing of others, and perhaps lead to some transformations.

So WHAT is my message.  Above all things, it emphasizes the plurality of the collective knowledges of every species that inhabits the earth.  Our education system persists in referring to Knowledges in the singular, in the sense that “IT” must be acquired as evidence of intelligence. Let me point to the concept of Multiple Intelligences which, like my theory, argues for understanding of the many ways in which we own and demonstrate our intelligence. 

I also argue that a key way of moving forward with solving the worlds problems is to find ways of achieving interchanges of what we know.  I have made some comments about the concept of Knowledge Management, and will continue to blog about my proposition that Knowledges Interchange is a strategy which should be adopted by educators, business people, diplomats and all people who want to facilitate solutions to the terrifying mess we are in.

In the Educational Framework tab of this blog, I have provided some principles in the emerging framework: