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jean-marie nau

Dreaming boosts learning and creativity › News in Science (ABC Science) - 1 views

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learning boosts dreaming

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  • jean-marie nau on 20 Dec 10
     
    "US researchers have discovered taking a nap while studying works even better if you dream about what you are trying to learn."
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  • jean-marie nau on 20 Dec 10
     
    we should have a course on this.... if not, we can always practice in one of the classes...
  • Cecile Dupire on 10 Jan 11
     
    Students have now a valid excuse when it comes to napping in class :) I also woule say that we should ask for a room with beds at the Uni, as it would help students to learn better !! Blague à part, c'est souvent le cas quand je travaille longuement sur un papier juste avant d'aller me coucher, que je continue de rêver de cela, ce qui aide dans l'avancée de mon papier. Certaines personnes ont également relevé le fait qu'elles peuvent se réveiller en sursaut au milieu de la nuit car elles viennent en rêvant de découvrir la réponse aux questions qu'ils se posent dans leur travail.. comme quoi, il ne fallait plus que des chercheurs pour confirmer ce que l'on savait déjà!
  • Diana Alves on 11 Jan 11
     
    Je suis d'accord Cécile, mais c'est quand même très intéressant de voir qu'il ya des rechercheurs qui affirment qu'on doit dormir plus... :) car moi, j'utilize l'argument, mais personne me croit. :)
  • Lucas Eaton on 18 Jan 11
     
    interesting one. I have never crammed all night for an exam I think. I always try to get enough sleep and it certainly pays off. If I don't feel ready before I go to bed, I don't care, I value the sleep more. Interesting about the dreaming part, but I also know that when those things are floating around in your head, well that prevents me from sleeping. I wish I could dream about it.
  • Sarah Moser on 03 Feb 12
     
    I defenitely agree with Lucas. According to me, many of us are not aware of how important getting enough sleep is for our learning and creativity. I know many people,who are saying that they are 'night-people' and prefer to study until late rather than getting up an hour early in the morning to finish work. My personal experience showed me that I am not only more creative but also faster in learning after sleeping. In a world, in which everything goes faster and faster we might need to give our brains even more time to rest than some hundred years ago. I can imagine that dreaming about the task while taking a nap helps to improve the learning after waking up. However, being able to switch off completely without 'thinking' about the task within the dream might help to even better relax.
  • Bonnie Chung on 06 Feb 12
     
    I have never experienced dreaming about what I am trying to learn while taking a nap. If it can really boost learning and creativity, I would really like to try it. But, it is something beyond my control. In spite of that, power napping is always good. I would like to share a link which shows ten benefits of power napping. Some benefits are, for example, improving memory and learning, boosting creativity and increasing cognitive functioning, etc. http://ririanproject.com/2007/09/05/10-benefits-of-power-napping-and-how-to-do-it/
jean-marie nau

Learning by doing: Preparation of Bahá'í nonformal tutors - Closson - 2012 - ... - 0 views

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learning doing bahá í tutors

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  • jean-marie nau on 18 Mar 12
     
    This chapter describes the development of a Bahá'í international adult education program designed so that community service is both process and outcome. Particular emphasis is on the preparation of adult tutors.
Sven A. Miller

What Americans Keep Ignoring About Finland's School Success - Anu Partanen - National -... - 4 views

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school learning development research tools education sociology psychology equity equality reform pisa success

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  • Since the 1980s, the main driver of Finnish education policy has been the idea that every child should have exactly the same opportunity to learn, regardless of family background, income, or geographic location. Education has been seen first and foremost not as a way to produce star performers, but as an instrument to even out social inequality.
  • Yet Sahlberg doesn't think that questions of size or homogeneity should give Americans reason to dismiss the Finnish example. Finland is a relatively homogeneous country -- as of 2010, just 4.6 percent of Finnish residents had been born in another country, compared with 12.7 percent in the United States. But the number of foreign-born residents in Finland doubled during the decade leading up to 2010, and the country didn't lose its edge in education. Immigrants tended to concentrate in certain areas, causing some schools to become much more mixed than others, yet there has not been much change in the remarkable lack of variation between Finnish schools in the PISA surveys across the same period.
  • Sven A. Miller on 03 Jan 12
     
    Decades ago, when the Finnish school system was badly in need of reform, the goal of the program that Finland instituted, resulting in so much success today, was never excellence. It was equity.
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  • Luciele Milani on 09 Jan 12
     
    Sven, Equity is a nobel goal, in any sense. In my country politicians also say that but never provide the resources to accomplish such a goal in education. They compete on who is increasing the own bank account faster but money for education is never availeble. The salaries of the teachers and professors are very low and despite the good will of certain people involved in education we are far from obtaining equality. And I particularly think countries like the USA like it and would like to keep it this way. If the young population of Brazil were well educated we would take over the USA power. We have resources, we have industry and we have a huge population willing to work, and many wanting to change the world for a better, more cultivated, more respectuos and less consumist and selfish one. Equity in education in Brazil would change the whole world....for better!
  • asimpson321 on 03 Feb 12
     
    I think we cannot just look at the education system alone to consider if it is successful. The overall environment and peoples' effort in making equality works in their country are also important. If education system is just a mean to an end to achieve high score in PISA, it is not so difficult to do so. However, what exactly is the function of an education system in society is important.
  • Bonnie Chung on 06 Feb 12
     
    I admire Finland's intensive teacher-training and union collaboration. I think it is one of the important keys to the educational success. Of course, equity for students is very important. But, it is not enough to make the success. I would like to share a link which shows what Finland's Minister of Education says about their excellent teacher-training and union collaboration. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/justin-snider/keys-to-finnish-education_b_836802.html
anonymous

Boundary-Crossing Competence: Theoretical Considerations and Educational De... - 0 views

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Boundary-Crossing Competence netwroked expertise

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  • anonymous on 28 Nov 10
     
    This article provides a conceptual account and empirical analyses of the development of boundary-crossing competence-the ability to function competently in multiple contexts-using representative cases from two after-school programs with immigrant and low-socioeconomic status students. Our findings suggest that organizational designs that create networks of related communities of practice can provide opportunities for nondominant students to develop boundary-crossing competences through participation in expanded, horizontal-rather than hierarchal-systems of what Moll and colleagues have called "networked expertise." These new directions in understanding competence have important implications for improving learning designs for nondominant students.
  • anonymous on 28 Nov 10
     
    Make sure you're logged in Bibnet.lu.
Diana Alves

Activity Theory in Practice: Promoting Learning Across Boundaries and Agencies - 1 views

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  • Diana Alves on 11 Jan 11
     
    Here you find the abstract, the authors biography and the subjects discussed in a book from Daniels, H., Edwards, A., Engeström, Y.ö, Gallagher, T., Ludvigsen. You have probably seen this book already. But for those who haven't: take a look and read the abstract. I guess it is a very important book when it comes to "activity theory" and "learning across boundaries". You can find it in the Bibliotheque à Walferdange. Have fun :)
Miriam Martinez

Embodied Child. Computer Interaction. Why embodiment matters - 1 views

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boundary crossing learning multi-learn-tra education

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  • Miriam Martinez on 16 Jan 11
     
    The author present the interaction of children with media tools. Understanding the concept of "Embodiment means how the nature of a living entity's cognition is shaped by the form of its physical manifestation in the world" As we saw the theory is basis in the believe that the nature of the human mind is largely determined by the form of the human body. Then, Dividing the cognition then in Spatial, Physical and finally Metaphorical. Moreover the Embodied Child were analysed by the interaction with the computer, categorizing in Input design, interface design and interaction design.
anola brace

Contexts, boundary zones and boundary objects in lifelong learning - 13 views

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learning boundary context lifelong

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  • Charles MAX on 30 Oct 09
     
    Intersting article related to core concepts of the course
  • anola brace on 08 Jan 11
     
    I am sorry I put by mistake the same article :))
  • anola brace on 08 Jan 11
     
    I have saved this link, I thought I have saved because I want to post it here, apparently I wanted to read it, sorry
Sven A. Miller

News: Wikipedia Aims Higher - Inside Higher Ed - 1 views

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school Social media communication education learning development research tools Wikipedia university accuracy reliability open source sharing workload project task

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  • Beyond grades, the fact that students are producing work that will be scrutinized by the public, not just a professor, heightens the incentive to do good work, several professors noted. Several reported that their students sent links to their entries to their parents — something they never did with papers.
  • “time-suck,”
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      Sven A. Miller on 12 Jul 11
       
      This is an acute problem - also within the MA!!!
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  • all these metacognitive process that we have such a hard time teaching
  • — and in this case actually defend yourself
  • It is going take time for … students who are less tech-savvy to be able to move on
  • sacrifice parts of his syllabus and devote about two full class periods to teaching students the technical ins and outs of writing and editing in Wikipedia and communicating with other editors
  • Sven A. Miller on 12 Jul 11
     
    Two dozen universities now have courses where students are working on Wikipedia as part of their formal coursework. Many of those campuses have "Wikipedia ambassadors" tasked with helping professors weave writing and editing Wikipedia entries into the syllabus. Even Ferriero's office at the National Archives and Records Administration now employs a "Wikipedian in residence" in charge of fostering relationships with galleries, libraries, archives and museums.
  • asimpson321 on 03 Feb 12
     
    Interesting! If it is a good piece of work,it doesn't matter whether it is judged by one professor/public. It does matter what students learn during the process and how they can improve their work further.
Bereti Dóra

When Does Learning in Games Generate Convergence to Nash Equilibria? - 2 views

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  • chakayek on 08 Jan 12
     
    I did not have time to read it completely, but it was useful for me because I could find some good resource in its reference. BUT there is something strange in the title of this paper, and the abstract did not explain it. The problem is that it seems the paper assumes that the Nash Equilibria exists in all sorts of game!!! There are many games that do not converge to Nash Equilibria. So those games never generates Convergence to NE. I don't know if there is an explanation in the paper or not, but at least the title has this problem.
jean-marie nau

Current Research Projects // Science of Generosity // University of Notre Dame - 0 views

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multi-learn-tra research science generosity

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  • jean-marie nau on 02 Dec 10
     
    if you are interested in virtues
jean-marie nau

LazosLearning Association - Constructing a Conceptual Framework for Social Action - 1 views

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lazoslearning constructing spirituality global education learning

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  • jean-marie nau on 20 Dec 10
     
    "Constructing a Conceptual Framework for Social Action explores a framework within which an individual concerned with the transformation of society acts and reflects on action. "
  • jean-marie nau on 20 Dec 10
     
    relevant to the course: transforming universities within and without
anonymous

http://lchc.ucsd.edu/mca/Paper/ISCARkeyEngestrom.pdf - 7 views

Thanks for this post Dora, a very interesting one. When I was in Helsinki last summer, Engeström said that we need new vocabularly in order explain emerging forms of communities as it is the case f...

boundary crossing activity theory development mechanisms

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jean-marie nau

CGIE | Center for Global Integrated Education - 0 views

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learning education global spirituality

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    "We promote, develop, supply and support educational programs, studies, products and services that could introduce and address a new system of integrated education in collaboration with individuals and organizations who are dedicated to providing a comprehensive education to children worldwide."
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