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Daryl Bambic

Population growth explained with IKEA boxes - Gapminder.org - 1 views

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population growth

shared by Daryl Bambic on 04 Sep 10 - Cached
  • Daryl Bambic on 04 Sep 10
     
    Child survival rates is the new green.  The only way to stop population growth at 9 billion is to make sure that children everywhere have a basic level of education so they, and their countries, may enter the new age.  Hans Rolling explains this beautifully with Ikea boxes.  
Daryl Bambic

Educational Leadership:Teaching for the 21st Century:What Would Socrates Say? - 0 views

www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/sept09/vol67/num01/What-Would-Socrates-Say¢.aspx

21st_skills

shared by Daryl Bambic on 13 Nov 11 - No Cached
  • This argument rests on the premise that we learn best through data collection without the burdens of judgment and discernment.
    • Daryl Bambic
      Daryl Bambic on 13 Nov 11
       
      Do you agree with this premise?  Do you agree that the previous sentence (the argument) is based on this premise?
  • The Dumbest Generation
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  • incessant communication
  • does not lead to intellectual growth, but rather to a stunting of genuine intellectual development
  • solipsistic,
    • Daryl Bambic
      Daryl Bambic on 13 Nov 11
       
      Solipsism: means that the only thing we can really know and be sure about is the self.  All other knowledge is suspect.
  • "being online" can contribute to hyper-individualism and a sense of unearned celebrity,
  • ubiquitous
    • Daryl Bambic
      Daryl Bambic on 13 Nov 11
       
      meaning is found everywhere
  • requires literacy
  • Human society has experienced three profound social, economic, and cultural transformations—the agrarian revolution, the Industrial Revolution, and now the electronic revolution.
  • we can blend the best of our traditional intellectual linear culture—Socrates' wisdom of the 5th century BCE—with the current digital culture, creating a new learning and intellectual environment consistent with the cognitive and expressive demands of the 21st century.
    • Daryl Bambic
      Daryl Bambic on 13 Nov 11
       
      What does the author want the 21st century learner to be able to do?
  • Technical fixes to our outdated educational system are likely to be inadequate.
    • Daryl Bambic
      Daryl Bambic on 13 Nov 11
       
      What do you think the author means by technical fixes?
  • Critical reflection enables us to see the world from multiple points of view and imagine alternate outcomes
    • Daryl Bambic
      Daryl Bambic on 13 Nov 11
       
      Do you agree with his definition of critical thinking?  What else might be added to it?
  • Thinking empirically is a form of social responsibility
    • Daryl Bambic
      Daryl Bambic on 13 Nov 11
       
      Do you agree with these two paragraphs that connect empirical reasoning with abandoning the supernatural?
  • education has taken on the role of dispensing "cultural capital" to individuals on the basis of a merit system that is a camouflaged proxy for social class and social position.
    • Daryl Bambic
      Daryl Bambic on 13 Nov 11
       
      What he means is that education is more of a system for making sure the rich stay rich than for actually educating people.  The distinctions between classes is more apparent in American society than in Canadian society.
  • real basis of teamwork is the willingness to think collectively to solve common problems
  • that all knowledge is social.
  • When we think about thinking, we turn our mental pictures around ever so slowly to view them from different angles
  • multiple frames of reference
    • Daryl Bambic
      Daryl Bambic on 13 Nov 11
       
      means...different ways of looking at a problem
  • where knowledge creation is fluid, fast, and far more democratic.
  • knowledge creation
  • Wikipedi
  • we will incorporate a whole array of technological options into how, when, and where we learn. We will cease to think of technology as something that has its own identity, but rather as an extension of our minds, in much the same way that books extend our minds without a lot of fanfar
  • answers were always steps on the way to deeper questions.
  • Current high school dropout rates clearly indicate that our standardized testing regime and outdated curriculums are wasting the potential of our youth
  • f we stop thinking of schools as buildings and start thinking of learning as occurring in many different places, we will free ourselves from the conventional education model that still dominates our thinking.
  • "personal learning network,"
  • Even thoug
    • Daryl Bambic
      Daryl Bambic on 13 Nov 11
       
      I think he has some assumptions about philosophers!
  • Daryl Bambic on 13 Nov 11
     
    the 21st century mind: how are teachers educating for this?
mira ahmad

The Apathetic New Generation - CBS News - 2 views

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shared by mira ahmad on 03 Oct 10 - No Cached
  • We can't let apathy and ignorance become the status quo
    • mira ahmad
      mira ahmad on 03 Oct 10
       
      What this quote signifies is that we can't let ignorance and apathy be a reason for people not to make a difference. We need to change what's going on and make people realize the importance of several fundamental issues going on in today's world.
    • Daryl Bambic
      Daryl Bambic on 06 Oct 10
       
      Well said. The status quo - accepting things as they are and not making necessary changes- is like death because it's a state of non-growth.
  • The report found that younger people "do not understand the ideals of citizenship, they are disengaged from the political process, they lack the knowledge necessary for effective self-government, and their appreciation and support of American democracy is limited."
    • mira ahmad
      mira ahmad on 03 Oct 10
       
      Younger people don't know what's going on politically. When it comes time to vote, they won't be able to make their own decisions; they will most likely be lead to follow something that they don't truly understand.
    • Daryl Bambic
      Daryl Bambic on 06 Oct 10
       
      Do you think that it's only knowledge that they lack? Do you think that young people think their efforts won't make a difference in a 'corrupt' system?
    • mira ahmad
      mira ahmad on 24 Oct 10
       
      No, I do not think that it's the only knowledge that they lack. I was just giving an example. There are elements of corruption, but our society is always looking for change. I think that if people are really passionate, that their efforts will be worth while.
  • The baby boomers, the World War II generation and our schools have failed to teach the ideals of citizenship to young people."
  • mira ahmad on 03 Oct 10
     
    This article is useful for my project because it states facts and shows statistics that really show how younger people are unaware and apathetic towards issues that revolve around their own government. It helps us make our hypothesis of teen awareness more thorough.
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