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Putnam (2001) on social capital
"This paper starts with a discussion of definitions of social capital, then turns to issues in measurement, and finally, presents some evidence on the consequences of social capital" (¶ 1 [PDF]). Putnam, R. (2001). Social capital: Measurement and consequences. Canadian Journal of Policy Research, 2(1), 41-51. Retrieved from https://search.oecd.org/edu/innovation-education/1825848.pdf
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BBC Two - The Secret War on Terror, Episode 1
"This episode looks at how the West became involved in abductions, secret prisons and even torture...."
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WCAJ 8th Symposium Program.pdf
Final program for symposium at Tsuda College, 2016.03.05
Sunday, April 17, 2016
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Sunday, April 10, 2016
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The Two Worlds of Learning Analytics | EDUCAUSE
- But is this really what we want? And who should get access to such combined data? For starters, course faculty should not have access to students' academic backgrounds and performance outside of their courses, as such information could easily bias grading decisions.9 On the reverse side of the coin, university administrators should not have access to individual course grading data, as it is not their business to interfere with faculty conducting their courses.
- In the case of learning analytics, the personal touch — supported by the data collected about students — could make the real difference in their success.
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“Photos For Class” Is My Favorite Site For Finding Images | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…
Larry Ferlazzo's "'go-to' site" (2016.02.20).
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Recording lectures: legal considerations | Jisc
"Clarifying the legal aspects of recording lectures at UK further and higher education institutions."
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Screencast demonstration of quotation, paraphrase, and reference composition techniques by Trey Erwin (2015)
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Kortmann, Bernd, & Lunkenheimer, Kerstin (eds.). (2013). The Electronic World Atlas of Varieties of English. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. (Available online at http://ewave-atlas.org, Accessed on 2016-04-05.)
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http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0024/002437/243713e.pdf
"This policy paper, released for International Mother Language Day, argues that being taught in a language other than their own can negatively impact children’s learning. It shows the importance of teacher training and inclusive supporting materials to improve the learning experience of these children, and provide them with a resilient path of achievement in life" (¶3).
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"[T]his review will focus on the iOS iPad version of Duolingo, Apple's 2013 App of the year (Duolingo, 2014) in English (L1) with French as the target language (L2)" (Overview, ¶2)."
- Target users of the app would be autonomous users with some existing level of motivation or curiosity for language study who are seeking to refresh basic skills
- Target Use, ¶1: Spot on!
- The Duolingo app is probably best used as a supplement to other language learning materials that offer more contextualized authentic language use
- Target Use, ¶2: Positive spin!
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Sunday, April 03, 2016
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http://jalt-publications.org/archive/proceedings/2001/060.pdf
Takaki, N., & Laskowski, T. (2002). An on-going study investigating teacher thinking of JTEs: A tale of two teaching cultures. In M. Swanson & D. McMurray (Eds.), _JALT2001 Conference Proceedings_. Tokyo, JP: JALT.
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http://jalt-publications.org/archive/proceedings/2004/E99.pdf
Sato, K., Takaki, N., Okada, C., Takahashi, K., Yamashita, R., & Serikawa, H. (2005). Lifelong Teacher Learning through a Collaborative Study Group. In K. Bradford-Watts, C. Ikeguchi, & M. Swanson (Eds.), _JALT2004 Conference Proceedings_. Tokyo, JP: JALT.
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http://jalt-publications.org/archive/proceedings/2006/E136.pdf
Sato, K., Cholewinski, M., Cornwell, S., Heigham, J., Kiyokawa, S., & Takaki, N. (2007). Communities of supportive professionals: Creating a teacher learning community through professional development. In K. Bradford-Watts (Ed.), _JALT2006 Conference Proceedings_. Tokyo: JALT.
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Identity Theft Recovery Steps | IdentityTheft.gov
"IdentityTheft.gov is the federal government’s one-stop resource for identity theft victims. The site provides streamlined checklists and sample letters to guide you through the recovery process."
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What is Media Literacy? - EdTechReview™ (ETR)
The ETR editorial team defines it as "a set of competencies that enable people to analyze, evaluate, and create messages in a wide variety of media modes, genres, and formats" (¶1, 2016.03.30), then draws on a P21 framework and two videos to amplify that definition.
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Apply to a U.S. Online Graduate Program as an International Student - US News
"Though the specifics vary across programs, international applicants should ensure that they meet all their requirements and apply to a school that caters to students from overseas by taking these five considerations into account" (¶3).
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"Looking Back: This Past Year after the Earthquake is a collection of accounts written by the students of Rikuzentakata City Kesen Junior High School in 2012, one year after the 3.11 Great Eastern Japan Earthquake. In its original Japanese form it was distributed to the families of the children, Rikuzentakata City Hall, and the local library. "
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Forest Service seeks to silence Smokey the Bear over fracking - Waging Nonviolence
- LaRoe ‘s culture-jam appropriation of Smokey is permissible under the fair-use exemption to exclusive copyright ownership
- this is not the first time the Forest Service has sought to silence environmentalists for appropriating Smokey’s image
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Sunday, March 20, 2016
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http://www.olt.gov.au/resource-student-assessment-learning-and-after-courses-uts-2010
Boud et al. (2010) Assessment 2020: Seven Propositions for Assessment Reform in Higher Education. Retrieved from http://www.olt.gov.au/resource-student-assessment-learning-and-after-courses-uts-2010
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Pauses can make or break a conversation -- ScienceDaily
"Long pauses can make speech difficult to understand, but short pauses can be highly beneficial. This is shown in a new doctoral thesis in linguistics from the University of Gothenburg."University of Gothenburg. (2015, September 30). Pauses can make or break a conversation. ScienceDaily. Retrieved March 18, 2016 from www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/09/150930110555.htmThe actual dissertation is here: http://hdl.handle.net/2077/39346
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The Best Websites For Learning About Natural Disasters | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…
"In order to make it on this list, the sites have to be accessible to English Language Learners and also provide engaging content."
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Higher Education in the Connected Age | EDUCAUSE
- For our learners and scholars, "connecting the dots" is critical. Scholars from multiple disciplines may need to collaborate to find answers to "grand challenge" questions such as those affecting the environment or health issues.
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Sea Surface Temperature | Climate Change | US EPA
This page dated 2015 provided graphs and data on sea surface temperature changes since 1880.
Sunday, March 13, 2016
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W3Schools Online Web Tutorials
W3Schools Online Web Tutorials (W3Schools.com) sported a banner claiming to be "the world's largest web developer site" (2016.03.12). It included numerous examples, tutorials, and references for web page development. HTML CSS JavaScript DOM jQuery ASP PHP SQL XML Bootstrap Web W3C tutorials programming development training learning quizzes primers lessons reference examples source code colors demos tips w3c
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Typographic Readability and Legibility - Envato Tuts+ Web Design Article
"This post is part of a series called A-Z of Web Typography."
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"Use this page to get HTML color codes for your website."
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"This article provides code for setting the background properties of an HTML element."
Sunday, March 06, 2016
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When he finally cuts to the chase, Anderson posits, "[T]he superordinate category should not be ‘TESOL’, and definitely not ‘TEFL’, but ‘TEAL’ – Teaching English as an Additional Language," which is exactly what I was thinking when I started reading his post.
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Michael Matsuda - Education Week Leaders To Learn From
- He never learned his parent’s native language of Japanese, and they never encouraged him to do so. To his chagrin, he didn’t learn Spanish, either. He wants to ensure that students in his district don’t lose part of their cultural heritage as he did.
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Sunday, February 28, 2016
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National Languages – Global Markets | Tomorrow's Professor Postings
Excerpt from Chapter 1, The Politics of Language (Phipps & Gonzalez, 2004) Phipps, Alison, and Gonzalez, Mike. (2004). Modern Languages: Learning and Teaching in an Intercultural Field. London, UK: Sage Publications.
- powerful languages of the world may express national identities, or they may be the medium for the expression of other collective identities distinct from or even in conflict with the nation
- Absorption and incorporation may be the preferred option for the powerful; for others – the majority, we suspect – the plurality and diversity of human expression, even within the world’s most powerful languages, is what the intercultural approach, moving from language learning to languaging, can both celebrate and encourage
- It is therefore our task in the next chapter to begin to discover a way forward, to find theory and method sufficient to the task of creating critical dispositions for languaging and being intercultural
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Sunday, February 14, 2016
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A Global Approach to Teaching Phrasal Verbs | EFL Magazine
"The good news is that phrasal verbs are one of the easiest aspects of English, provided you can get your students to make the necessary mind shift. Unlike Latinate vocabulary, as components of a flexible system, they can be GENERATED. It is thanks to their potential ambiguity that they can be used so creatively, forming much of the basis of English humour" (¶7).
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"This article provides research guidelines for authors intending to sub-mit their manuscripts to TESOL Quarterly. These guidelines includeinformation about the TESOL Quarterly review process, advice on converting a dissertation into a research article, broad introductions to a number of research methods, and a section on research ethics." (Abstract)
Sunday, February 07, 2016
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Japanese English Teachers' Increasing Use of English | JALT Publications
Murphey, T., & Sasaki, T. (1998). Japanese English teachers' increasing use of English. The Language Teacher, 22(10), 21-24, 30. http://jalt-publications.org/tlt/articles/2380-japanese-english-teachers-increasing-use-english
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Academic Publishing: Suggestions from a Journal Editor | JALT Publications
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Advice for Writers: An Interview With Sandra McKay | JALT Publications
"This is the second article in a two-part series dealing with writing for publication."
Sunday, January 31, 2016
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"Relevant keywords are what help get your resume past a scanner (if submitting your document online), and to the human eye for further review" (¶2, 2016.01.29 [JST]).
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How To Cite Social Media In Scholarly Writing
This TeachThought post sports a table of templates, apparently copyright TeachBytes 2013, for citations [of social media] in both APA and MLA styles.
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How To Attribute Creative Commons Photos
This Global Digital Citizen Foundation post sports "a comprehensive infographic that reflects interesting research findings, gives details of Creative Commons licenses and illustrates how to properly attribute CC photos" (¶3, 2016.01.25).
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World University Rankings | Times Higher Education (THE)
"The Times Higher Education World University Rankings, founded in 2004, provide the definitive list of the world's best universities, evaluated across teaching, research, international outlook, reputation and more. THE’s data are trusted by governments and universities and are a vital resource for students, helping them choose where to study" (deck, 2016.01.25).
Sunday, January 24, 2016
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ELT ebook reviewers – ELT ebooks
"This is a list of bloggers, magazines and groups happy to review self-pub ELT ebooks."
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Growth Hacking Your Book Sales - EFL Magazine
"In many ways writing and creating your own book is the easy part of self-publishing. The really difficult part comes when you start trying to sell it. This is especially difficult for many writers. We are writers not marketing specialists ...." (Peachey, 2015).
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Planning Effective Assessment | Tomorrow's Professor Postings
Message Number 1455: "from Chapter 2 – The Essentials of Assessment, in the book, Assessment Essentials: Planning, Implementing, and Improving Assessment in Higher Education, second edition, by Trudy W. Banta, Catherine A. Palomba. Published by Jossey-Bass, A Wiley Brand, One Montgomery Street, Suite 1200, San Francisco, CA 94104-4594."
- Although regional accrediting bodies now ask their members to have written assessment plans at the institution level, emphasis in the plans should be on the process and discussion that produce and implement the plan rather than on the document itself
- Ideally assessment is a component of strategic planning for an institution or department and is part of any new program from the outset
- Since assessment requires multiple methods, it is not usually necessary to implement every method immediately or even every year. A comprehensive assessment plan should have a schedule for implementing each data-gathering method at least once over a period of three to five years
- Hersh, R.H., and Keeling, R.P. (2013
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Tuesday, January 19, 2016
From _The Conversation_: Debunking ... myths about raising bilingual children
Debunking common myths about raising bilingual children
Mark Antoniou, Western Sydney UniversityBy the age of two, children are typically able to say a few hundred words. My son, Alexander, was able to understand almost everything in both languages – Greek and English – but he could say only six words.
Our concerns grew as we watched younger kids overtake his speaking ability. Like many parents, we questioned if we were doing something wrong (even experts can’t escape the fear and guilt that comes with being a parent).
A number of enduring myths surround bilingualism, such as that it causes language delays and cognitive impairments.
However, research shows that raising a child bilingually does not cause language learning difficulties. Any lag in language development is temporary, so parents shouldn’t worry!
Here are some more common myths debunked:
Raising your child bilingually can cause a delay in development
Not true. In fact there are numerous advantages, such as improved executive function (mental planning), metalinguistic awareness (the ability to think about language as abstract units), mental flexibility (processing information adaptively) and creative thinking.Bilingual children will generally meet developmental milestones within the normal range of language development, but may in some cases be towards the tail end (which was exactly the case with Alexander).
Bilingual children lag behind their peers and won’t catch up
This is a contentious issue, as there is considerable variability within bilingual children. Some children will not show any lag at all.It has been suggested that a temporary lag may stem from having to accommodate two language systems within the same brain, but these children will catch up within a few months (note that this is not the same as a language delay).
But more research is needed to understand the exact mechanisms that are responsible.
My child will confuse the two languages
False. Although there is some controversy concerning when the languages become separated.It was long thought that the two languages are fused at first and begin to separate when the child is around five. Recent evidence suggests that the languages may separate a lot earlier than was previously thought.
For example, bilingual children as young as 10-15 months babble differently depending on who they are interacting with (for example, English babbling sounds to the mother, and French babbling sounds to the father).
This suggests that babies are sensitive to who they are talking to from a very young age. This is probably a precursor of code-switching (when bilinguals use two languages within the same utterance).
Five tips for parents raising a child bilingually
- Be encouraging and patient as you would with any infant, and be aware that a bilingual child faces a tougher task than one learning only a single language.
- It is very important that both languages serve a functional purpose. Language is, after all, a tool for communication. If the child does not need to use the other language, they will probably stop using it. So, it is important to consistently place the child in situations that necessitate the use of both languages, and ideally with a variety of speakers. Doing so will develop robust speech categories in each language and ensure that they learn to process speech efficiently - which will aid both listening and talking.
- Many parents worry about the issue of balance, meaning whether a child knows both languages equally well. In the past, it was thought that in order to be truly bilingual you needed to have an equal command of both languages. I conducted a series of studies on very proficient bilinguals and observed time and again that even fluent bilinguals have a dominant language. So, there is little point stressing about a child not having a perfectly equal command of each language because the truth is almost no one does.
- Parents commonly become concerned when bilingual children mix their languages. Do not worry. This is a normal part of bilingual language development and not a sign of confusion. Even proficient bilinguals mix their languages.
- If you are concerned about your child’s language development, you should have your child assessed by a doctor and, if necessary, a speech-language pathologist. Bilingual children may present with language delays, just like any other children. If your child has a language delay, early intervention may be required to help them learn their languages.
Mark Antoniou, ARC Research Fellow, MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour and Development, Western Sydney University
This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article.
[Republished with permission (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/)]
Sunday, January 10, 2016
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"Many of the songs and activities on this website can support pre-school through third grade curriculum."
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This is the website of the musician that Prof. Judy Yoneoka introduced at the January 2016 gathering of the PIGATE teacher development group meeting. Prof. Yoneoka led participants in a variety of activities corresponding to a number of Hap Palmer's songs.
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Is The Flipped Classroom Relevant to ELT? - EFL Magazine
"In this article I am going to outline what the Flipped Classroom is and how it is relevant to ELT."
Sunday, December 27, 2015
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Studying English in North America: Opening the door to further study – Latin Correspondent
This article described types of programs and provided examples of programs in Canada (1) and the U.S.(4).
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Creating a Generation of Innovators — The Learner's Way
Coutts, Nigel. (2015.12.20).
- What is needed is a broad culture of innovation where diverse skills and dispositions merge to offer the best chance of a unique idea emerging and importantly making it to market. Significantly the definition of innovation very much includes the ability to deliver on the imaginative ideas Australians are known for but are presently handing off to international developers to capitalise on. For schools such a definition is useful as it encourages a shift away from vague conversations about creativity and imagination and looks at how these skills can be used in ways that bring about change
- Innovation requires a pedagogy that values a student focused learning processes over teacher directed transfer of knowledge. Teaching for innovation is by nature messy and imprecise. In the short term results on traditional assessments may not be what we would expect from traditional methods but if we desire to produce innovators this needs to be accepted
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Sunday, December 20, 2015
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StudyAbroad | The LLD Project Blog
StudyAbroad category archives of The Language Learner Development (LLD) Project Blog
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Viet Nam English proficiency rises in global ranking - Society - VietNam News
"Viet Nam is ranked a medium-level country along with Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan."
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EducationHQ Australia - Language is the passport to personal mobility, opportunity and prosperity
Mullane, Kurt. (2015.12.09). Language is the passport to personal mobility, opportunity and prosperity.
- English actually trails Chinese and Spanish as the third most commonly spoken language in the world, just ahead of Bengali, Hindi and Arabic. In 1950 about 9 per cent of the world’s population spoke English as their first language. That figure is now about 5.6 per cent.
- While the proportion increases significantly when you add speakers of English as a second or third language, we’re still left with around 70-80 per cent of humanity not speaking English. Being a monolingual English-speaker places you firmly in humanity’s minority group.
- The view that ‘English is enough’ fails to acknowledge that being bilingual or multilingual is an increasingly necessary passport to personal mobility, opportunity and prosperity, particularly in knowledge and services based economies where the ability to collaborate and communicate effectively across borders is a prized skill-set.
- Julie Bishop got it right in 2011 when she suggested language learning could be a "brilliant form of soft diplomacy", strengthening our capacity to work collaboratively in an increasingly interdependent and volatile world.
- The number of students who discontinue languages study when they have discretion over that decision is very high. The reasons for attrition are complex and varied, but the perception among students that studying a language represents a low value proposition is one of most potent determining factors.
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ld-working-papers: Intro. (Minematsu & Barfield)
"Through the dialogue that goes back and forth between the writer and reader responders, the readers can experience the developmental process of each exploration, as well as recognize the different and critical perspectives the responders bring to the process."
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Learner Development Working Papers – JALT LD-SIG
Barfield, A., & Minematsu, A. (Eds.). (2014). Learner Development Working Papers: Different Cases, Different Interests. Tokyo: JALT Learner Development SIG. ISBN (online edition) 978-4-901352-44-4.
Sunday, December 13, 2015
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8 Free Mind Map Tools & How to Best Use Them
Saikat Basu proposed seven features to consider when selecting mind-mapping tools (app's or services): Cost Off- or on-line affordances, General usability, Aesthetics, Template availability, Portability of your work, & Affordances for collaboration.
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How to Configure Your Mac's Firewall | Macinstruct
Four-year-old (2011.12.17) instructions and illustrations still serve as a guide for configuration of OS 10.11.1 (2015.12.09).
Sunday, December 06, 2015
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Forms of Intelligence | Tomorrow's Professor Postings
This extract from Chapter 3, How students learn in residence halls (Blimling, 2015), focuses on various facets of situated, participatory and experiential learning potentially viable in numerous socio-cultural milieu (TP Message 1451, 2015.12.01). Blimling, Gregory S. (2015). Student learning in residence halls: What works, what doesn't, and why. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
- being knowledgeable and being intelligent are not the same. Being knowledgeable generally refers to having access to information and facts as well as the ability to recall them. Intelligence usually refers to a person’s ability to reason, solve problems, think critically, comprehend subject matter, use language to communicate effectively, construct relationships, employ logic, and manipulate numbers (Gardner, 1999)
- Learning how to express emotions within a social system is knowledge acquired through social interaction governed by the rules and customs of the culture. One culture may encourage open and intense expression of emotional feelings, whereas another may see that same behavior as inappropriate. The exception is primal emotions, such as fear when confronted by a predator. Emotional expression is a matter of how much or the degree to which one expresses an emotion. Plutchik’s (1980) eight basic emotions include continuums from minimal to extreme expression:
Trust: acceptance to admiration
Fear: timidity to terror
Surprise: uncertainty to amazement
Sadness: gloominess to grief
Disgust: dislike to loathing
Anger: annoyance to fury
Anticipation: interest to vigilance
Joy: serenity to ecstasy
Combinations of these basic emotions create other forms of expressions. For example, the combination of the emotions joy and trust produce love, while the combination of the emotions anticipation and anger produce aggression (Plutchik, 1980). - Experiencing diversity challenges expectations not only by increasing acceptance of different cultural, ethnic, and racial groups but also by enhancing students’ overall psychological functioning (Crisp & Turner, 2011). Pascarella (1996) reached a similar conclusion from the national study of student learning that found that diversity experiences in the first year of college had long-term positive effects on critical thinking throughout college, particularly for white students.
- Experiential learning creates cognitive understanding and information retention through the transformative process of experience (Kolb, 1984; Kolb, Boyatzis, & Mainemelis, 1999). Siegel (2012) explains that the transformative process of learning through experience “directly shapes the [neurological] circuits responsible for such processes as memory, emotion, and self-awareness … [by] altering both the activity and the structure of the connections between neurons” (p. 9).
Kolb (1984) outlines four stages of experiential learning: (1) concert experience; (2) reflective observations; (3) abstract conceptualization; and (4) active experimentation. Students can start anywhere in the process but return to test their understandings and modify them based on experience.
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Edudemic search results for "digital citizenship"
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"The mission of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is to promote policies that will improve the economic and social well-being of people around the world."
Sunday, November 29, 2015
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Millennium Development Goals | Explore Taylor & Francis Online
"Established following the Millennium Summit of the United Nations in 2000, the Millennium Development Goals were formed to galvanise efforts to meet the needs of the world's poorest. Eight goals were defined and twenty-one targets were set to be completed by 2015. / To mark the final year of this programme, Taylor & Francis Group are delighted to be offering free access to selected research related to each of the eight Millennium Development Goals" (¶¶1-2, 2015.11.17). The offer of free access apparently will expire at the end of November 2015 (Goal 7: Ensure Environmental Sustainability,¶3, http://goo.gl/zjYrCb).
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Collaboration & Connectedness the Key to Quality Teaching — The Learner's Way
In this post, Nigel Coutts shared a story of collective teacher development activity that focused on online teacher discussion regarding visual note-making with students. He provided a model for other teachers ready to take the leap into cyber-teacher development–or considering doing so, suggesting: "Most teachers recognise the potential for collaboration between students and the importance of it as a component of a 21st Century education[,] and yet many do not take full advantage of the opportunities they have for collaboration as teachers. Others have found the benefits and willingly share ideas gathered from their personal learning network" (2015.11.01, ¶1).
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