[tips] random Thought: China Diary, Distinct
Diary, May 12, distinct is today's guiding word. When you're living literally 24/7 in close quarters with people, as we 50 are doing on this trip, distinct hits you square between the eyes almost instantly. You know, diary, it doesn't take long to figure out that each person, faculty and student alike, is fighting her or his own particular hard battle, walking her or his own road, entering her or his own door, carrying her or his own baggage of different amounts and weights. So, when it comes to people, distinct and diverse are really my backbeat words of every day. People are so complicated, there's so much going on inside each of them, much of what we think we know about each of them we don't. That's where perception, presumption, and attribution, not to mention stereotype, fail us. There is no one set path. Idiosyncratic is the best way to really describe people. Everyone is outside the box. Everyone is an exception to the rule. No one is the average. It is ultimately the only true diversity. That makes each student, each class, each day, each term a one of kind. Nothing routine about any of them. In the traditional classroom, where you see students sporadically throughout a week, when you're not in constant contact, eating, drinking, shopping, and schmoozing with them, it's so easy to fall into the trap of blurring stereotyping, of building thick, separating walls of assumption, presumption, preconception, generalization, and attribution between you and the real each of them. It takes battering rams of caring, constant awareness, intense otherness, a strong sense of service, focused seeing, and sincere listening--and some techniques I use--to break through those barriers. That's why at the beginning of my Teacher's Oath I say live your I care and know that a class is a gathering of noble, sacred ones. Make it a good day -Louis- Louis Schmier http://www.the randomthoughts.edublogs.org Department of Historyhttp://www.therandomthoughts.com Valdosta State University Valdosta, Georgia 31698 /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ (O) 229-333-5947/^\\/ \/ \ /\/\__ / \ / \ (C) 229-630-0821 / \/ \_ \/ / \/ /\/ / \ /\ \ //\/\/ /\\__/__/_/\_\/\_/__\ \ /\If you want to climb mountains,\ /\ _ / \don't practice on mole hills - / \_ --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=3393 or send a blank email to leave-3393-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re:[tips] What do they do in math?
Some subscribers to the TIPS and AERA_TEP_SIG128-FORUM might be interested in a post Re: What do they do in math? The abstract reads: *** ABSTRACT: Jatila van der Veen of the PhysLrnR list wrote (paraphrasing): Math is taught as a separate, abstract set of rules and relationships, and students are not shown the connections between math and the physical world! This is the age old problem in physics education. After being a 'traditional' physics teacher for many years I went back to grad school to do a doctorate in Education; during these years of inquiry away from physics and into multiculturalism, sociolinguistics, gender studies, cognitive psychology, etc., I came away with a dissertation on the positive effects of starting an introductory physics course with symmetry and contemporary physics, and teaching non-physics majors along with physics majors, to see the numbers in Nature. The method WORKS (see at http://bit.ly/9uFByX). *** To access the complete 9 kB post please click on http://bit.ly/90Cs3J. Richard Hake, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Indiana University Honorary Member, Curmudgeon Lodge of Deventer, The Netherlands President, PEdants for Definitive Academic References which Recognize the Invention of the Internet (PEDARRII) rrh...@earthlink.net http://www.physics.indiana.edu/~hake http://www.physics.indiana.edu/~sdi http://HakesEdStuff.blogspot.com http://iub.academia.edu/RichardHake Mathematics is the gate and key of the sciences. . . .Neglect of mathematics works injury to all knowledge, since he who is ignorant of it cannot know the other sciences or the things of this world. And what is worse, men who are thus ignorant are unable to perceive their own ignorance and so do not seek a remedy. Roger Bacon (Opus Majus, bk. 1, ch. 4) http://bit.ly/dzjbWv REFERENCES [URL's shortened by http://bit.ly/] Hake, R.R. 2010. Re: What do they do in math? online on the OPEN AERA-L archives at http://bit.ly/90Cs3J. Post of 30 Jun 2010 13:07:04 -0700 to AERA-L, Math-Learn, Math-Teach, Phys-L, PhysLrnR. The abstract and link to the complete post are being transmitted to various discussion lists and are also online at http://hakesedstuff.blogspot.com/2010/07/re-what-do-they-do-in-math.html with a provision for comments. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=3394 or send a blank email to leave-3394-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
[tips] Stand alone displays
Hi all. Does anyone know of stand alone software (that is, software that can be run on a computer without an internet connection) for such things as: Mapping your blind spot Eliza (is there a better version?) participative Illusions. E.g. the Müller-Lyer illusion perhaps (that is, you make your choice then see the answer), or perhaps the spinning hypno-wheel so you can see people's heads expand. Thanks --Mike --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=3396 or send a blank email to leave-3396-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: [tips] Stand alone displays
Hi Mike- After sending the spinning wheel attachment I recieved the following message: PureMessage has detected a content threat in a message you sent. The message was not delivered. NOTE: PureMessage treats ALL attachments which contain executable code or macros as 'threats'. === PureMessage Anti-Virus has detected and quarantined a content threat in a message or attachment Date: 7/1/2010 Time: 13:41:56 Message subject: Re: [tips] Stand alone displays Recipient: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu Threat or Infection: Threat Protective Action Taken: Message quarantined NOTE: PureMessage treats ALL attachments with executable code or macros as 'threats'. Attachment information: Event: Threat Action: No action Filename: Spinning Wheel.EXE Threat: Filetype Strangely, The attachment came through to me with no problem. Let me know if you have trouble receiving this file and I'll try to re-send it. -Don. - Original Message - From: Michael Smith tipsl...@gmail.com Date: Thursday, July 1, 2010 9:53 am Subject: [tips] Stand alone displays To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu Hi all. Does anyone know of stand alone software (that is, software that can be run on a computer without an internet connection) for such things as: Mapping your blind spot Eliza (is there a better version?) participative Illusions. E.g. the Müller-Lyer illusion perhaps (that is, you make your choice then see the answer), or perhaps the spinning hypno-wheel so you can see people's heads expand. Thanks --Mike --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: dap...@shaw.ca. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13157.966b795bc7f3ccb35e3da08aebe98f18n=Tl=tipso=3396or send a blank email to leave-3396-13157.966b795bc7f3ccb35e3da08aebe98...@fsulist.frostburg.edu Don Allen Retired professor Langara College --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=3398 or send a blank email to leave-3398-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
[tips] Are we all WEIRD?
Anyone from a non-WEIRD society on this list? http://www.publicaffairs.ubc.ca/2010/06/30/mr-10-09 Rick Dr. Rick Froman, Chair Division of Humanities and Social Sciences Professor of Psychology Box 3055 John Brown University 2000 W. University Siloam Springs, AR 72761 rfro...@jbu.edu (479)524-7295 http://tinyurl.com/DrFroman --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=3400 or send a blank email to leave-3400-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: [tips] Are we all WEIRD?
This is awfully sylvestrian... cd Carol L. DeVolder, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Psychology St. Ambrose University 518 West Locust Street Davenport, Iowa 52803 Phone: 563-333-6482 e-mail: devoldercar...@sau.edu web: http://web.sau.edu/psychology/psychfaculty/cdevolder.htm The contents of this message are confidential and may not be shared with anyone without permission of the sender. -Original Message- From: Rick Froman [mailto:rfro...@jbu.edu] Sent: Thu 7/1/2010 4:27 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Are we all WEIRD? Anyone from a non-WEIRD society on this list? http://www.publicaffairs.ubc.ca/2010/06/30/mr-10-09 Rick Dr. Rick Froman, Chair Division of Humanities and Social Sciences Professor of Psychology Box 3055 John Brown University 2000 W. University Siloam Springs, AR 72761 rfro...@jbu.edu (479)524-7295 http://tinyurl.com/DrFroman --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: devoldercar...@sau.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=12990.f9c1b5bf25d49031367434c598ee9250n=Tl=tipso=3400 or send a blank email to leave-3400-12990.f9c1b5bf25d49031367434c598ee9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=3401 or send a blank email to leave-3401-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.eduwinmail.dat
[tips] Canadian study
Researchers in Canada release the results of a study that showed that beginning exercise early in childhood can help offset Alheimers and cognitive impairement in later adulthood. Michael omnicentric Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=3403 or send a blank email to leave-3403-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
[tips] Danish drinking study
Researchers in Denmark have found that Danish women who drink excessively are more likely to have male offsprings with low sperm counts. Michael omnicentric Sylvester.PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=3404 or send a blank email to leave-3404-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
re: [tips] Are we all WEIRD?
On Thu, 01 Jul 2010 14:28:38 -0700, Rick Froman wrote: Anyone from a non-WEIRD society on this list? http://www.publicaffairs.ubc.ca/2010/06/30/mr-10-09 My first reaction is that some societies are WEIRDer than others but I digress. The media release defines WEIRD as: |Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich and Democratic (WEIRD) societies So, a non-WEIRD society would be: Non-Western (e.g., Asian, Afrian, Polynesian, etc.) Non-Educated (e.g., ? ) Non-Industrialized (e.g., -- I'm going to let someone who knows something about industrialization tackle this) Non-Rich (e.g., Poor -- but is this on a per capita basis, no rich members, etc.) and Non-Democratic (e.g., again, I'll leave this to someone who is more familar with political systems). What would constitute a non-WEIRD society and what percentage of the world population would belong? Also, to tell the truth, I don't remember ever reading a psychologiical research result that is supposed to apply to all humans but I think a lot of medical research explicitly makes this assumption. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=3405 or send a blank email to leave-3405-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
[tips] I Kid You Not
But it is possible that someone is. See: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20562636?dopt=Abstract Well, it it nice to see that ECT is effective for something. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=3406 or send a blank email to leave-3406-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
[tips] Freud films
What is the best film or documentary on the life of Freud to have students view in order to better understand him and his theories? C. Eugene Walker, Ph.D. genewal...@iname.com --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=3407 or send a blank email to leave-3407-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
[tips] FW: Who is happy and why?
Happiest States are Wealthy and Tolerant http://www.livescience.com/culture/091110-happy-states.html U.S. Is Richest Nation, But Not Happiest http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20100701/sc_livescience/usisrichestnationbutnothappiest A 2008 video from 60 minutes (12 min story) about why Denmark every year scores as the happiest people on earth. http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4181996ntag=related;photovideo Marie (who is happy in Denmark) Marie Helweg-Larsen, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Psychology Dickinson College (on leave 2010/2011) http://users.dickinson.edu/~helwegm/index.html --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=3411 or send a blank email to leave-3411-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
