Socialisation is coercive, therefore violent... Is this what you intended Gunther?
And what part does Wikieducator, OER, COL, UN and UNESCO play in other forms of socialisation? - Cultural colonisation? - Legal imperialism? - Economic globalisation? - Political homogenisation? Or did you simply intend to reference crude forms of violence like war and physical assault Gunther? On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 10:51 PM, Alex P. Real <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Maria, > > > > I more or less share your definition (socialization is coercive), > particularly glaring in Maths. Only realized they could be fun when I > decided to unlearn and design my own learning environment to pass first year > Statistics. Since then I taught Statistics and quan methods to fellow > students, and they all passed by tearing down the unintelligible wall rather > than any bright skills of mine. Years have passed by and still Stats are the > "daunting ogre" and it's sad to see how many Sociology undergrads are > attracted to qual in rejection to Stats & SPSS+, thus re-enacting the false > myth of quan- qual confrontation. Fairly common-sense, but shouldn't > research goals, variables of study & budget define most appropriate methods > rather than any given assumption or preference? > > > > Keep up with such fascinating work! > > > > Alex > > > > *De:* wikieducator@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *En nombre de *Maria Droujkova > *Enviado el:* martes, 09 de diciembre de 2008 2:02 > *Para:* wikieducator@googlegroups.com > *Asunto:* [WikiEducator] Re: WikiEducator goes non-violent? > > > > If we include "coercive" in the definition of "violent" then forcing kids > learn is an example of violent content. As a math educator, I see a lot of > kiddie torture related to my subject. > > This is also a good example of how varied our definitions of "violent > behavior" can be. I meet very few people who share that definition. > > On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 6:25 PM, Leigh Blackall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Can you describe what violent behavior and content might look like in > Wikieducator? > > > > > -- > Cheers, > MariaD > > Make math your own, to make your own math. > > > > > -- -- Leigh Blackall +64(0)21736539 skype - leigh_blackall SL - Leroy Goalpost http://learnonline.wordpress.com http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Leighblackall --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
