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Three loops, conflict and classroom dynamics.

In preparation for an activity on Thursday, please re-read the comments for Paul Grobstien's presentation of the "Three Loops of Understanding" and read "The Balanced Story Model" by Bharath Vallabha.

Inquiry Chemistry

 

Emergent Pedagogy, the Brain, Conflict, and Social Dynamics

The Brain and Open-Ended Transactional Inquiry:
A Story of Three Loops, and of Conflict

Paul Grobstein

Inquiry Institute

30 July 2009

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The Taoist Story Teller and Culture: Do We Still Need Truth, Reality, and/or God?

Submitted by Paul Grobstein on Mon, 07/27/2009 - 4:32pm

The 2009 Metanexus meeting, plane rides to/from Phoenix reading Raymond Smullyan's The Tao is Silent and Ann Harrington's The Cure Within: A History of Mind-Body Medicine, conversations last week with Bharath Vallabha (see Truth and Power in Education), Alice Lesnick, and Ben Olshin, and discussions in our K-12 summer institutes  all seem to bear on the above question(s), and suggest an interesting approach to them.

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kindergarten Inquiry

Submitted by Diane Balanovich on Mon, 07/27/2009 - 2:42pm

www.tennessee.gov/education/ci/sci/2009_10/grade_k.pdf

 

This site gives a link to inquiry for kindergarten

Conceptual Strand,
Understandings about scientific inquiry and the ability to conduct inquiry are essential for living in the 21st century.
Guiding Question
What tools, skills, knowledge, and dispositions are needed to conduct scientific inquiry?

 

Grade Level Expectations
Checks for Understanding

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Readwrite think- Plant Inquiry

Submitted by Diane Balanovich on Mon, 07/27/2009 - 1:18pm
Student Objectives
Students will
  • Practice inquiry-based research in developing their own questions
  • Practice acquiring knowledge using the Internet and books to learn about a specific plant
  • Demonstrate comprehension by applying that knowledge directly to a growing plant and by presenting research to the entire class
  • Synthesize information about the plant by designing and creating an educational sign to place in the garden next it

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Rethinking Evolution

Submitted by RecycleJack Marine on Sat, 07/25/2009 - 8:29pm

 

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A conglomeration of links...

 

July 25th, 2009

Neurodiversity Forever; The Disability Movement Turns to Brains (NYT)

A Memor for Faces, Extreme Version (NYT)

Mental Health and the Brain: Working Group, August 3rd

Mental Health and the Brain Working Group:

 
August 3rd, Medical Anthropology
 
Synopsis and forum for continuing discussion

Thoughts welcomed in the on-line forum below.

 

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