I am going through my literature these days. The resource are literature, internet, talking to people, etc...
Then, I found the two totally different books mentioned an organisation which called; The Institutes of the achievement of human potential.
The Institutes for The Achievement of Human Potential is a non-profit organization providing teaching programs and literature which it promotes as improving the health and neurological development of normal children and of children who have sustained a brain injury.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Institutes_for_the_Achievement_of_Human_Potential
One of the books is my academical side of literature"The Einstein Factor" by W Wenger.
However, the other book is call"Marcial Arts increase intelligence" by A Hino, who is a martial artist.
These two books are in two totally different genre. However, both authors mentioned in their opus about the organisation. Mr A Hino mentions in his literature that, he was very impressed with the standard of completion of the Doman method. And, especially he was interested in how the power of human relation have impact or effect on the process of Doman method rehab.
However, on the other side Mr Wenger introduces the method and the institute as a way of increasing the human intelligence.
I just found this fact fascinating that, these two totally different professional practitioners mentioned same thing.
As the institute has been mentioned by these two inspiring authors, I am must looking in to the Doman method and about the institute!
Tuesday 29 October 2013
A Project Japanese!
Nothing to do with my inquiry. However, I have been trying my son to pick up some Japanese words as I am Japanese. He started to pick some Japanese words up and I am mega exited about his development.
However, writing and reading are quite difficult... So, I have created a game!
I have found a broken hard paper envelope. So, I wrote first line of Japanese alphabets and cut them to pieces.
Then, put them in an envelope, which I did not have, so I have taped two papers to make a temporary big envelope. Then, put the cards in the envelope.
At last, draw the cards from the envelope, and guess which alphabet the card is in Japanese!
As I have tested this game by my self, the top of the envelope was sharp and there are possibility of causing a paper cut. and, I do not wish that to happen to my son. So, I have folded the top and now, it is safe to use!
Well, will this game learning method work? God knows! But, I must try for my son's future!
And, I also need to do mu inquiry if I have a time to do things like this;P More time! I need more time!
However, writing and reading are quite difficult... So, I have created a game!
I have found a broken hard paper envelope. So, I wrote first line of Japanese alphabets and cut them to pieces.
Then, put them in an envelope, which I did not have, so I have taped two papers to make a temporary big envelope. Then, put the cards in the envelope.
At last, draw the cards from the envelope, and guess which alphabet the card is in Japanese!
Well, will this game learning method work? God knows! But, I must try for my son's future!
And, I also need to do mu inquiry if I have a time to do things like this;P More time! I need more time!
The real question is....
As I am proceeding my inquiry, the question of questions has risen.
The question is
1, What do I really want to understand?
2, Why do I want to understand?
3, How does the investigation, answer and understanding toward my inquiry effect my life?
With these questions, I need to re-think my inquiry questions and thoughts. With out Why, and with out the reason, there are no point.
The question is
1, What do I really want to understand?
2, Why do I want to understand?
3, How does the investigation, answer and understanding toward my inquiry effect my life?
With these questions, I need to re-think my inquiry questions and thoughts. With out Why, and with out the reason, there are no point.
Wednesday 23 October 2013
Feed back for Ms Nottingham's concept drawing
I have read Ms Nottingham blog about concept drawing and I found it very interesting as I draw often to sort my inquiry process out. She explained in her blog of visual thinking method, which has created by Mr R Arnheim.
Her journal reminded me of the comment of Mr Walt Disney's process of creating his master piece "Fantasia". He explained, how he can not image something beautiful when he hears beautiful piece of music.
Mr W Wenger explains in his literature "The Einstein factor" that, Mr Disney had a great sense of Synesthesia, which is an ability to translate or describe five human basic sense to other senses. Example, sense of smell to sense of vision, sense of sound to sense of taste, etc....He was very good in translating his sense of hearing to vision.
I also think visual thinking does help as Ms Nottingham suggests.
Mr Disney used his Visual Map, which is pretty similar to mind map, which is very familiar to all the BAPP students as we all have learned in module one. Mr Disney used the method to create so many beautiful, wonderful pieces.
Above is Mr Disney's visual map.
So, how does this visual thinking, visual mapping, mind mapping, or concept drawing help us? How does it relate to BAPP professional inquiry work? What is the benefits of it?
The answer is clear. Mr W Wenger explains in his literature that, these methods helps create links between visual and verbal modes of thinking.
Below is his theory explained by psychology wiki
Wenger describes the process as a combination of Albert Einstein's method of day dreaming and the Socratic method of repeated questioning. He believes that it causes the subject to become more aware of his mental imagery and creates links between visual and verbal thinking.
Her journal reminded me of the comment of Mr Walt Disney's process of creating his master piece "Fantasia". He explained, how he can not image something beautiful when he hears beautiful piece of music.
Mr W Wenger explains in his literature "The Einstein factor" that, Mr Disney had a great sense of Synesthesia, which is an ability to translate or describe five human basic sense to other senses. Example, sense of smell to sense of vision, sense of sound to sense of taste, etc....He was very good in translating his sense of hearing to vision.
I also think visual thinking does help as Ms Nottingham suggests.
Mr Disney used his Visual Map, which is pretty similar to mind map, which is very familiar to all the BAPP students as we all have learned in module one. Mr Disney used the method to create so many beautiful, wonderful pieces.
Above is Mr Disney's visual map.
So, how does this visual thinking, visual mapping, mind mapping, or concept drawing help us? How does it relate to BAPP professional inquiry work? What is the benefits of it?
The answer is clear. Mr W Wenger explains in his literature that, these methods helps create links between visual and verbal modes of thinking.
Below is his theory explained by psychology wiki
Wenger describes the process as a combination of Albert Einstein's method of day dreaming and the Socratic method of repeated questioning. He believes that it causes the subject to become more aware of his mental imagery and creates links between visual and verbal thinking.
Wenger believes that the endless stream of visual images, that everyone experiences to some degree, contain important thoughts and insights. Certainly many discoveries have come through day dreaming, most notably Einstein's discovery of the theory of relativity.[How to reference and link to summary or text]
Describing the images aloud, brings them to conscious attention and, according to Wenger, leads to more and clearer imagery. Wenger describes this as a feedback mechanism where the act of observing causes more imagery to be produced.
He also speculates that image streaming links visual and verbal modes of thinking and that this causes intelligence to increase.
So, these methods helps us to translate our senses to verbal; drawing to essay writing! However, drawing is only used to help transrate to verbal results for us BAPP students for essay or journal,etc.... Drawings are visual evidence but do not get in to too much of details and forget why we are using these methods, they only exist as tools to develop our inquiry. Let's use them well, and try not to be used by them;P
Tuesday 22 October 2013
Teaching and Eureka effect
I have read some books and I have been interested in an effect in human learning process call "Eureka Effect", in the other word "Aha! moment".
This is a short clip from my favorite film, this film explain what education can be are and should be through main character's journey.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEVw1CeiGNM
This is a short clip from my favorite film, this film explain what education can be are and should be through main character's journey.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEVw1CeiGNM
Monday 21 October 2013
Questions for my inquiry
After I had a long chat with my adviser Ms Nottingham, my thoughts are a bit clearer now.
I started to think what I want to ask, and why.
So, there asre questions I have produced based on my inquiry questions, which I am planning to use them for focused group today as I heard there are lots of waiting around for our rehearsal.
1, How to motivate or stimulate younger learner and practitioners.
The reason why I need to ask question is because this is a part of my findings inn my research. I have found out that a fact, once teacher successfully inspired or motivate students, they will automatically wish to learn more by themselves. If students have not found true interest in what they do, it is difficult to make them want to learn more, as we can take a horse to river but we can not make them drink if they are not interested in.
Therefore, I believe this is a very important technique as a teacher.
2, How to draw people's attention or how to make people find interest in what we do as a professional.
I believe this is am important technique too, as I found from my research that, no matter what great experience teachers have to share, or valuable information, knowledge teachers have, if teachers have failed to make people listen what teachers are saying, there are no point.
3,How to pass on or share tacit knowledge in dance.
Tacit knowledge is not some thing people can learn by just reading literature or listening a lecture. The, how do we share them? as especially performing arts's technique is based on tacit knowledge?
I started to think what I want to ask, and why.
So, there asre questions I have produced based on my inquiry questions, which I am planning to use them for focused group today as I heard there are lots of waiting around for our rehearsal.
1, How to motivate or stimulate younger learner and practitioners.
The reason why I need to ask question is because this is a part of my findings inn my research. I have found out that a fact, once teacher successfully inspired or motivate students, they will automatically wish to learn more by themselves. If students have not found true interest in what they do, it is difficult to make them want to learn more, as we can take a horse to river but we can not make them drink if they are not interested in.
Therefore, I believe this is a very important technique as a teacher.
2, How to draw people's attention or how to make people find interest in what we do as a professional.
I believe this is am important technique too, as I found from my research that, no matter what great experience teachers have to share, or valuable information, knowledge teachers have, if teachers have failed to make people listen what teachers are saying, there are no point.
3,How to pass on or share tacit knowledge in dance.
Tacit knowledge is not some thing people can learn by just reading literature or listening a lecture. The, how do we share them? as especially performing arts's technique is based on tacit knowledge?
Sunday 20 October 2013
Being a teacher, being a Sat Nav; an objective view and a subjective view
How wonderful to have a good sat nav? It shows the correct, efficient and most direct way to driver.
Then, new question has occurred. So, do you think can teachers guide the students if teachers have ever been to the place or ever been to the maze of problem?
However, can you imagine how awful to have a rubbish Sat Nav? It won't show you a correct way. When driver take wrong turn, it takes ages to find alternative root. Sat Nav has not up dated but world is up dating every day, therefore, it can not find a right place even type an address. Driver does not even know how many mileage left to the destination or what time they will get to the distillation. This Sat Nav will not make driver want to drive any where. With sat nav like this, driver won't get any where or just get lost by the process of driving! By the consequences of this rubbish sat nav, the car might will break down and no more petrol left to drive around.
Now, please re-read the sentence above with changing the words "Driver" to students, and "Sat Nav" as teacher....
Teaching is a team work of students and tracers. Same as Sat Nav can not get to the destination without a driver to take. Teachers need to use their objective point of view to re-focus student's subjective view.
As often find an answer can be a difficult process even the answer is simple and clear. That is because subject; student is too close to the answer. Often closer we get less we see. Therefore, teacher's objective, distanced view become necessarily to solve their problems.
This is a students point of view; a subjective point of view. When they are stuck in problem, trying to work a way out to solve the problem. But, very much lost because hey do not see where they are,therefore, they do not know where to go or which direction to prceed. And, eventually students get tired, injured and no other choice but stop or give up.
This is a good teacher's point of view; an objective point of view. They know the place very well, as they have already been to the place or this maze as they were student. Therefore, they know exactly how to guide the student, if the teacher knows where the students are in the maze or in the place.
Friday 18 October 2013
Questionnaire
I have made new questionnaire for my inquiry.
1, How did you find the level of the workshop in terms of your own standard (eg, too difficult / could be more challenging / the level suited your standard etc.)?
2, Was there anything in particular which you liked or thought worked well with the workshop?
3, Was there anything about the workshop you disliked or thought could use improvement?
4, Is there anything you think we should be including in future workshops which were not included in your workshop?
5, Do you have any overall comments about the workshop?
6, Would you like to be contacted about further workshops we may be holding in your area?
I need to encourage students to actively express their opinions by using their own words, as can ask them to corporate but I can not make them participate if they don't feel like it. Maybe I should give them a sticker if they participate well....
1, How did you find the level of the workshop in terms of your own standard (eg, too difficult / could be more challenging / the level suited your standard etc.)?
2, Was there anything in particular which you liked or thought worked well with the workshop?
3, Was there anything about the workshop you disliked or thought could use improvement?
4, Is there anything you think we should be including in future workshops which were not included in your workshop?
5, Do you have any overall comments about the workshop?
6, Would you like to be contacted about further workshops we may be holding in your area?
I need to encourage students to actively express their opinions by using their own words, as can ask them to corporate but I can not make them participate if they don't feel like it. Maybe I should give them a sticker if they participate well....
Sunday 13 October 2013
Genius Note
I have created a method clear my thoughts for my inquiry and investigation.
I named as "Genius Note".
It started as I was in a restaurant with my wife and son. And, he was getting bored and stareted to act a bit naughty. So, I got told from my wife to get something to keep my son busy, therfore I went to the closest to shop and got a note book and coloure
pens, as I thought he can draw on the note book with lots of different colour pen. However, it turned up that my wife wanted me get some toys as she packed pens and paper already:(
Therefore, a note book and some colour pens has left. Then, I thought it maybe a good opportunity to use them for my work. I have already write down things for my work, however it ever be so structured, therfore I can not blog them to share or use them as my evidence of my work. However, this works greatly. As, I can do what I usually do to on the left side of the page, then, later on I can edit them and write nicely on the right side, therefore people would understand what and why I draw random thoughts; people visibly see my work process and they see how I work and how my brain work. Most importantly I visually see how my brain work, and this process clear my thoughts out before I transfer on to the blog to share! I am away from home as I am touring, but when I get home I will scan them and blog them!
Genius Note, working well so far....
Therefore, a note book and some colour pens has left. Then, I thought it maybe a good opportunity to use them for my work. I have already write down things for my work, however it ever be so structured, therfore I can not blog them to share or use them as my evidence of my work. However, this works greatly. As, I can do what I usually do to on the left side of the page, then, later on I can edit them and write nicely on the right side, therefore people would understand what and why I draw random thoughts; people visibly see my work process and they see how I work and how my brain work. Most importantly I visually see how my brain work, and this process clear my thoughts out before I transfer on to the blog to share! I am away from home as I am touring, but when I get home I will scan them and blog them!
Genius Note, working well so far....
Thursday 10 October 2013
Life and Performance
The fate has been decided and same time has not been
decided.
Mr Y Kouno explains that, life and fate is like the role we have
been given in performance; it has already decided and given to us. And it is impossible to change. Therefore, we have no choice but to play the role
we have given. However, same time he says we have freedom and choice of how
to play the role. We cannot change who we are, we must accept that. However, we have a
choice to be exactly how we wish to be.
As I am thinking of quitting my job as a professional dancer
by end of this season, his quote had a massive impact on my attitude as a dancer. After I have read his book I have decided that, I am going to explore the roles I have given as a dancer till maximum capacity. No fear, no worrying about standing out or
braking the balance of performance, I just need to go for it to see new and
different levels. This was hard as I needed my contract to be continued to bring in a steady income. But, now I think back, maybe my life as a dancer and an artist
was gone the moment when I started to
afraid of being sucked and trying to be a good dancer.
However, I have two more months till tour and
the contract ends, I am going to fill up the roll I have been given to maximum
potential. Explore!
Quote from Mr Y Kouno's book "Be Precarious, Be strong "
Quote from Mr Y Kouno's book "Be Precarious, Be strong "
Wednesday 9 October 2013
Blogging
I thought about why I am blogging my thoughts, questions and findings.
Because is it part of this BAPP course? Yes.
But, I also noticed that, more I write down my thoughts, clearer my thoughts get.
The book I m reading, it recommend blogging or writing diary. The book says it does not have to make sense or it does not have be understood by the others. These blogging and writing down methods helps understanding what I really want to know; clarify the all unnecessary thoughts and questions, and take us to where we need to be.
I had a problem with blogging. And, I guess it is still a problem. My problem was I was always worried about my English. When I write blog to post, it takes about three days. Because I was so afraid and embarrassed about English. This blog will be read by other students, and my English should be better. but, the fact is NOT. So, I am going to use this blogging method to understand about my self more than before.
If, people are reading my blog, probably most likely do not make sense to you. But, I am going to use this blog more like a diary, as well as a method to share the thoughts with the others.
My chaotic mind need tidy up!
Because is it part of this BAPP course? Yes.
But, I also noticed that, more I write down my thoughts, clearer my thoughts get.
The book I m reading, it recommend blogging or writing diary. The book says it does not have to make sense or it does not have be understood by the others. These blogging and writing down methods helps understanding what I really want to know; clarify the all unnecessary thoughts and questions, and take us to where we need to be.
I had a problem with blogging. And, I guess it is still a problem. My problem was I was always worried about my English. When I write blog to post, it takes about three days. Because I was so afraid and embarrassed about English. This blog will be read by other students, and my English should be better. but, the fact is NOT. So, I am going to use this blogging method to understand about my self more than before.
If, people are reading my blog, probably most likely do not make sense to you. But, I am going to use this blog more like a diary, as well as a method to share the thoughts with the others.
My chaotic mind need tidy up!
Monday 7 October 2013
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
More I teach, more I learn, then, I realise a fact that how much I do not know about what I am teaching and what I am doing.
Experience provides more questions, new answer double the question.
I really often wonder how much I really understand what I am trying to communicate with the students.
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing. This is a quote of famous philosopher Socrtes.
I do agree with him, however, it does not really help the situation. This is a very deep true wisdom, but not practical. If, not practical, that means useless.
I think I realise how much I do not know about what I am teaching every time I teach or take class.
So, what can I do?
Experience provides more questions, new answer double the question.
I really often wonder how much I really understand what I am trying to communicate with the students.
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing. This is a quote of famous philosopher Socrtes.
I do agree with him, however, it does not really help the situation. This is a very deep true wisdom, but not practical. If, not practical, that means useless.
I think I realise how much I do not know about what I am teaching every time I teach or take class.
So, what can I do?
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