I have been researching about "Flow", which is a mental state. I still am researching to put all together so I can not blog properly, but, I can share what I am trying to understand.
I am trying to understand more about "Flow" mental state.
I am trying to understand how to control it, i.e. how to occur or waken Flow mental state when we wish to.
I am also looking into "Motessori Education", as it helps to experience the Flow mental state compare to a traditional education settings.
I also am looking into human action call "Meme". I think it is the key to my inquiry question of tacit knowledge. However, my current question is, is Meme explicit knowledge or Tacit knowledge?
Also, "Socrates method" fascinates me too. I love the concept of with drawn the inner intelligence by creating the questions to ask students, instead of feeding information. If my understanding is correct, as my understanding can be shallow and often I understand deeper after I came down to a conclusion and publish them! I think this is what education is.
I want to understand what is different between well trained human being and well educated human being. It came from as I had a discussion with my friend who is an inspector of child minders and nursery. There are quite few ex army becoming teachers. But, I am worried. Can these people truly educate other human beings? or will they just train other human being like they have at training camp of army? I have nothing against army and I do respect them as they protect the country. It is just another question.
Monday, 4 November 2013
Tuesday, 29 October 2013
An interesting coincedence
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!
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!
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?
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