Hi Arlo, Thanks for the new subject. The academy serves to provide a venue for assimilating information and progressing. In many ways, the strength of the academy hinders progress, but it also serves to combine ideas. It is a tricky balance. Static v Dynamic. Newton held the academy for a long time. It was up to technology to provide further creativity. It is all interrelated in a dynamic way. The point is to not stop questioning. Mavericks hold the potential for change, but become institutionalized requiring new mavericks.
Mark On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 8:59 AM, Arlo Bensinger <[email protected]> wrote: > [Arlo had asked Mark] > If YOU were suddenly President of Academy University, what changes would > you put into place. > > [Arlo] > I had mentioned a similar question to John recently, that for those who > condemn the Academy what would they propose that's better? For now, let's > keep this contained to the University level, but we can slip into general > educational pedagogy, if necessary, as Crawford does in his book. > > I'll comment on Mark's answer below, but invite all who hold the Academy in > disdain to answer the question. > > [Mark] > The only thing that I would suggest is to remain flexible. > > [Arlo] > How flexible? I can easily demonstrate how disciplines have evolved over > time as new and better information becomes available. But what measures > would you suggest to improve the flexibility? Let's say a "loose changer" or > a "flat-earther" comes to you and asks for inclusion in the history and > geography programs respectively. Do you accommodate? What criteria would you > suggest the Academy relies on to determine what gets in? > > [Mark] > See the Academy for what it is, a repository of old information creating > new. > > [Arlo] > I agree. The Academy is about access to old information and thinking about > new ways to re-envision that information. A part of its mission is certainly > dissemination, to get as many exposed to these ideas as possible. But that > is simply the first step in what is best seen as a taxonomic endeavor, which > (to use Bloom) also includes analysis, synthesis and evaluation of that > knowledge, which includes the creation of that something new. > > > > > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org/md/archives.html > Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
