On Aug 15, 2008, at 7:37 PM, Bastien wrote:
> You could hardly find any philosopher who would defend something
> like "pouring information into heads", and I challenge anyone to
> point at teachers who do only that.
Here's a great video from Haiti from one of the organizations we're in
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On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 5:57 PM, Bastien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Argh -- I'd expected you'd propose me to join the sailing trip! :-)
Oh, definitely! Come sailing in NZ anytime! We're doing summer sailing
for kids 8-to-38. And last time I was in Boston there was some good
sailing both on the
"Martin Langhoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 4:02 PM, Bastien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> "Martin Langhoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>
>>> Frankly I'm not keen on theorising too much about this. I would go as
>>> far as suggesting "be a volunteer teacher in the wee
On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 4:02 PM, Bastien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "Martin Langhoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> Frankly I'm not keen on theorising too much about this. I would go as
>> far as suggesting "be a volunteer teacher in the weekends" as a cure
>> (I coach kids sailing in the summ
"Martin Langhoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Frankly I'm not keen on theorising too much about this. I would go as
> far as suggesting "be a volunteer teacher in the weekends" as a cure
> (I coach kids sailing in the summer).
Agreed -- btw, at OLPC France, we plan to let some of our volunteer
Alexios Zavras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> could the list of examples on the end of the concise definition
> be expanded to include a non-computer-based artifact ?
> e.g., is an artifact of fiction (story, fairy tale, ...) acceptable
> in the constructionism world ?
Yes: gears.
Seymour reports
On Sun, Aug 17, 2008 at 1:06 AM, Alexios Zavras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Seth Woodworth wrote [edited]:
>> Constructionism is based on two different senses of "construction." It is
>> grounded in the idea that people learn by actively constructing new
>> knowledge, rather than having informatio
Seth Woodworth wrote [edited]:
> Constructionism is based on two different senses of "construction." It is
> grounded in the idea that people learn by actively constructing new
> knowledge, rather than having information "poured" into their heads.
> Moreover, constructionism asserts that people lea
On Sun, Aug 17, 2008 at 11:47 AM, Bastien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> Hi Bill,
>
> "Bill Kerr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > She relates this to a philosophical divide in approaching maths dating
> > back to Whitehead and Russell's Principia Mathematica, in which all
> > maths is reduced to lo
Hi Bill,
"Bill Kerr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> She relates this to a philosophical divide in approaching maths dating
> back to Whitehead and Russell's Principia Mathematica, in which all
> maths is reduced to logic. Hence the contrast between and intuitive
> and constructive approach on the
On Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 9:37 AM, Bastien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> Hi Seth and all,
>
> "Seth Woodworth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Constructionism
> >
> > We are developing "Constructionism" as a theory of learning and
> education.
> > Constructionism is based on two different senses of
On Sun, Aug 17, 2008 at 1:32 AM, Bastien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> "Bill Kerr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > • intuition
>
> [...]
>
> > • different ways of looking at maths (constructive and intuitive
> compared
> > with rule driven and formal)
>
> [...]
>
> > • other mathematicia
On Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 8:32 AM, Bastien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "Bill Kerr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> • intuition
>
> [...]
>
>> • different ways of looking at maths (constructive and intuitive compared
>> with rule driven and formal)
It turns out that there is no essential di
"Bill Kerr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> • intuition
[...]
> • different ways of looking at maths (constructive and intuitive compared
> with rule driven and formal)
[...]
> • other mathematicians who hold similar views - Poincare, Brouwer, Godel)
I'd be curious on how Cynthia rela
Hi Seth and all,
"Seth Woodworth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Constructionism
>
> We are developing "Constructionism" as a theory of learning and education.
> Constructionism is based on two different senses of "construction." It is
> grounded in the idea that people learn by actively construct
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