My goodness, I should have put the winking icon at the end of my post. I'm glad that Robin was able to read the underlying meaning of the jargon, but, come-on!, there is no way that this confutation should be importanded as instrumentally benifitful for educatees (apologies to non-english-speaking readers).
Bill >>> Robin Abrahams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 01/10/07 7:03 PM >>> In other words, be aware that people have different points of view, don't act like a know-it-all, and try to pick up some real-world experience while you're at it. Good advice as far as I'm concerned (I seem to recall my mother trying valiantly to impress these exact points upon me), but I suppose if they'd put it that way it never would have gotten a publication. William Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The Schrag reference is: The Resources of Rationality: A Response to the Postmodern Challenge by Calvin O. Schrag (Indiana U. Press, 1992) Here's a description of Schrag's notion of transversal rationality from http://theoblogy.blogspot.com/2005_03_01_archive.html So transversal rationality acknowledges the many rationalities at play in a pluralistic environment. As a method, it proposes that we look for intersections between rationalities -- "transversal" means "to lie across" -- and enter into dialogue at those concrete, situated moments ... We must do so, however, with "epistemic humility;" that is, we need to be open to theoretical correction. And our results will be judged in moments of "praxial critique," in which the practical wisdom that comes out of the situation is tested in future, real-life situations. Hope that helps. Bill >>> 01/10/07 6:31 PM >>> OK: following up on a recent discussion involving jargon in educational psych, I just got my latest issue of the TCR (Teacher's College Record), an electronic journal devoted to educational issues. Here is the first sentence of an abstract: "Employing Calvin O. Schrag's response to postmodernism-transversal rationality engaged through praxial critique-the constructive side of postmodern theories can be highlighted in higher education while at the same time answering the pundits who see little to no constructive side to postmodern theories." AARRGGHH--I spend inordinate amounts of time teaching my students to speak so that ANYONE can understand what they have to say. And, of course, this assumes that we ALL know who Calvin O. Schrag is, and what his response is to. What is going on in the field of education? Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 619-260-4006 [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0〈=english --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0〈=english Notices at the bottom of this e-mail do not reflect the opinions of the sender. I do not "yahoo" that I am aware of. --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english
