Thanks Jorge, Very sound points worth deliberating on. Will give more comments as soon as practicable.
regards, Victor. On 29 July 2010 03:43, <[email protected]<wikieducator%[email protected]> > wrote: > Today's Topic Summary > > Group: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator/topics > > - Nomenclature for > WikiMaster<https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&view=js&name=main,tlist&ver=4an4dzVEO3Y.en_GB.&am=!HukNjzzPyjexhfwb0HIWwideW3-n1WSwTIwvvH_wII_VVj2HDQo&fri#12a1bde08a9641e9_group_thread_0>[1 > Update] > > Topic: Nomenclature for > WikiMaster<http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator/t/f1773a310d6e7da1> > > Jorge Vidals <[email protected]> Jul 28 03:23AM -0700 > ^<https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&view=js&name=main,tlist&ver=4an4dzVEO3Y.en_GB.&am=!HukNjzzPyjexhfwb0HIWwideW3-n1WSwTIwvvH_wII_VVj2HDQo&fri#12a1bde08a9641e9_digest_top> > > Hi to everybody, > > My suggestion is that WikiMaster title could be remain as a degree > obtained, and if you are man you will be a Wikimaster and if you are a > woman you will be a Wikimistress. > > As Jan says, here in México people who teach something is called > "Maestra" if you are a woman or "Maestro" if you are a man. But the > degree that a teacher has gotten is a "Licenciatura en Educación" at > least for primary and secondary education. If you are Engineer, > Chemical or from another carreer and you teach in a University you are > a "Maestro" o "Maestra". The same apply for crafts and this is > thinking in "El maestro" or "La maestra" share his o her knowledge > with his or her pupils or apprentices. > > I like all the great ideas that Wikieducators have given and I think > the workgroup which is working on Wikimaster certification need to > take in account that our community is not only in English, Spanish or > German; there are others instances comming up and many others will be > formed in the future. And I think every body in the world know what > Master means and how will be named if the person who have the title is > a woman or a man. > > If WikiMaster were changed for another word as WikiChampion (for me > sounds as a sport title) or WikiGurú (a wise man for me) for example, > the workgroup need to choose a word which describe all the work > required to get that title and the steps required to achieve this > knowledge. Another issue is that WikiArtisan degree will be required > to be changed not for gender but for to be in accordance with the new > title. > > My last thinking: in spanish when somebody made something with mastery > is called "con maestria" and this term is a female gender and men > do'nt disagree with that word despite in my country there are a lot of > "macho" men. > > Warm regards > > Jorge > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "WikiEducator" group. > To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org > To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] -- Victor Paa Kwesi Mensah. MCMI, FInstLM Management Practitioner http://thecommonwealth.org/cypafrica http://bit.ly/vmensah +260978404739 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]
