Hi Leo, Interesting how our backgrounds bias our words. As a sociologist & anthro I'm too prone to a relativistic flair to sustain that there are universals, or rather there may be but culturally interpreted and re-constructed; theories of learning & psychology of childhood are indeed of interest but I don't think there is significant evidence available of their validity within every society & culture. The same would apply to philosophy, and the case for children philosophy might be intertwinned with the concept of childhood and the role assigned to it.
BTW, how fascinating Kim! I don't think there is a contradiction between profit making & open movement (hence the difference libre vs gratis); a different issue is that some may not like that others use their work to make money (e.g. CC by non-derivatives non-commercial). All in all, maybe we're assisting to a new business model in which profit is not achieved as outcome of direct sales. E.g. Free (gratis) OER involve significant exposure & can lead to funding, further per-pay studentship, new studentship market segments ready to pay for certification but not "normal HE fees", etc. I agree WE can sometimes be too techie, but ICT is changing our daily lives & worldviews much more than what we're normally aware of, so listening/reading to the savy & drawing synergies helps us make the best of it. Wiki can't always be "the solution" but I've actually seen corporate departmental teambuilding skills through wiki, so I guess tools are one side of the coin, the other what we're capable of doing with them. Cheers, Alex P. Real 2012/2/6 Wong Leo <[email protected]> > Hey all those are very helpful !and it is so interesting to see is there > something universal about children philosophy without being too culturism ? > > some thing like death , love , equity and fairness , justification , > religeon , > > and Kim love your citation of software angle , there is must be a internet > ethics and philosphy to consider , but are we being too pushy to push the > idea of being freedowm like using cc wikieducator ? i recently started to > work on a small project on finacial curriculum for a company, i do think > to work on a wiki format is a good idea , but meanwhile , the idea of > profit making and copyright > > again, i hope wikieducator could work more curriculum on those non-techie > topics , > 2012/2/6 Kim Tucker <[email protected]> > >> Hi all, >> >> A software angle and "envirethical" angle to consider. >> >> Some of the following may be of relevance if you consider ethics an >> important part of philosophy. >> >> In 2010 I catalysed the development of some case studies on libre >> software. >> >> Libre software >> http://wikieducator.org/Software_libre >> is the ethical choice requiring the source code to be available to >> enable freedom to use, adapt and share the software to help one's >> self, one's neighbour and community. >> >> i.e just like WikiEducator's free cultural works: >> http://freedomdefined.org/Definition - whose definition was based on >> the free software definition: >> http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html >> >> The case studies may be browsed here: >> http://wikieducator.org/Free_Software_Case_Studies >> >> Among the case studies is one on Warrington school in New Zealand: >> http://wikieducator.org/Free_Software_at_Warrington_School >> >> They have a great approach to integrating "envirethical" ethics into >> the curriculum: >> http://wikieducator.org/Warrington_School/Envirethical >> >> Hope you find something useful to build on :-) >> >> Kim >> >> PS See also: >> Why Schools Should Exclusively Use Free Software >> http://www.gnu.org/education/edu-schools.html >> >> PPS: Reminder on WikiEducator and Libre software: >> http://wikieducator.org/WikiEducator:Libre_Software >> >> ------------------------------------- >> >> On 5 February 2012 00:04, Alison Snieckus <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > Hi Leo, >> > >> > I've heard good things about a program at a local university. Not sure >> how >> > much info is available on their website. >> > >> > Institute for the Advancement of Philosophy for Children at Montclair >> State >> > University in New Jersey, USA >> > >> > Alison >> > User:ASnieckus >> > >> > >> > 2012/2/3 Wong Leo <[email protected]> >> >> >> >> Dear all , anyone know anything about this area ?? >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Leo Wong >> >> Teacher and teacher trainer >> >> -------------------------------------- >> >> http://wikieducator.org/User:Leolaoshi >> > >> > >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups >> > "WikiEducator Teacher Collaboration Forum" group. >> > To post to this group, send email to >> > [email protected]. >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> > wikieducator-teacher-collaboration-forum+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> > For more options, visit this group at >> > >> http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator-teacher-collaboration-forum?hl=en >> . >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "WikiEducator Teacher Collaboration Forum" group. >> To post to this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> wikieducator-teacher-collaboration-forum+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator-teacher-collaboration-forum?hl=en >> . >> >> > > > -- > Leo Wong > Teacher and teacher trainer > -------------------------------------- > http://wikieducator.org/User:Leolaoshi > <http://www.gem-intl.edu.cn> > > 机构博客：http://helpsuzhou.blogbus.com > > 个人博客 http://blog.sina.com.cn/leolaoshi1 > > Skype:leolaoshi > Malaysia number +006 010 2718251 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > *There is something very special and powerful about engaging directly > with the real teacher and real Kids.* > > -- > 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] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. 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