Tag: learning
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Attention Addiction
I recently heard about this possibility – that it’s possible to become addicted to attention in much the same way someone can become addicted to smoking or drinking. All people need attention – some more than others. It’s possible to not get enough attention and that comes with some issues.…
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Explaining to Justify
explaining present participle of ex·plain (Verb) Verb Make (an idea, situation, or problem) clear to someone by describing it in more detail or revealing relevant facts or ideas. Account for (an action or event) by giving a reason as excuse or justification. I am pretty good with words. I use words to convey…
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My Mind is Full
I went to TEDxSanDiego today. It’s the third one that they’ve had, and I have been blessed to be at all of them. It was a great time hearing so many wonderful speakers. It was great to meet amazing people, and hear about their failures. My mind is full. We…
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Emotion Words
I am needing to learn more emotion words. I don’t even know how to describe it. I got the normal and natural words that we think of when I think about emotions. Sometimes though, you feel an emotion and the normal, natural words just don’t do it justice. If you’re…
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Think About Learning
I love listening to professors. I’m a professor. I don’t mind if people listen to me or not, but I love to listen to professors. More than that – I love to learn. I love learning what professors have learned and studied. I was listening to a professor share his…
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Listening to a Hashtag
So I don’t normally take a look at the “explore” feature on Twitter. Seriously, who has time? I mean, I can barely keep up with the amount of followers that I have – and I like to at least have tweet conversations with them. Those with thousands upon thousands aren’t…
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Paideia
noun [mass noun] (in ancient Greece) a system of broad cultural education. formal the culture of a society. paideia (Greek: “education,” or “learning”), system of education and training in classical Greek and Hellenistic (Greco-Roman) cultures that included such subjects as: gymnastics, grammar, rhetoric, music, mathematics, geography, natural history, and philosophy. In the early Christian era the Greek paideia, called humanitas in Latin, served as a model for Christian institutions of higher learning, such as the Christian school of Alexandria in Egypt, which offered theology as the culminating science of their curricula. The term was combined with enkyklios (“complete system, ” or “circle”) to identify a large compendium of general education, hence “encyclopaedia.” (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/paideia) I so want this. Well, I want this except for the gymnastics part. I’m hoping…
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I Learn Best
……when I teach. You teachers know what I am talking about. If you have never taught before, you will realize that the best way to learn is to teach. I’m not saying anything new. There have been many people out there that have written about this, and I absolutely love…
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What Teachers Do
I have been teaching for a few years now. It has been the most interesting and funny enough – educational time in my life. I’ve spent most of my life in school. I was thinking about What Teachers Do, and there are so many things that teachers do. But the…
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We Are Programmed to Do It One Way
The thing is – we don’t even know that this is true until we are forced to face it. Now, I know it’s a general comment, and it can fit so many different scenarios. What brought this to mind was an mid-term that I gave today. Normally you are given…
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Teaching Without Talking
I am a teacher. Well, I am a teacher by trade, but it is also what I am – even if I didn’t do it as a profession. I was thinking about this today – but as I teacher, I do most of my teaching by talking. I teach. I…
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You are Culturally Bound
We are all culturally bound. When thinking about identity – you cannot be something that you are not. That’s not to say that eventually you can’t become that, but I guess that’s what I’m saying – it’s a process. You are a genius up until about 7 years old. Your…