Having so many years running the education institutions, I start thinking and searching for what make a person who he is and who he will be becoming, can a person change and transform, or everything is hard coded in the DNA?
This is my diary of observations and thoughts.
The influences are :
rigidity vs flexibility of a person
His thinking pattern
His learning attitude and behaviours
His associations with the external world
His perception on Life Success Possibility
His interpretation of his life experiences
The elements of thinking :
.Naming
.Catalogizing
.Grouping
.colours
.Pattern
.Words
.Trend
.Connection
.Co-relation
.
Elements of Learning
.Objectives
.Outcomes
.Process
.Submissive
.Formative
.Classroom Learning
.Team Learning
.Independent Learning
.Problem Solving
.Communication & Connection
.Presentation & Proposition
Showing posts with label Joy of Learning. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Joy of Learning. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Monday, January 3, 2011
Glenn Doman : Why Teaching Your Baby To Read Is Important
Reading grows the Brain. The joy is in the Process.
Glenn Doman Method : How to teach your baby to read
While I am in search effective approcah of Learning English, I met a lovely and passionate couple, Dr Edward and Sussi. Sussie is the owner and principal of a Kindergarten for more than 15 years, and she shared her successful experiences on teaching children with Flash-Card Methods and the name Glenn Domain was mentioned as a key reference This is some of Glenn Domain's sharing.
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
The Essential Living Skills
The Essential Living Skills
Be an independent Thinker and Learner, as well as make strong connection to the world :
1. Focus and Self Control
2. Prospective Talking
3. Communication
4. Making Connection
5. Critical Thinking
6. Creative Thinking
7. Taking on Challenges
8. Self-directed, engaged learning
9. Taking Responsibility and be Accountable
Be an independent Thinker and Learner, as well as make strong connection to the world :
1. Focus and Self Control
2. Prospective Talking
3. Communication
4. Making Connection
5. Critical Thinking
6. Creative Thinking
7. Taking on Challenges
8. Self-directed, engaged learning
9. Taking Responsibility and be Accountable
Monday, November 8, 2010
Learning English
Suku shared with me three hypothesis of learning English.
1. Naom Chonsky by Stephen Krashen, an american, put forward a hypothesis on learning English by Comprehensable Inputs.
2. Innateness Hypothesis
people learn langauge like fish swims in water, it is a innate nature
2, Habiaesthetic Hypothesis
it is a combination of Habit and Aesthetics, hence the effective way is to expose the learner to the language.
1. Naom Chonsky by Stephen Krashen, an american, put forward a hypothesis on learning English by Comprehensable Inputs.
2. Innateness Hypothesis
people learn langauge like fish swims in water, it is a innate nature
2, Habiaesthetic Hypothesis
it is a combination of Habit and Aesthetics, hence the effective way is to expose the learner to the language.
Some thoughts on Research
Research is seeking, investigation, and discovery.
Wisdom and Technical Support may be there, but it is a very personal journey of discovery and learning.
It involves experiementations, data analysis, surveys, simulations....
A common mistake is keep reading, thinking, learning, but never get started with the main game. When you start you may find that the real issues and difficulties are quite different from the abstract that you first difined.
Research involves thinking of questions, answering questions, communicating the findings, but not all the things are important all the time.
How to Get Started ?
. Talk, Share, Expose and Brainstorm
. Look to your leisure interest for Inspiration
. Draw an analog and method of analysis
Wisdom and Technical Support may be there, but it is a very personal journey of discovery and learning.
It involves experiementations, data analysis, surveys, simulations....
A common mistake is keep reading, thinking, learning, but never get started with the main game. When you start you may find that the real issues and difficulties are quite different from the abstract that you first difined.
Research involves thinking of questions, answering questions, communicating the findings, but not all the things are important all the time.
How to Get Started ?
. Talk, Share, Expose and Brainstorm
. Look to your leisure interest for Inspiration
. Draw an analog and method of analysis
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Building Blocks
Watch Your Baby Blossom by
> Visual Inspirations
. Stimulating Imigination Through Art
. Visual Inspirations explores the beauty of art in amanner that adjusts to the nature and pace's of baby development in three progressive steps of understanding :
* Black and White
* Discovering Colors
* Universe of Colors
presentative by Dr Lynne Kenney
developed by experts
> Vocabulary Seeds
. Inspiring First Words
. Vocabulary Seeds gives a taste of the gradual process in which vocabulary is created and enhanced, all in three progressive steps
* Baby's First Words
* Words in Context
* Baby's First STories
> Visual Inspirations
. Stimulating Imigination Through Art
. Visual Inspirations explores the beauty of art in amanner that adjusts to the nature and pace's of baby development in three progressive steps of understanding :
* Black and White
* Discovering Colors
* Universe of Colors
presentative by Dr Lynne Kenney
developed by experts
> Vocabulary Seeds
. Inspiring First Words
. Vocabulary Seeds gives a taste of the gradual process in which vocabulary is created and enhanced, all in three progressive steps
* Baby's First Words
* Words in Context
* Baby's First STories
Monday, August 30, 2010
Part B on How to Create a Pop-up Fun Card
This is what I mean in Part A on how to make a Pop-up Fun Card.
This is the way your can create a Frog.
This is the way your can create a Frog.
Part A of How to make a Pop-up Fun Card
This is the Part A of how to make a Pop-up Card, it can turn to many variety of end-results,like a Frog, a Human Character, a Bird, etc. work it out, and tell me if you like it!
Saturday, August 14, 2010
Let's Be Creative, not just for Kids, Adults too
Try This Kids…Get Wild at Home!
By Artella
Try This, Kids…Get Wild at Home!
10 Ways to Cultivate Creativity: A WildChild Primer for Kids of All Ages
1. Color. Buy crayons and a coloring book, and purposefully, intentionally, color outside the lines. Scribble, break the crayons in half, smash them into the page. Write in the margins how it feels to break the rules.
2. Spend some time thinking about what you loved as a child. What colors, clothes, games, toys, activities, dreams do you enjoy? Which are currently in your life? Which have you not seen or enjoyed in years? Make a plan to rekindle some of your childhood loves in your daily life, today.
3. Create with your body. Take a break from the gym and work out at a local playground. Playing hopscotch, pumping legs on the swings and climbing jungle gyms aren't just for kids! Or try gardening or hiking to cultivate a kid-like connection with nature.
4. Draw your goal. Grab some crayons, markers or colored pencils. Imagine a goal that you'd like to meet, and draw a picture of what it will look like when you've reached this goal. Make it detailed, vivid and kid-like! This isn't about drawing skills- it's about representing a vision in a fun and uninhibited way. When you're done, hold it up proudly and say out loud, "I DID THIS!" Tape it to your refrigerator!
5. Make a set of "trading cards." Cut out images that you love from catalogs, magazines or greeting cards. Focus on images that make you feel full, alive and truly happy. Glue these images, collage-style, to an old deck of playing cards. This is a project you can work on a little bit at a time until you have a whole deck of cards that inspire you to dream big and live your fullest life! Don't forget to collage the outside of the pack!
6. Redecorate, kid-style. Walk through your living space and find areas- even small ones- that could use some Wild Child whimsy. Maybe a children's book belongs with the serious coffee table books. Maybe pipe-cleaner flowers belong in a vase on a kitchen shelf. Find corners where a little smile goes a long way.
7. Imagine new pictures. Find an image from a magazine and tear it out. Place it on a flat surface and turn it upside down. Try to find an image, activity or story in the lines and spaces of the upside-down image. If you're having trouble seeing anything, ask, "If I were a child, what might I see in this picture?" Doodle with markers and pens to expand on and illuminate your image. Add words, if you are drawn to do so.
8. Write your to-do list on poster boards taped to a wall. Write with markers, and with your non-dominant hand (or put the marker in your fist and make broad, childlike strokes). On one poster, write a list of things you need to DO. On the other, write a list of things you dream to BE. Move between the two, allowing a free-flowing relationship to develop between them. What do you learn about yourself and your priorities?
9. Find a board or card game from your childhood and change the rules. What if CLUE became a game about decorating rooms in Fun House style? What if Twister was a massive canvas for art? What if chess pieces were purple, pink and polka-dotted and the game was about cooperation instead of competition? If possible, alter the actual game board and pieces to celebrate your rebellion against the rules. If that's not possible, write about your new rules in a journal.
10. Go on a nature walk with child's eyes. Challenge yourself to make each of your senses more open and aware, in the way that a child takes in the world. Gather interesting leaves, rocks or little flowers. Bring them home and arrange them to create your own little nature shrine.
Learn more about registering for Artella's WildChild Wisdom Weekend at http://www.artellawordsandart.com/retreat.html.
Artella, found at http://www.ArtellaWordsAndArt.com, is a magazine, support network, and lively community for writers, artists, and creative spirits
By Artella
Try This, Kids…Get Wild at Home!
10 Ways to Cultivate Creativity: A WildChild Primer for Kids of All Ages
1. Color. Buy crayons and a coloring book, and purposefully, intentionally, color outside the lines. Scribble, break the crayons in half, smash them into the page. Write in the margins how it feels to break the rules.
2. Spend some time thinking about what you loved as a child. What colors, clothes, games, toys, activities, dreams do you enjoy? Which are currently in your life? Which have you not seen or enjoyed in years? Make a plan to rekindle some of your childhood loves in your daily life, today.
3. Create with your body. Take a break from the gym and work out at a local playground. Playing hopscotch, pumping legs on the swings and climbing jungle gyms aren't just for kids! Or try gardening or hiking to cultivate a kid-like connection with nature.
4. Draw your goal. Grab some crayons, markers or colored pencils. Imagine a goal that you'd like to meet, and draw a picture of what it will look like when you've reached this goal. Make it detailed, vivid and kid-like! This isn't about drawing skills- it's about representing a vision in a fun and uninhibited way. When you're done, hold it up proudly and say out loud, "I DID THIS!" Tape it to your refrigerator!
5. Make a set of "trading cards." Cut out images that you love from catalogs, magazines or greeting cards. Focus on images that make you feel full, alive and truly happy. Glue these images, collage-style, to an old deck of playing cards. This is a project you can work on a little bit at a time until you have a whole deck of cards that inspire you to dream big and live your fullest life! Don't forget to collage the outside of the pack!
6. Redecorate, kid-style. Walk through your living space and find areas- even small ones- that could use some Wild Child whimsy. Maybe a children's book belongs with the serious coffee table books. Maybe pipe-cleaner flowers belong in a vase on a kitchen shelf. Find corners where a little smile goes a long way.
7. Imagine new pictures. Find an image from a magazine and tear it out. Place it on a flat surface and turn it upside down. Try to find an image, activity or story in the lines and spaces of the upside-down image. If you're having trouble seeing anything, ask, "If I were a child, what might I see in this picture?" Doodle with markers and pens to expand on and illuminate your image. Add words, if you are drawn to do so.
8. Write your to-do list on poster boards taped to a wall. Write with markers, and with your non-dominant hand (or put the marker in your fist and make broad, childlike strokes). On one poster, write a list of things you need to DO. On the other, write a list of things you dream to BE. Move between the two, allowing a free-flowing relationship to develop between them. What do you learn about yourself and your priorities?
9. Find a board or card game from your childhood and change the rules. What if CLUE became a game about decorating rooms in Fun House style? What if Twister was a massive canvas for art? What if chess pieces were purple, pink and polka-dotted and the game was about cooperation instead of competition? If possible, alter the actual game board and pieces to celebrate your rebellion against the rules. If that's not possible, write about your new rules in a journal.
10. Go on a nature walk with child's eyes. Challenge yourself to make each of your senses more open and aware, in the way that a child takes in the world. Gather interesting leaves, rocks or little flowers. Bring them home and arrange them to create your own little nature shrine.
Learn more about registering for Artella's WildChild Wisdom Weekend at http://www.artellawordsandart.com/retreat.html.
Artella, found at http://www.ArtellaWordsAndArt.com, is a magazine, support network, and lively community for writers, artists, and creative spirits
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