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S1, E9: A Quickie on TRUTH
Oct 04, 2020
Identifying and dealing effectively with logical fallacies is only one part of informal logic. Informal logic is the kind we use during everyday discussions and information-gathering. The other part of this discipline is truth-knowing. Knowing the truth has become a huge issue in today’s climate of ubiquitous social media on which everyone’s opinion gets airtime, […]
S1, E8: Constitution Day & Kidney Transplant Nurses
Sep 16, 2020
Sept. 16 Edit: Just added some online resources about the Constitution below Dolley’s cake recipe at the end of this post. Some good stuff! Not sure how you plan to do your less-than-an-hour of reading the Constitution to celebrate September 17, but watching 100 celebrities, politicians, judges, and schoolkids do it on The Words That […]
Back to School Special: Let’s Re-Group & Here’s Our New Forum…
Sep 08, 2020
I’ve taken a month-long hiatus for a few reasons. First, some other things have come up that needed attending to. Second, I’ve been researching ways to improve 21CL. (Yup. That’s the pseudo-acronym I’m using from now on…) Foremost of those improvements is OUR NEW FORUM at: https://21cl.boardhost.com/index.php. Seriously, go check it out and take it […]
S1, E7: The Learning CYCLE
Jul 27, 2020
So, this is the final episode of the learning styles miniseries with a revelation that has almost certainly become apparent over the past four episodes – that, in order to allow each learner to both take advantage of his or her own strengths and preferences as well as improve in style areas in which he […]
S1, E6: Learning Styles – What If?
Jul 27, 2020
The fourth learning type is driven by the question What If? Beginning with the Extend step during the How? learning type, the learner begins to apply the new learning to more and more personal projects. We will learn to Refine and then Perform the personal project begun in the last episode. Summary of video Ways […]
S1, E5: Learning Styles – How?
Jul 27, 2020
Mastering the learning we have begun in episode one of the series on Learning Styles and then expanded upon in episode two is the goal of this session. By practicing and then extending (applying) our new knowledge about learning styles and preferences, we become even more conversant with the concept of diversity in learning and […]
S1, E4: Learning Styles – What?
Jul 25, 2020
This second episode on learning styles digs into the more theoretical aspects of Dr. Bernice McCarthy’s 4MAT system as it relates to learning preferences. After a quick activity to focus our imaginations on what we know so far about learning styles, we briefly check out Dr. McCarthy’s teachings on how the styles are developed by […]
S1, E3: Learning Styles – Why?
Jul 19, 2020
This episode is the beginning of a brief few-episodes foray into the world of learning styles as a way to enhance learners’ experiences with perceiving and processing new knowledge and skills. We open this session with a quick review of the origins of classical schooling, it’s over 2000 years of acceptance as the norm in […]
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