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Introduction

Wil Franklin, Paul Grobstein, Emily Lovejoy and I participated in a discussion over the draft of a paper entitled "Education in Life Itself."  These are my thoughts from the discussion.

Thoughts

I thought that the draft of the article "Education as Life Itself," co-written by Paul Grobstein and Alice Lesnick, was a surprisingly easy read for such a dense--and what seems to me to virtually have endless facets of view--concept.  I really enjoyed reading the concepts presented in the paper: they were clear and thorough.  They do stress the importance of biology in one section, and there I found myself wanting more information regarding scientific evidence encouraging this movement of education as life itself.  I would've loved to read a few more concrete, biological examples in order to expand my viewpoint on the subject.

The Ability to Create

The Importance of Website Creation in Emergent Education

In emergent education, it is often helpful to use websites as a means of distributing information from teacher to student and from student to teacher. Below are two articles and subsequent discussion questions analyzing the benefits and consequences, as well as other questions, stemming from the ability to create websites.

Education as Life Itself: Freedom, Integration and Beyond

Paul Grobstein, Alice Lesnick

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This paper is still in draft form; these are my critiques.  I find it easier to separate the paper into sections and critique by section, then offer a broad critique.

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1. Introduction

Special Education and Emergence

Brielle Stark,  June 19 2009

Emergent Pedagogy: Approaching Education

Brielle Stark, June 19 2009

Background reading: "Emergent Pedagogy: Learning to Enjoy the Uncontrollable and Make it Productive" (pdf)

Subdivisions: Initial Thoughts; Daily Life; Necessities & Suggestions for Success; Examples of Techniques; Possible Obstacles; Conclusions and Questions

An Underlying Similarity