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Brain, Education, and Inquiry - Fall, 2010: Session 1

Submitted by Paul Grobstein on Sun, 08/29/2010 - 4:36pm

Brain, Education, and Inquiry

Bryn Mawr College, Fall 2010

Session 1

 

Class is itself an experiment in a particular form of education: co-constructive inquiry

Learning by interacting, sharing observations and understandings to create, individually and collectively, new understandings and new questions that motivate new observations

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Science and cultures/values

Submitted by Paul Grobstein on Thu, 08/26/2010 - 11:01am

Biology in Society Senior Seminar

Bryn Mawr College, Fall 2010

Sessions 1,2: Science and Culture/Values

 

  • Is biology/science "objective", value-free, culture-independent, universal?
  • Should it be?
  • Is there a distinctive biology/science culture? set of values?
  • Should there be? 

BBC News Hour 26 August (1300 GMT) segment on medicine and religion 44:01-49:30)

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Brain, Education, and Inquiry - Fall 2010: Resources

Submitted by Paul Grobstein on Wed, 08/25/2010 - 6:00pm

Brain, Education, and Inquiry

Bryn Mawr College, Fall 2010

Course Resource List

This list is an idiosyncratic sampling of materials on the web and elsewhere.  Suggestions for additions to this list are welcome in the on-line forum at the bottom of the page.  

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Brain, Education, and Inquiry - Fall 2010 Home Page

Submitted by Paul Grobstein on Tue, 08/24/2010 - 2:32pm

Brain, Education, and Inquiry

Bryn Mawr College, Fall 2010

A discussion of intersections between the neural and cognitive sciences and the theory and practice of education.  In addition to in class conversation,  students will participate in on-line forum discussion of papers on this general subject, lead discussions and write web papers on topics of particular interest to themselves.  Others are welcome to join in the conversation by way of background readings and on-line forums associated with each class session (see schedule below), and via the on-line forum at the end of this page.  

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Biology in Society Seminar, fall 2010

Submitted by Paul Grobstein on Tue, 08/24/2010 - 10:23am

Biology in Society Senior Seminar

Bryn Mawr College, Fall 2010

A discussion of the nature of biology, and science in general, and of their reciprocal relationships to broader social and cultural activities.  In addition to in class conversation,  students will participate in on-line forum discussion of papers on this general subject, lead discussions and write web papers on topics of particular interest to themselves, and write a senior paper on one such topic that will also appear on-line.  Others are welcome to join in the conversation by way of background readings and on-line forums.  

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Thinking more about depression as "adaptive"

Submitted by Paul Grobstein on Wed, 08/11/2010 - 4:09pm

""I suspect there are features of the higher order organization of neurons that need to be included among the "underlying rules" to achieve a better understanding of depression, both conceptually and for therapeutic purposes."  ... PG, An expanded neurobiology of depression, June, 2009

Coordination without a leader: flocking

Coordination without a leader:

Exploring a model of flocking behavior

Paul Grobstein and Laura Cyckowski

August 2010

 Is the front bird a leader? | Is there a leader at all? | Coordination as an emergent property of a distributed system | What's actually going on in the flocking model? | And in general .... ?

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Ashley's Index

Submitted by Ashley Dawkins on Wed, 07/14/2010 - 1:14pm

I feel a sense of relief after completing my first year of teaching. After surviving the world wind of this life changing experience I can now catch my breath and further reflect on my experiences. I see an immediate need to involve more creativity and inquiry into my lessons...this is why I am here. I am here to learn, question, and gain ideas that I can apply to my classroom. The interesting twist is that I my classroom will be changing for my second year of teaching. I will be entering the cyber community and trying to incorporate creativity and inquiry into this world. I am not sure what to expect...


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