Thank you Jyotsana for your comment and your suggestion. I read Chris’s post and I agree with him that in order to overcome our biases we should unpack our thoughts, understand the unreal associations we are thought, and then move forward to next! while being racist is not pleasant by no means, ignoring it and acting as nothing has happened or existed (as what happens in colorblindness) we only leave the cancer untreated! Acknowledgment is the first step!
Author: neda
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Thank you for your interesting post! I agree with you about colorblindness and how tricky it could be! I think one of the important points is when we say people are different, what do we mean? at what level are we talking about? and again, when we consider humans as similar, in what terms are they alike? Yes, we all have different beliefs, traditions, physical features and etc. but we all are doing our best to make sense of this crazy world in order to survive, and maybe this is one of the similarities which tie us all together!
Comment on HPR 2154: Introduction to Harry Potter by neda
That’s very true! Praxis is always a more important question rather than solely giving normative statements. Thanks!
Comment on HPR 2154: Introduction to Harry Potter by neda
Thank you for your reply! I am really interested to see how creative teachers will apply technology or other mediums to engage students interest in more abstract subjects such as math!
Comment on HPR 2154: Introduction to Harry Potter by neda
You mentioned a valuable point! PhD is losing its original meaning (philosophy as love of wisdom) and turning into some meaningless terms, another paper on the wall! Thank you for your insightful ideas!
Comment on HPR 2154: Introduction to Harry Potter by neda
very cool! exactly same as what I experienced regarding Harry Potter! I really enjoyed your instructor exciting approach using Harry Potter as a base for further learning!
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I totally agree with you! In my Previous post “laptops in classroom yaaaayyy” I exactly mentioned how in higher education we have control and some level of choice regarding what we learn but in K-12 (at least in my country) students are forced to take certain compulsory lessons without having any choice!
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Thank you so much for your reply and your perfect explanation of how we can practically give students choice without endangering educational goals.
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Thank you Amy for your insights. I find your suggestions practically helpful, since my most effective classes have always been those in which the instructor respected the students’ discretion for choosing their own topics of research!
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Thank you for your thoughts. You mentioned a very interesting point, that I think all of us have some sort of similar examples of that. Maybe songs just like games bring “fun” to everything and that is why they stick to our minds better and longer.
