Dynamic mental models…
We do not think by making logical deductions or following formal rules; we think by manipulating mental models which, most of the time, take the form of images. Pierre Lévy, Trees of Knowledge. (Trees of Knowledge).…
Trees of Knowledge
Trees of Knowledge
Trees of knowledge – Based on an interview of him, Pierre Lévy postulates a new language to provide a dynamic representation of thought models, giving the Tree of Knowledge as an example. (read more)
Connected Magazine, Jul. 7th 1997.…
Ambient learning…
Ambient learning…
There may be a fundamental and insurmountable contradiction between the disempowerment embodied in the role of schools as guardians of young people and the vision of schooling as the empowerment of individuals and groups as deciders in their own learning processes… (Ambient schooling: Putting learning back into life)…
Ambient schooling: Putting learning back into life
Ambient schooling: Putting learning back into life
Ambient schooling: Putting learning back into life – Taking a different perspective on learning as an integral part of all activities with the pedagogical, societal and ethical implications implied… (read more)
Connected Magazine, May 25th, 2003.…
Prayer – Going beyond emotional intelligence
Prayer – Going beyond emotional intelligence
Prayer – Going beyond emotional intelligence – Starting from Emotional Intelligence as a concept aimed at improving ourselves and our relationship to the world, I introduce prayer as an activity also undertaken to improve both ourselves and the world around us, but from an all-embracing spiritual perspective… (read more)
Connected Magazine, Apr. 25th, 2000.…
Are we learning or managing competences?
Are we learning or managing competences?
Are we learning or managing competences? – Without some form of feedback and subsequent evaluation, no learning – in the very broadest sense of the word – can take place. Life is not possible without learning, as life in all its facets involves ongoing processes of change and adaptation that require us to learn… (read more)
Connected Magazine, Feb 15th, 1999.…
Complexity and the Networked Society
Complexity and the Networked Society
Complexity and the Networked Society – In their book “The New Alliance” Isabelle Stengers and Ilya Prigogine write “It is no longer stable situations or permanency that interest us, but rather evolutions, crises and instabilities“… (read more)
Connected Magazine, Dec. 8th, 1998. …
Emotional Skills on the Internet
Emotional Skills on the Internet
Emotional Skills on the Internet – The Internet has a rather confused image in terms of emotions. On the one hand, as a complex technical system, it is frequently portrayed as evacuating emotions and depersonalising relationships. Or if there are emotions, they are seen to be doubtful, fake, phoney, unreal … (read more)
Connected Magazine, Mar.…
Emotional Intelligence in Schools
Emotional Intelligence in Schools
Emotional Intelligence in Schools – There is currently a tendency to consider schools as organic wholes that grow and develop, and within which all the actors, their actions and their knowledge are interrelated and interact with the surrounding environment. This organic metaphor for institutions is taken up by those who seek to increase the efficiency of schools as places of learning… (read more)
Connected Magazine, Feb.…
Emotional Intelligence
Emotional Intelligence
Emotional Intelligence – Our perception of the relationship between thought and emotions turns out to be somewhat misguided. The majority of us tacitly subscribe to the idea that thought is most appropriate when not clouded by emotions… (read more)
Connected Magazine, March 1st, 1996.
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