Montag, 1. Februar 2010
Stumbling over old-Schoolers
When searching for blogs about artificial intelligence & life I stumbled over this pretty interesting conversation between Steve Grand and a few visitors of his blog.
Sonntag, 31. Januar 2010
Bildungsproteste - Neue Links
Und gerade sind mir wieder ein par wichtige Links aufgefallen:
Die Uniproteste in Oesterreich
http://unibrennt.at/
http://unibrennt.tv/
Die folgenden Kongresse in Europa
http://emancipating-education-for-all.org/EEC-preparation-meetings
Und zuletzt ein Video das die ach so linken und hierachielose Struktur der Studenten sehr gelungen in Frage stellt ;)
Es ist erfrischend neben all dem Spektakel und einsilbigen Slogans* auch einmal eine klare sachliche Analyse zu sehen.
* Womit nicht gesagt sein soll, dass jene nicht auch ihre Daseinsberechtigung haben.
Die Uniproteste in Oesterreich
http://unibrennt.at/
http://unibrennt.tv/
Die folgenden Kongresse in Europa
http://emancipating-education-for-all.org/EEC-preparation-meetings
Und zuletzt ein Video das die ach so linken und hierachielose Struktur der Studenten sehr gelungen in Frage stellt ;)
Es ist erfrischend neben all dem Spektakel und einsilbigen Slogans* auch einmal eine klare sachliche Analyse zu sehen.
* Womit nicht gesagt sein soll, dass jene nicht auch ihre Daseinsberechtigung haben.
Montag, 25. Januar 2010
Students still active
As I am sitting in the netherlands were student protests are very rare I kinda though that student protests and discussions were over. Seems like I could not be more wrong.
By joining the mailing list:
http://www.educationcongress.eu/?page_id=21
I found out that discussions and protests are planned for Frankfurt, Paris and Bochum. And there is probably much more coming up.
By joining the mailing list:
http://www.educationcongress.eu/?page_id=21
I found out that discussions and protests are planned for Frankfurt, Paris and Bochum. And there is probably much more coming up.
Freitag, 15. Januar 2010
Bologna Protests
It seems like student actions for a new perspective on education are still working. While I am not aware how the stiuation at the universities is. (Amsterdam is quite silent) There is a big european demonstration planned for march. You find more by going to their website. (Click on the logo)
Sonntag, 3. Januar 2010
Spontaneity and the arrow of longing
There has been a long time gone between my last post and this one. A little weird as I had the idea to this post a few months ago, I just could not get it into the right form.
So what I found as the basis of education (in the post determine yourself) where three things:
Competence, Connectedness and Autonomy. These are the three necessary conditions for education, they are however not sufficient. There are lots of people who have all three but who just seem somehow too rigid and uninspired. What they miss is to frequently abandon routine. By doing so we open our minds to new ways of thinking. (Which is ultimately necessary in this increasingly changing world)
At the same time however breaking routine means loosing focus. To get back on track we need a set of principles or goals. So we find an ambivalence between the creativity of spontaneity and the directedness of principles and ideals. It is the combination of having ideals and breaking them that is the fourth additionally ingredient for education.
Lets concentrate on spontaneity first. It means to discover something new and to be thrown back in the moment by it. What is this it? Is it sitting down to meditate? Surfing on a unknown website or eating this one dish you have never eaten before? Partly it is. But I believe there is more to it. I think spontaneity is induced by art. By something astonishing you encounter on your way. That could be in the form of a flash mob, a picture gallery or something in this direction. It just is there, stands in your way and you have to deal with it. (I'll give more examples in the end.)
At the same time one needs a principle or a belief. (To say it in the spirit of Nietzsche one has to throw an arrow of ones longing beyond oneself.) It is necessary to strengthen ones work in a certain direction.
Only by having both are we really in state to educate ourselves.
Living spontaneuous ensures that we stay flexible & open-minded and not static & rigid.
Having a principle or believe straightens our life and spares us from going in circle around ourself.
The first is something we can find in our environment. (Which we probably should facilitate) The second is discovered by every individual on his/her own.
I am ending as promised with some beautiful examples:
Loesje a group distributing posters in the netherlands (and some other cities):
The rebel clown army
And at last the love police
So what I found as the basis of education (in the post determine yourself) where three things:
Competence, Connectedness and Autonomy. These are the three necessary conditions for education, they are however not sufficient. There are lots of people who have all three but who just seem somehow too rigid and uninspired. What they miss is to frequently abandon routine. By doing so we open our minds to new ways of thinking. (Which is ultimately necessary in this increasingly changing world)
At the same time however breaking routine means loosing focus. To get back on track we need a set of principles or goals. So we find an ambivalence between the creativity of spontaneity and the directedness of principles and ideals. It is the combination of having ideals and breaking them that is the fourth additionally ingredient for education.
Lets concentrate on spontaneity first. It means to discover something new and to be thrown back in the moment by it. What is this it? Is it sitting down to meditate? Surfing on a unknown website or eating this one dish you have never eaten before? Partly it is. But I believe there is more to it. I think spontaneity is induced by art. By something astonishing you encounter on your way. That could be in the form of a flash mob, a picture gallery or something in this direction. It just is there, stands in your way and you have to deal with it. (I'll give more examples in the end.)
At the same time one needs a principle or a belief. (To say it in the spirit of Nietzsche one has to throw an arrow of ones longing beyond oneself.) It is necessary to strengthen ones work in a certain direction.
Only by having both are we really in state to educate ourselves.
Living spontaneuous ensures that we stay flexible & open-minded and not static & rigid.
Having a principle or believe straightens our life and spares us from going in circle around ourself.
The first is something we can find in our environment. (Which we probably should facilitate) The second is discovered by every individual on his/her own.
I am ending as promised with some beautiful examples:
Loesje a group distributing posters in the netherlands (and some other cities):
The rebel clown army
And at last the love police
Donnerstag, 19. November 2009
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