Education

Module A

Outline

• NWR1 feedback

• Synthesis 1 feedback

• Synthesis 2 assignment discussion

• Mini Project preparation

Synthesis 2

• Read articles 2 and 3 of NWR 2

• Answer the synthesis prompt:– What kind of children get bullied and why? – What is the best way to deal with bullying?

• Note deadline for submission:19 Jan 23:59

Useful expression

• p.55 (ECW)

• Words in place of “says”– Considers– Suggests– Etc.

Mini Project Preparation

• Is learning by discovery better than learning by description?

– John Dewey– Maria Montessori– Discovery Learning– Socratic Dialogue

• Is it important to have a curious mind?– Rudolf Steiner & the Waldorf pedagogy– How are scientific inventions and discoveries

made?– Curiosity– How 2 specific inventions came about and what

their circumstances have in common