Hello
there. Thanks for visiting my learning communities
"KART." Even as I slowly construct this website, let
me clarify the meaning of a few terms used here.
The human heart (to the left) that I use here
(metaphorically) for navigating these pages, symbolizes the dynamic
interactions needed between various stakeholders (community,
parents, professionals, and
students) to further our goals in education.
Learning
communities refers to groups, whose members share a conviction
that our collective knowledge of the world is enriched only when
both individuals and the different members within the group share
their expertise.
The
resources I develop(ed) for instruction and coaching
will be (are) catalogued according to year/course and semester.
In
his book The Aims of Education, Whitehead (1929), observed
that in order to produce well-rounded learners, we should seek
to produce men and women who possess both culture and expert knowledge
in some special direction. I trust these pages will help me and
people who contribute to it, share, advance, and develop our individual
passions for K-16 teaching and learning.
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I
created the acronym "KART" (expanded
above), to reflect my personal beliefs about learning. Our current
knowledge-based economy requires individuals who can effectively
and efficiently disseminate, access, and analyze information.
The "KART", like a go-cart, might empower such individuals
and communities to cope with challenges in our new economy.
In these pages, I articulate my research interests in high-performance
work teams (also called self-directed work teams), career
development, concept-based physics education,
and structured-scenario online games.
The products link, will list various papers,
presentations, projects, and proposals that I developed (and continue
to develop).
Please feel free to contribute to this website in ways you deem
fit (as experts, novices, or simply curious onlookers). Small
is beautiful. Your individual contribution(s)
will add to the collective wisdom and enhance our cumulative power
of learning.
You
could contact me (by phone or e-mail) and also
access my first website InNathansWorld.com
Please bear with me because I have not found the time to activate
all the links in this "KART" (like most of you I'm juggling
time, but will definitely have them working ASAP). |