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Introduction to Empowering Learners: Theory and Practice of Extra-Classroom Teaching
Submitted by alesnick on Mon, 05/04/2009 - 8:10pmThis student-authored handbook is the product of a Bryn Mawr College Education course entitled “Empowering Learners: Theory and Practice of Extra-Classroom Teaching” (Table of Contents), created by Alice Lesnick and Jody Cohen (with support from the Math Science Partnership of Greater Philadelphia) and taught by Alice Lesnick (www.brynmawr.edu/education). As a Praxis course (www.brynmawr.edu/praxis) at Bryn Mawr, the course included a substantial field component in which each student engaged in and reflected on a form of
Getting acquainted ...
Submitted by Paul Grobstein on Fri, 08/10/2007 - 12:40pm
Welcome. Glad you stopped by. This isn't so much a "blog" as a place for me (and you if you're interested) to keep track of what I'm currently up to on Serendip. In reverse chronological order below are teasers to things I'm thinking about that are relatively well developed. Click on them for more details, and to get to forum areas where you can add thoughts to help both of us think more.
(See also read more, posting responses, other Exchange creations, my Serendip home page)
Welcome to Brain Stories
Submitted by Brain Stories on Sat, 06/16/2007 - 11:25am
Curious about the brain? About behavior and experiences/feelings, your own and other people's? There's lots on Serendip to help you think about such things, and to encourage you to develop new understandings and new questions about them, including a whole section on Brain and Behavior and another on Mental Health. And, of course, there are new observations being made all of the time, reported in professional journals, newspapers, magazines, books, and on the web.
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Submitted by Ann Dixon on Thu, 02/01/2007 - 8:46pmAlice in Layers
Submitted by jrlewis on Mon, 02/08/2010 - 9:14pmThere was a table set out under a tree in front of the house, and the March Hare and the Hatter were having tea at it: a Dormouse was sitting between them fast asleep, and the other two were using it as a cushion, resting their elbows on it, and talking over its head, ‘Very uncomfortable for the Dormouse,’ thought Alice; ‘only as its asleep, I suppose it doesn’t mind, (Carroll, 68).
How did this pathetic creature, the Dormouse, come to occupy a place in a fantastic tea party with Alice James, Emily Dickinson, Margaret Fuller, and Myrtha? What might a much abused, semiconscious mammal contribute to the conversation? What function might this character serve in fleshing out Susan Sontag’s portrayal of Alice James?
Making sense of the world: the need to entertain the inconceivable
Submitted by Paul Grobstein on Mon, 02/08/2010 - 6:40pmAn interesting example of the constraints placed on inquiry by stories that make some things difficult to conceive came up in Neurobiology and Behavior last week, during a discussion of the ability of the nervous system to generate outputs by itself rather than simply in response to external stimuli.
"Perhaps I've just had the idea that 'cause equals effect' engrained in my mind for so long that it's just difficult to sway me, but I still feel that there must be some input to trigger reactions in our body"
Imaging and the Question of Consciousness - Reading List for February 22 2010
Submitted by rdanfort on Mon, 02/08/2010 - 6:19pmNeural and Behavioral Sciences Senior Seminar
Bryn Mawr College, Spring 2010
Imaging and the Question of Consciousness
Subjectivities and objectivities in classrooms and beyond
Submitted by Paul Grobstein on Mon, 02/08/2010 - 3:04pmInteresting conversation last week in the Neurobiology and Behavior course about .... class conversation (see A loopy classroom?), one that intersected in interesting ways with, among other things, a conversation in the Neural and Behavioral Sciences senior seminar (Some relevant thoughts from last week), and one on evolving systems (Bridging for commonality of expansion).
The Neuroscience of Consciousness: From Cells to Self
Submitted by David F on Mon, 02/08/2010 - 11:12amNeural and Behavioral Sciences Senior Seminar
Bryn Mawr College, Spring 2010
The Neuroscience of Consciousness: From Cells to Self
The Neuroscience of Consciousness: From Cells to Self
Submitted by David F on Sun, 02/07/2010 - 11:41pm



