Some of us have difficulty wrapping our minds around the values, themes and archetypes extracted from the narrative fragments collected during anecdote circles with the Cognitive Edge methodology. Why? For what reason? What purpose do they serve?
It just occurred to me that an analogy with an term from complexity science might help. It has helped [...]
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A way of thinking about values, themes & archetypes
Rob Bell does a good job in describing “context” …
in this YouTube video from an appearance he made at last month’s Greenbelt. Describing and capturing context plays an important, crucial even, part in realistic evaluation and complexity.
In this snippet Bell begins talking about “out of the box.” But stick with it and he’ll take you on a word trip which illustrates very well what [...]
More on the two (or more) systems for decision-making
I’ve come across a further discourse on the two systems for making decisions that I mentioned in the post on Kahneman, one speedy, immediate and intuitive and one slower, reflective and rational. Before I quote this new stuff, let me mention that the folks over at CAST, Center for Applied Special Technology, have long championed [...]
We need a psychological/sociological equivalent of the Moebus Strip
Yesterday I got thru rereading Raymond Brown’s 1979 study of the gospel and epistles of John, The Community of the Beloved Disciple: The Life, Loves, and Hates of an Individual Church in New Testament Times (Paulist Press). I found it extremely exciting, stimulating and thought-provoking much more than the first time I went through it. [...]
David Snowden makes “complex adaptive systems” human, practical… so far
I am not a great one for jumping on bandwagons or fads. Anyone who knows me will know that. I’ve seen too may fads come and go, particularly in Education (note the big “E” in education). Maybe I was a skeptic from moving around the county as a kid and living in the North, South [...]
Teacher’s “Cheat Sheet” for classroom questioning
Just added this as a tool in our products page of the website. Useful for discussion leaders and group facilitators as well as classroom teachers and instructors. Has question starters in each of the domains of Bloom and Rick Stiggins’ achievement targets. Useful in stretching students and participants from core knowledge to synthesis and evaluation. [...]
A way of judging the use evidence-based practices with the Cynefin Framework
People working in non-profits needing government funds for conducting prevention services are familiar with the term, “evidence-based practices.” People in businesses also know the term along with the term, “best practices.” We discover that all such terms and the lists of practices they are said to identify have limited utility however.
A reason for this can [...]
Frye’s 5 modes of language?
I am cleaning up the piles of papers in and around my desk that have accumulated over the summer and I found this scribbled note. I believe it refers to Northrop Frye’s linguistic modes. Here’s what I have printed:
Descriptive– Designed to convey knowledge of something
Conceptional– Designed to lead thinking in certain ways
Ideological– Designed to lead you to behave in certain ways
Imaginative– [...]