Re: Text and authority in 18th-century China

Molly Freeman (mollyfreeman who-is-at telis.org)
Tue, 05 May 1998 09:06:03 -0700

Luiz,

Yes, there have been conflict and controversy, frustration and multiple
objectives in education long before the computer and the Internet. The point
is that the latter have increased postiive and negative feedback loops with
certain features of schooling, and some new opportunities for reconfigurations
of the arrangement of learning environments/schooling, whatever you wish to
call it, are emergent. At least this is the line of thought I am presently
pursuing with an eye to concrete examples. Many of the examples reside on the
web, as your keyword searches indicate.
.
Molly

Luiz wrote:
It should be noted though, that when the concept of 'turbulence' or
'chaos' is applied to an area such as education, and in particular in face
of the present "challenges and controversies", we do not contrast them in
opposition with" lack of turbulence". The remark has the objective of
making clear for the other members of xmca that it is very easy to fall in
the trap of pairing (turbulence-stability) with (paper and pencil - screen
and keyboard). I do not want to enter in the thread about science and
physics education, but similar misinterpretations about chaos are very
common.