Transdisciplinarity, the notion of simultaneous examination/consideration of a question from numerous alternative (academic) perspectives, depends upon & profits from 7 "habits of mind" characterizing the "Big History"/"Big Ideas" notion of including diachrony in our all-too-commonly superficial synchrony. Read and comment, please.
3. Transformative learning principles
Perspective shift: How & What >> Why
Exploration: New roles, relationships, actions
Diachrony: Long view, “through”
Synchrony: Broad view, “across”
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4. Thinking “Big…”
Big History : 14 billion years… or more?
A diachronic view (through time)
A synchronic view (contemporary)
Classroom consequences?
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5. Big History and the diachronic
Astronomy, geology, earth science, chemistry, ecology
Physics
Art
?
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6. Big History and the synchronic
Time and simultaneity
Events and the order of things
Everything old rendered new
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9. Transdisciplinarity: “extra”chronic
What it’s not, in time
X across the curriculum
multi-disciplinarity
What it is, beyond time
interaction
collaboration
problems seen from multiple perspectives
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10. seven “Habits of Mind”
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11. Mind habit: Perceiving
Observing
Focus on, attention to, curiosity about
Data from the five senses
Imaging
Recollection
No immediate sense impressions
Applying this habit…how?
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12. Mind habit: Patterning
Recognizing…. analytically
Identifying repetition
Spotting a pattern
Forming…..synthetically
Being eclectic
Constructing anew
Applying?
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13. Mind habit: Abstracting
Eliminating the superfluous
Analogizing from the disparate
Going from concrete/specific to conceptual
Theorizing
…for you?
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14. Mind Habit: Kinesthizing
“Thinking” with the body
Sensing through the skin
Empathizing
Imagining
Out of you!
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15. Mind habit: Modeling
Representing things
Abstracting, analogizing
…in art
…in geometry, physics
…in chemistry, math
…and for you?
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16. Mind Habit: Playing “deeply”
Transforming
Opening new doors
Breaking through
…and for you?
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18. Habituating in the 21st century: TPACK
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19. Experiment: Engage in “forced relationships”:
Choose something, randomly
Describe its attributes
Associate each attribute with…???
Think: How to apply TPACK?
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20. technology + content + pedagogy =
Practice : Engage in “divergent thinking”
Choose a common household item
Time yourself for two minutes
List/Mindmap all uses you can imagine
Think: How to apply TPACK?
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21. technology + content + pedagogy
Experiment & practice: Think!
Make the longest list you can of ….
household items or…
items that a student needs…or…
what to take on a trip…or…
fruits or vegetables…or…??
Group the items; name your groups
Think: How to apply TPACK?
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22. Habits of mind, “Bigness”, & TPACK
Re-thinking
Re-orienting
Re-applying
Re-imagining
Transforming
Big universe, small individuals, PACKed awareness
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