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Spherical thought: Over, above, beyond things flat!
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Title: | Spherical thought: Over, above, beyond things flat! |
Authors: | Watson, Katherine |
Author Affiliation: | Katherine Watson - Coastline Community College |
Date Issued: | 2013 |
Abstract: | Spherical thinking comprises the notion that academic objectives, as well as human interests in general, lie on a curved plane as points equidistant from a center. Spherical thought crosses standard disciplinary boundaries as well as geographical or demographic ones, thereby comprising transdisciplinary dynamic, continuous interactivity. In the twenty-first century, such thought is commonly carried out, often enhanced, with the Internet. Exemplarily, European Union educators have proposed programs promoting Internet-enriched spherical thinking. And an EU-style curriculum has been effectively emulated in electronically delivered French language and culture courses at Coastline Community College, in California, USA, exploiting a simple four-phase template of praxis applicable internationally: Leap inside, jump outside, discuss dynamically, and conceive and achieve actionable results. Besides honing their language skills, Coastlineās intermediate-advanced learners of French online have come to understand how to examine in a spherical, transdisciplinary fashion certain questions formerly classed within defined cultural, professional, or academic domains and how to profit from such examination techniques to become responsible global citizens. |
Pages/Duration: | 14 pages |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10125/69191 |
Rights: | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States |
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