Spherical thought: Over, above, beyond things flat!
| dc.contributor.affiliation | Katherine Watson - Coastline Community College | |
| dc.contributor.author | Watson, Katherine | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-07-30T22:21:50Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-07-30T22:21:50Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2013 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10125/69191 | |
| dc.title | Spherical thought: Over, above, beyond things flat! | |
| dc.type | Conference Paper | |
| dcterms.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, Coastline’s 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. | |
| dcterms.extent | 14 pages | |
| dcterms.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States | |
| dcterms.type | Text |
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