Notices by Raghav Agrawal (impactology@mastodon.social), page 4

Obedience is not a virtue imho. It's made out to be to hold & sustain power over people.

Mechanism to make questioning as a vice, as "badtameezi"

Then people end up devalue questioning, lacking motivation/desire/intent and the skill reflect on what they personally resonate with

Anytime you find an Indian rejecting a tradition/norm in some major way, experimenting, experiencing something unconventional there's imo less likelihood of them being a sadistic authoritarian and maybe open, creative and compassionate

Traditional thai fashion is so incredibly attractive.

Look at those dhoti pants clubbed with those patterned flowy shirts and that suit 😍

I've always wondered why doesn't contemporary menswear also have some kind of layering and "flowyness", drapery, cuts.

Look at this example of traditional thai attire and how seamlessly they've blended suit with dhoti pants

I think a good sign of a learning or research environment or even a body of knowledge or the set of methods of acquiring it is how much freedom or chances it affords future generations in disengaging and rethinking, to redirect, reroute, branch off

That it allows creating as many "break points"/stops in whatever you make, from where people can disengage, discontinue, deviate and branch off,

Do as much as you can to avoid creating path dependencies & lock-ins

@dahukanna Dawn is it okay if I post the thread on syllabus making that I made in response to your question on twitter as well?

Can I post this?

I was reflecting on why do I have this need of seeking folks with unconventional, non-traditional life trajectories, folks who are rebellious, inquisitive and carved out a niche for themselves, by themselves. Folks who not only stood their ground and rebelled but also made something for themselves and I think it’s about courage.

I’ve realized I get along really well with folks who experienced lot of friction in life & after experiencing had to make out something original, independently.

https://mastodon.social/@impactology/111696840651373776

Wow turns out there is

"The definition of cultural dysphoria, according to EverydayFeminism, “is the dissonance between the social expectations for an individual’s broad cultural performance or identity and their desired embodiment of that culture, or uncertainty about where they fit into cultural categories"

https://markhampubliclibrary.ca/blogs/post/cultural-dysphoria-and-feeling-lonely/

"At Olin almost all (project) education is inter- or multidisciplinary. At Olin College disciplinary teaching staff is not hired, as there is no organisational structure linked to disciplinary faculties or units"

https://4tucee.weblog.tudelft.nl/page/3/

Olin's pedagogy is more hands-on & flexible. Different from typical eng school for sure

https://olin.edu/academics/curriculum

https://engage.olin.edu/innovate/curricular-design

https://remakinged.olin.edu

https://engage.olin.edu/innovate/teaching-and-learning/olin-learning-outcomes

https://youtube.com/watch?v=yErWpTTSe2I

@inthehands @dahukanna

Thanks Paul

ooh there is a testamonial from Susan blum for the book

https://www.amazon.co.uk/New-College-Classroom-Davidson/dp/0674248856

I love her work on ungrading

Is there any course or summer school for developing a teacher's pedagogical creativity/creative potential/creative competence for teaching technical engineering/design skills. For crafting exercises & assignments?

Intersection of cognitive anthropology & critical pedagogy?

It's really sad how most discussions around education reform or improving it, even in edtech, revolve around improving access by just building more of the same carceral test-taking based systems, practices, routines as opposed to developing pedagogical innovation, creativity

Nothing on building OER resources on teacher training, for developing a teacher's pedagogical creativity and other teaching competencies.

Something on cultivating skill of coming up with fun exercises

When is the monologue format of lecture going to change? Next century?

Is there any place for a serious discussion around changing the format, modality, techniques of teaching, learning itself?

Need to find a forum where there is 0 discussion on assessment, quantification, grading and solely dedicated to teaching complex technical concepts in unusual, fun ways.

Imagine if there was a nerdwriter like youtube channel that would do detailed reviews of interdisciplinary syllabi of various topics and pedagogies across the globe

"This particular assignment along with this discussion prompt was interesting that it induces _______thinking"

The reviews then could be supplemented with podcast interviews with the teachers who made really interesting assignments and then the whole thing can be converted into a workbook for teacher training.

@MichaelTBacon @22 Like Tridos? https://www.triodos.co.uk/

How to build a low-tech internet
By Kris De Decker, Marie Otsuka

https://www.lulu.com/shop/roel-roscam-abbing-and-marie-otsuka-and-kris-de-decker/how-to-build-a-low-tech-internet/paperback/product-9yq8v7.html

"We were told that the internet would dematerialize society and decrease energy use. Contrary to this projection, it has become a massive infrastructure and a rapidly growing energy consumer. In this series of articles, Low-tech Magazine examines the reasons behind the ever-expanding resource use of digital communication and what we can do about it"

Really sad how we have compartmentalized and created dichotomies for ways of thinking, feeling for "creative" "artistic" pursuits and logical, analytical ones. Sucks that there's a schism between art and science

Ever wonder what if physics, math was taught alongside or via fine arts/performing arts? How interesting the pedagogy would be

Imagine learning about food science, biochemistry along with cooking! or fashion design, sewing, drapery along with Non-Euclidean geometry

Pro-Palestinian protesters block military supply ship at the Port of Oakland

https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/pro-palestinian-protesters-block-military-supply-ship-at-the-port-of-oakland/

Pro-Palestine ship blockade is the latest chapter in the Port of Oakland’s activist history.

With the support of unionized longshore workers, Bay Area activists prevented an Israeli-operated cargo ship from unloading.

https://oaklandside.org/2021/06/08/pro-palestine-ship-blockade-port-of-oakland-activist-history-israel-zim/

It's called as the #blocktheboat campaign