The Socratic Method The Socratic Method:Teaching by Asking Instead of by Tellingby Rick Garlikov The following is a transcript of a teaching experiment, using the Socratic method, with a regular third grade class in a suburban elementary school. I present my perspective and views on the session, and on the Socratic method as a teaching tool, following the transcript. The class was conducted on a Friday afternoon beginning at 1:30, late in May, with about two weeks left in the school year. This time was purposely chosen as one of the most difficult times to entice and hold these children's concentration about a somewhat complex intellectual matter. The point was to demonstrate the power of the Socratic method for both teaching and also for getting students involved and excited about the material being taught. The experiment was to see whether I could teach these students binary arithmetic (arithmetic using only two numbers, 0 and 1) only by asking them questions. 1) "How many is this?" 4) Another way?
50 Life Secrets and Tips Memorize something everyday.Not only will this leave your brain sharp and your memory functioning, you will also have a huge library of quotes to bust out at any moment. Poetry, sayings and philosophies are your best options.Constantly try to reduce your attachment to possessions.Those who are heavy-set with material desires will have a lot of trouble when their things are taken away from them or lost. Possessions do end up owning you, not the other way around. Read “Zen and the Art of Happiness” by Chris Prentiss.This book will give you the knowledge and instruction to be happy at all times regardless of the circumstances.
Science, Reason and Critical Thinking The Meaning of Life (or, What's it all about?) Now available in Spanish! (Traduccin de hsu - midipaj@arrakis.es ) Let's step back a moment... Why do you want to know the meaning of life? Often people ask this question when they really want the answer to some other question. If you're questioning the meaning of life because you've been unhappy and depressed a good bit, click here. On a related note, if you want to know the meaning of life because you feel useless and worthless, click here. If you want to see our answer so that you can prove your intellectual prowess by poking holes in it, click here. If something awful just happened to you or someone you care about and you don't understand why bad things happen to good people, click here. If you would like to help the world but most of the rest of the world seems completely insane, click here. If you wonder why there is so much hatred in the world, click here. If you wonder why there is so much violence in our society, click here. The Meaning of Life - Part II
Le mariage, des mariages Je vous ai déjà parlé de Balzac et de sa Physiologie du mariage. C’était à vrai dire un monument de snobisme et de machisme puisque cet homme seulement fichu de n’aimer que des femmes mariées à d’autres, dressait le compte des femmes qui pouvaient l’intéresser ! Je suis certaine que Balzac qui a créé dans sa Comédie humaine un personnage d’homosexuel aurait participé vigoureusement, peut-être même soutenu l’idée d’un mariage homosexuel. Mais du temps de Balzac, la médecine ne jouait pas avec la vie et la mort ! Parmi les opposants au mariage homosexuel, il y a les religieux. Pour ce qui me concerne, je ne vois pas de bonnes raisons pour maintenir la limitation du mariage à deux personnes de sexe différent. Je le regrette mais je dois constater que la France n’est plus un pays catholique. Que je sois bien claire : le mariage pour tous ce n’est pas non plus un argument au moins pour aujourd’hui mais ça viendra peut-être ! Pour tout cela, je ne vois pas de raison sérieuse de s’y opposer.
TypeLogic Home Page Petit argumentaire sur le « mariage pour tous » On me demande souvent pourquoi je suis opposée au « mariage gay ». Pour beaucoup, en effet, il s'agit de rétablir la justice; mais comme on va le voir, la question n'est pas si simple.Petit tour d'horizon des arguments de ses défenseurs, et de mes réticences et questionnements. Merci de le lire en entier avant de me tomber dessus;) 1/ C'est une question d'égalité des droits. Je suis entièrement d'accord. Le mariage, c'est un contrat juridique qui sert à déterminer le cadre dans lequel seront élevés les enfants. 2/ Qu'est-ce que ça pourrait bien vous faire, à vous personnellement, si le mariage était ouvert aux personnes homosexuelles ? Pardon, mais le « mariage pour tous » risque fort d'impacter mon mariage à moi. Prenons un exemple, celui de la légitimation par le mariage. B/ Pour les couples d'hommes, on fait carrément sauter la clause de légitimation par le mariage, qui ne leur sert à rien puisqu'aucun des deux ne peut porter l'enfant. 5/ Le sexe des parents importe peu.
PBS Closer to Truth | The far future of humans and intelligence in the universe — episodes with Ray Kurzweil Closer to Truth | Ray is a world-renowned inventor, computer scientist, innovative futurist and best-selling author. He founded four technology companies based on his revolutionary inventions in artificial intelligence, including reading machines for the blind, speech recognition, and music synthesis. Ray was the principal developer of the first omni-font optical character recognition, the first print-to-speech reading machine for the blind, the first CCD flat-bed scanner, the first text-to-speech synthesizer, the first music synthesizer capable of recreating the grand piano and other orchestral instruments, and the first commercially marketed large vocabulary speech recognition. He has successfully founded, developed, and sold four AI businesses in OCR, music synthesis, speech recognition, and reading technology. Watch this video with Ray Kurzweil on Closer to Truth: What is the far future of humans in the universe? All of these technologies continue today as market leaders.