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#TwistedTropes 24: Maslow's awkward hierarchy

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Photo from Wikimedia Commons Everything was awkward about the famous psychologist Abraham Maslow. As a young man, Maslow had very few friends, so he made books his companions, married one of his cousins by accident, and then spent the rest of his life trying to discover the meaning of life. Unported License.

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Drive through learning

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Hull believed that as we seek to maintain an internal balance ( homeostasis ) where these needs are fulfilled, so we then repeat these behaviours (reinforcement) to maintain pleasant feelings, whilst avoiding the tension or unpleasant feelings created by the imbalance. Unported License. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e''s.

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#TwistedTropes 25. Schindler's shopping list

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Schindler didn't really create a list, nor did he build an ark, mainly because he was too busy running his enamelware factory and raking in the money. If Schindler had created a real list - an alternative one to the one we all know he didn't create - what would be contained within that list? Unported License.

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Video for assessment

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They are then asked to create a video (or other form of presentation) and show it to their classmates. In parallel to this, the student presenter is challenged to defend their perspective, to think critically about their own views, and to discuss the process they went through to create the video. Unported License.

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In two minds

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Visual and verbal information are processed in different ways along discrete pathways in the brain, and these are thought to create different mental representations. Maslow Hierarchy of Human Needs 27. Unported License. Unported License. Lave and Wenger Communities of Practice 26. Merizow Transformative Learning 28.

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Learning, making and powerful ideas

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If children blog, or create digital maps of their school, or create imagery and manipulate it in a multitude of ways, they are experiencing their own influence on changing contexts, and can see the implications of their actions. Maslow Hierarchy of Human Needs 27. Unported License. Unported License.

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Words in mind

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Spreading Activation is a primer theory - it explains how we create shortcuts by strongly connecting information. For each new theory or experiment I learnt, I created a flash card with these three elements on it, and placed it strategically somewhere in my home. Maslow Hierarchy of Human Needs 27. Unported License.