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#TwistedTropes 28. Jonah's necessary whale

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Photo by Andrew Bain on unsplash It wasn't long after the prophet Jonah was thrown overboard into stormy seas that he was swallowed by a great fish. It was the ancient equivalent to climate change warnings, but without the social media. Maslow's awkward hierarchy 25. Hadrian's busted wall 22. Montezuma's terrible revenge 23.

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Our mutual friends

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So Milgram''s notion of six degrees is not so much a theory of learning, more a social contact theory, but it has significant implications for learning in the social media age. Social media can reduce the degrees of separation. 2006) Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide. Maslow Hierarchy of Human Needs 27.

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All you need is love

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It''s the same sense of belonging that Abraham Maslow described in his hierarchy of human needs. It''s something we all crave, and is often experienced in social groupings, friendship circles and clubs, where children (and adults) share a common purpose and goals. In such rich learning contexts, love really is all you need.

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In two minds

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Dual Coding theory explains why multi-media forms of education have been so successful in the past, but alternative cognitive processing theories that feature later in this series challenge this view. Maslow Hierarchy of Human Needs 27. Thus literacy should encompass reading, writing, speaking and listening. Reference Paivio, A.