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Pino Fiermonte: Die Welle - The Wave

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Sunday, March 16, 2008. Die Welle - The Wave. On Friday I went the see the movie "Die Welle". It is based on an experiment by Ron Jones that took place April 1967 in his Highschool history class. Jones' objective was to demonstrate to his students that if the context is right and the slogans strong and clear enough, individuality and critical thinking can easily be replaced by a kind of mass-"consciousness" with fascist tendencies. For my part I didn't like the end of the film to much. I prefer the v...

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Pino Fiermonte: Jacques Duez : The pleasure of the real questions

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Tuesday, April 20, 2010. Jacques Duez : The pleasure of the real questions. I have completed the list of the interview transcripts below, that have been published on the website on http:/ www.desimages.be/spip.php? 01 - le chemin pour devenir professeur de morale. 02 - l’invention d’une pratique vidéo avec les enfants. 03 - ne pas garder de savoir en réserve. 04 - la caméra introduit de la distance. 05 - rencontrer l’humanité à travers un écran. 06 - la correspondance comme effet de montage. I reminds me...

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Pino Fiermonte: Jan 8, 2009

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Thursday, January 8, 2009. 200th birthday of Louis Braille, January 4, 2009. Louis Braille's celebration day reminds me of the fact that it is not the child's disability that prevents her/his inclusion into mainstream schools but the school's disability to include children that do not fit into the norm. (Besides, being in the same building is not a sufficient condition for talking about integration or inclusion.). Because I don't have this ability. Links to this post. Labels: Things to remember. Computer...

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Pino Fiermonte: Apr 1, 2009

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Wednesday, April 1, 2009. Neuroscience is a hype. According to this view, self-directed learning is only possible if motivation is present - in the presence of the curriculum. If not, then good teaching skills, classroom leadership and reinforcement of school compliant behavior are inevitable to get the job done. Those teachers like constructivist ideas but rely on Skinnerian principles because human nature cannot be ignored. So what's my point here? In "Understanding the Brain: The Birth of a Learning S...

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Pino Fiermonte: Jan 25, 2009

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Sunday, January 25, 2009. A new way the money goes. When I see the capital that is needed to save the banking sector and the automotive industry, and maybe there will be other sectors, I can't help but asking myself if this money is more real than the one these sectors have produced so far. There must be some endless reservoir somewhere. Maybe politicians have finally managed to find the only endless resource in the Universe before scientist have. Recently I have read an interesting and convincing book b...

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Pino Fiermonte: Jan 19, 2009

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Monday, January 19, 2009. Thinking with Charles Darwin. Ok, this is all stuff that you can read up in most science books and on the Internet. But there are two reasons why I think that it is important to bring this up on my blog on educational matters. First, teachers are those who have to deal with the conflict between scientific findings and beliefs. Second, teachers have to encourage the development of critical thinking and scientific thinking - at least that's my point of view. In 10 episodes.).

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Pino Fiermonte: ICT for Schools: What you buy is what you think

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Thursday, July 29, 2010. ICT for Schools: What you buy is what you think. When I have a difficult subject to discuss, I sometimes like to start off with a graph to visualise my ideas and the complexity of the subject. The first draft of this one was hand-made. I did it during a discussion I had with teachers about choices of ICT equipment, systems and applications. I argued that you need to have a sound framework for ICT decision-making in education. Schoolboards and politicians are focused on costs and ...

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Pino Fiermonte: Schools for today and tomorrow

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Sunday, March 20, 2011. Schools for today and tomorrow. The more I got involved in educational development, as a school consultant or as a teacher trainer, the more I got aware that school buildings and facilities represent a major obstacle to innovative educational concepts and policies. On rare occasions contemporary school design offers new perspectives to teaching and learning but unfortunately most of the time new schools are not better than old ones even if they look better. Do school planners thin...

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Pino Fiermonte: Apr 20, 2010

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Tuesday, April 20, 2010. Jacques Duez : The pleasure of the real questions. I have completed the list of the interview transcripts below, that have been published on the website on http:/ www.desimages.be/spip.php? 01 - le chemin pour devenir professeur de morale. 02 - l’invention d’une pratique vidéo avec les enfants. 03 - ne pas garder de savoir en réserve. 04 - la caméra introduit de la distance. 05 - rencontrer l’humanité à travers un écran. 06 - la correspondance comme effet de montage. I reminds me...