Russo, Tom. "Humanistic Education and Social Action: Integrating Knowing and Caring." Journal of Humanistic Education and Development34.2 (1995): 75. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 31 Mar. 2011.
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Tom Russo discussed in his article, Humanistic Education and Social Action: Integrating Knowing and Caring, that while the society is changing, one is going to have more say in issues that are developing. Russo says for those who are knowledgeable and show they care, are those who are concerned with worldly issues and are searching for resolution. He also says for those who are interested in worldly issues need to set a distinct wall between reason and feeling. He also says that one shouldn’t always base your reason off of personal opinion either. Perry and McIntire did a study on high school students. The studied turned out that the males were more selfish than the females when it came to social issues. They spoke out for others but for the most part their opinions were self regarding. Those who are not a student need to not just look at the students reason but look beyond that and try to figure out why they express the way they do. Russo believes that the reason for most out spoken people is due to their parent’s political outlook and the way they were raised. Also, depending on how much they know about the problem that is going, will determine how much say they have on it. Russo also stated that if a student understands the problem that is occurring and has a strong belief, there is a strong theory that this student will act on the problem and express how they feel. Russo has a strong opinion on teaching students to express their beliefs in their early years. If someone thinks students should be more out spoken on political issues, it is said that the schools should educate them on expressing their voice on serious political issues. Russo has conducted a strategy that could help students gain a bigger voice on political issues should start in school. There would be a mixture of large and small groups and the instructor would speak about how the students should have their own ways to learn about the issue. The students will then sit in a circle and would be given a topic. The teacher will leave them with something that will challenge their minds. Russo has done this study with elementary students all the way up to graduate students.
When discussing the issue on if college students for protest for certain things, wiki leaks specifically, will only determine how knowledgeable they are on the topic. For one who doesn’t know anything on a certain political issue, of course they aren’t going to have a strong say on the issue. Like Russo has said, if you don’t know anything about someone that isn’t just, then you aren’t going to have a say in it until you become aware and knowledgeable about the situation. And if they do have a strong say on the issue they are going to have to back up their opinion with facts. For one to become knowledgeable about an issue, one will need to research and debate with others to become known about what their opinion is on the issue. This is an example of a certain strategy that Russo has discussed in his article. They should have both ends in tact; they should have positives and negatives on the concern in their head before debating with someone about the issue. Because someone will come at them with negatives and that person should be prepared. Now, if you mention this issue to someone who doesn’t know anything about Julian Assange, then no, they will not put any effort in this issue. Russo mentioned that students have their parent’s political beliefs, well when one gets to a certain age, one needs to learn to develop their own beliefs and start standing up for anything that stands in the way of justice.
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Technology: Don't Get Left Behind
Blau, Melinda. "The Relationship Revolution: The Internet as a new way of life." Psychotherapy Networker. Psychotherapy Networker, Sept. 2010. Web. 05 Apr. 2011.
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Melinda Blau, the author of The Relationship Revolution, discusses how technology is overriding the lives of people. She is mind boggled about how certain devices are able to track where people are at. Even, from one device one can track someone else on their device. She thinks this is a crazy thought because people are doing more talking on technology devices than actual people these days. Melinda believes technology is taking over, whether you are relying on technology or not. She sees’s it as someone is always there to listen. She explains that she can just put something on Facebook and right away someone is going to comment on her status and they’ll tell her what they think about it. Blau gets to the point when she says that when you just write something on someone’s Facebook page, or wishes them happy birthday, that you are doing a good deed. This is sadder than most because all you’re doing is writing on cyber space where, people used to go face to face, or call them to wish them a happy birthday.
Relationships between the internet and humans are getting closer each day. People are relying a lot of the internet to help them out on an everyday basis. Shouldn’t people being helping people out on an everyday basis rather than the internet? Blau points out that people may be at risk because of the internet taking over. Or, people won’t know how to work the next piece of technology and they’ll be left behind. But she has done a study that after certain about of days the people who were new to the device learned it in 5 days. They even scanned their brain in an MRI and the MRI found that their brain had already developed new pathways that had never been touched. People are getting to the point where you don’t have to send them a phone call or a face to face visit anymore, they are able to just shoot a comment on Facebook. No one is needed to let somebody know where you are at, because you can just tweet something on twitter. People are getting lazier and lazier and will one day not make an appearance face to face. This may cause some social problem in the long run. Melinda Blau makes a fine point on how our relationship with the new pieces of technology is getting out of control. But it’s happening everyday and it’s happening fast and everyone should jump on the technology train or we’ll get left behind. Melinda asks the question if our grandchildren will be able to know an answer without getting on a search engine. So I believe she is challenging us to not rely on technology and not create a distinct relationship with technology because we don’t need it to take over.
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Melinda Blau, the author of The Relationship Revolution, discusses how technology is overriding the lives of people. She is mind boggled about how certain devices are able to track where people are at. Even, from one device one can track someone else on their device. She thinks this is a crazy thought because people are doing more talking on technology devices than actual people these days. Melinda believes technology is taking over, whether you are relying on technology or not. She sees’s it as someone is always there to listen. She explains that she can just put something on Facebook and right away someone is going to comment on her status and they’ll tell her what they think about it. Blau gets to the point when she says that when you just write something on someone’s Facebook page, or wishes them happy birthday, that you are doing a good deed. This is sadder than most because all you’re doing is writing on cyber space where, people used to go face to face, or call them to wish them a happy birthday.
Relationships between the internet and humans are getting closer each day. People are relying a lot of the internet to help them out on an everyday basis. Shouldn’t people being helping people out on an everyday basis rather than the internet? Blau points out that people may be at risk because of the internet taking over. Or, people won’t know how to work the next piece of technology and they’ll be left behind. But she has done a study that after certain about of days the people who were new to the device learned it in 5 days. They even scanned their brain in an MRI and the MRI found that their brain had already developed new pathways that had never been touched. People are getting to the point where you don’t have to send them a phone call or a face to face visit anymore, they are able to just shoot a comment on Facebook. No one is needed to let somebody know where you are at, because you can just tweet something on twitter. People are getting lazier and lazier and will one day not make an appearance face to face. This may cause some social problem in the long run. Melinda Blau makes a fine point on how our relationship with the new pieces of technology is getting out of control. But it’s happening everyday and it’s happening fast and everyone should jump on the technology train or we’ll get left behind. Melinda asks the question if our grandchildren will be able to know an answer without getting on a search engine. So I believe she is challenging us to not rely on technology and not create a distinct relationship with technology because we don’t need it to take over.
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