tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6647858.post112530657861789599..comments2024-03-22T16:44:22.235-04:00Comments on 外 not: Speaking of Taiwan and rhetoric...Jonathan Bendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10697405682873882601noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6647858.post-1125466568760431552005-08-31T01:36:00.000-04:002005-08-31T01:36:00.000-04:00Yes, it might be good to make some explicit connec...Yes, it might be good to make some explicit connections between those classroom activities and the "outside world" (hate that phrase). <BR/><BR/>In some of my classes, students have deliberated on various local and national issues, sharing stories, ideas, and other types of information about issues that affect them. We're in kind of an odd situation here, though (in my view, anyway), where Jonathan Bendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10697405682873882601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6647858.post-1125458040779936472005-08-30T23:14:00.000-04:002005-08-30T23:14:00.000-04:00It would be worthwhile to tell our students about ...It would be worthwhile to tell our students about this kind of deliberative democracy and its mechanisms, seems essentially the same as the kind of constructivist classroom ethos of dialogue and communal learning.Chris Conwayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09733033227237922906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6647858.post-1125416149209081662005-08-30T11:35:00.000-04:002005-08-30T11:35:00.000-04:00I guess it depends on what levels you look at and ...I guess it depends on what levels you look at and what you expect the results to be... (I know, wimpy answer--maybe I'll look into this more after I finish my diss.!)Jonathan Bendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10697405682873882601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6647858.post-1125355627589331302005-08-29T18:47:00.000-04:002005-08-29T18:47:00.000-04:00Is deliberative democracy being implemented in Tai...<I>Is</I> deliberative democracy being implemented in Taiwan? That would be a new one, I think.Michael Turtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.com