Conceptual learning

History of mind map dating back to the third century. Philosophers used graphic diagram to interpret concept, words and thought. Mind maps are visual perception of ideas, it boosts memory retention of information.

We had a closure discussion of the unit: " Change" today.

unit question: Is destruction a path of creation?

Significant concept: Meanings are always different.

Lesson started with "The Important Book". Students were to observe and write down the structure of the poems in the book in relation to their development process of the photomontages.

Word splash was written on the whiteboard included all the content and context we have learned in previous lesson. Students have to make connection between content, context, unit question and significant concept, and write down their thought on the board.

Yuen Ann was able to capture the abstract perception of "metaphor " when he was analysing connection between Dadaism and Duchamp's "The Fountain ".

Jothini was able to analyse the structure of the poems in "The important Book" and the connection to "The little prince". Awesome and innovative ideas sparkling the borad and her DW.

Mariam is always the philosopher who is able to make connection between the unit question and more than 3 context.

Sample connection:

The purpose of revolution in Humanities in relation to the Avant-Garde art movement Dadaism. Hence, answer the unit question and elaborate the significant concept in their DW.

What is the purpose of change?

"The little prince" in relation to Marchel Duchamp's "The fountain".

What make the meaning of an object?What does " meaning" means? Why are meanings different in various context? Did your photomontage achieve the desired new interpretation of the object? What are the difficulties throughout the process of constructing a new meaning?

Reflection

This activity was experimenting Anthony Gregorc's one of the Ordering ability theory:

Random: Lets your mind organize information by chunks, and in no particular order. When you are using your random ability, you may often be able to skip steps in a procedure and still produce the desired result. You may even start in the middle, or at the end, and work backwards. You may also prefer your life to be more impulsive, or spur of the moment, than planned.

2) Contextualism and theory of knowledge

Palle Yourgrau (1983) argues that contextualism allows for dialogues such as the following since it claims that the standards for knowledge shift from context to context:
A: Is that a zebra?
B: Yes, it is a zebra.
A: But can you rule out its merely being a cleverly painted mule?
B: No, I can’t.
A: So you admit you didn’t know it was a zebra.B: No, I did know then that it was a zebra. But after your question, I no longer knew.