eduwotd_archive_February+2010


 * **Date** || **Term** || **Definition** || **URL** ||
 * 01/02/10 || Technê || "The root of the word 'Technology,' from Ancient Greek. Often translated as either 'craft' or 'art.'" || [] ||
 * 02/02/10 || Tenure || "intended to guarantee academic freedom, contractual right not to have position terminated without just cause" || http://u.nu/7ciw4 ||
 * 03/02/10 || Situated Learning || "Learning as function of the activity, context & culture it occurs, in contrast w/ most class learning" || http://u.nu/5b5x4 ||
 * 04/02/10 || Experiential Ed || "focused on transactive process b/w teacher & student in direct experience w/ the environment & content" || [] ||
 * 05/02/10 || Appropriate technology || "tech designed w/ consideration to enviro, ethical, cultural... aspects of its intended users" || http://u.nu/2wiy4 ||
 * 08/02/10 || Self-actualization || "final level of psych development when all basic needs fulfilled & full personal potential reached" || http://u.nu/6t925 ||
 * 09/02/10 || Automaticity || "ability to do things without occupying the mind with the low level details required" || http://u.nu/6qf35 ||
 * 10/02/10 || Commonplaces || "collection of sayings; since expanded to include manuscripts that collects material along a common theme" || http://u.nu/5uv55 ||
 * 11/02/10 ||  || Remicade ||   ||
 * 12/02/10 ||  || busy/ill ||   ||
 * 15/02/10 || Transpersonal psychology || "School of psychology that studies transpersonal, or spiritual aspects of the human experience." || http://u.nu/32be5 ||
 * 16/02/10 || Free education || "political term referring to education that is funded through taxation rather than tuition fees." || http://u.nu/2v3j5 ||
 * 17/02/10 || Consciousness || "the subjective experience or awareness or wakefulness or the executive control system of the mind" || http://u.nu/7k4q5 ||
 * 18/02/10 || Community of practice || "group of people who share interest, craft, or profession that may evolve or form intentionally" || http://u.nu/2fxr5 ||
 * 19/02/10 || Network of Practice || "set of informal social networks that facilitate exchange b/w people w/ practice-related goals." || [] ||
 * 22/02/10 || Machine learning || "discipline focused on design & development of algorithms that allow computers to evolve behaviors" || http://u.nu/9fn86 ||
 * 23/02/10 || Sciousness || "term coined by William James to refer to consciousness separate from consciousness of self" || http://u.nu/572c6 ||
 * 24/02/10 || oops || forgot to post because I was too busy! ||  ||
 * 25/02/10 || Emergentism || "belief in emergence partic. as it involves consciousness & philosophy of mind & contrasts w/ reductionism" || http://u.nu/3qsj6 ||
 * 26/02/10 || Ethnomathematics || "study of relationship between math & culture, including distinct numerical and mathematical systems" || http://u.nu/8jrp6 ||