"Like the study of science and art, accounts of historical events can be intrinsically fascinating. But they have a wider significance. I believe that people are better able to chart their life course and make life decisions when they know how others have dealt with pressures and dilemmas---historically, contemporaneously, and in works of art. And only equipped with such understanding can we participate knowledgeably in contemporary discussions (and decisions) about the culpability of various individuals and countries in the Second World War. Only with such understanding can we ponder the responsibilty of human beings everywhere to counter current efforts at genocide in Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia to bring the perpetrators to justice."
"...we humans are the kinds of animals who learn chiefly by observing others---what they value, what they spurn, how they conduct themselves from day to day, and especially, what they do when they believe that no one is looking."
----Howard Gardner, from The Disciplined Mind, published in 1999

Friday, August 31, 2007

My Initial Reaction to Min's Reference; or, Navigating the Waters, Ancient-Mariner Style

There is no place for humiliation in the course of managing individual behavior;
behavior is a learned response, one that is predictable;
behavior exhibited is the best effort available at the time for a successful outcome by the individual:
these are the three assumptions from which our learning in class will proceed.
---Angela Kirby-Wehr, on the operating principles of functional behavioral analysis, and excerpted from my class notes.


Those assumptions are both ballast and Polaris: they are what help one keep an even keel and chart a steady course in sometimes uncertain waters.
Be assured, when we go to Meet Children Where They Are, it is well worth it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FFE3zUKmyU

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Great response.
Thank-you, Neroli.

bee said...

neroli, like howard gardner quite a lot...he has done great work. reading his book "changing minds" now. --jai

captain corky said...

Wow! I really like that. There's so much potential about 12 feet away from me right now... These words inspire me.

neroli said...

Min, you're welcome!
I'm still sifting through all the related articles on the site you referenced...so thank you.

Jai, Gardner's work *is* wonderful, isn't it? I look forward to being out of grad so that I can read more of his books :)
His MI theory is one of the best tools in my toolkit!

Corky, that's fantastic. I wish that more would think as you do.

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