[Assam] Need of Uniform in Assam Assembly-Reply to Chitta
Chan Mahanta
cmahanta at charter.net
Sat Aug 25 09:46:36 PDT 2007
At 9:34 AM -0700 8/25/07, Krishnendu Chakraborty wrote:
>hmmm... I am missing something ....
>
>so in your ideal education system you teach something
>and test for something else ?
*** That would be the response of someone who cannot IMAGINE anything
beyond 'teaching and testing'.
Goes to prove my point again and again.
Desi-teaching is entirely devoid of introducing the creative process:
Of analyzing, hypothesizing, finding solutions different from the
expected or the given.
It has become a cultural marker. They can do great math, play
walking encyclopedias , be great spelling bees, do complex
engineering computations. But look at India's innovations ,
creativity. There is nothing to show for , even with all that
brain-power crunching numbers or writing complex codes.
Why?
Your arguments are perfect illustrations.
Now try this too:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creativity#History_of_the_term_and_the_concept
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Fostering creativity
Main article: creativity techniques
Daniel Pink, in his 2005 book A Whole New Mind, repeating arguments
posed throughout the 20th century, argues that we are entering a new
age where creativity is becoming increasingly important. In this
conceptual age, we will need to foster and encourage right-directed
thinking (representing creativity and emotion) over left-directed
thinking (representing logical, analytical thought).
Nickerson[50] provides a summary of the various creativity techniques
that have been proposed. These include approaches that have been
developed by both academia and industry:
1. Establishing purpose and intention
2. Building basic skills
3. Encouraging acquisitions of domain-specific knowledge
4. Stimulating and rewarding curiosity and exploration
5. Building motivation, especially internal motivation
6. Encouraging confidence and a willingness to take risks
7. Focusing on mastery and self-competition
8. Promoting supportable beliefs about creativity
9. Providing opportunities for choice and discovery
10. Developing self-management (metacognitive skills)
11. Teaching techniques and strategies for facilitating
creative performance
12. Providing balance
Some see the conventional system of schooling as "stifling" of
creativity and attempt (particularly in the pre-school/kindergarten
and early school years) to provide a creativity-friendly, rich,
imagination-fostering environment for young children. Compare Waldorf
School.
A growing number of psychologists are supporting the idea that there
are methods of increasing the creativity of an individual. Several
different researchers have proposed approaches to prop up this idea,
ranging from psychological-cognitive, such as:
* Osborn-Parnes Creative problem solving
* Synectics;
* Purdue Creative Thinking Program;
and
* lateral thinking (courtesy of Edward de Bono),
to the highly-structured, such as:
* TRIZ (the Theory of Inventive Problem-Solving);
* ARIZ (the Algorithm of Inventive Problem-Solving),
both developed by the Russian scientist Genrich Altshuller; and
* Computer-Aided Morphological analysis (presented at
Swedish Morphological Society).
>
>You mean your education teaches you to be CREATIVE and
>not rote but your exams require you to rote and not
>creative
>
>How Creative :)
>
>
>--- Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at charter.net> wrote:
>
>> > >There have been earlier instances too ... like
>> your
>> >failure to explain HOW a uncreative product of
>> Indian
>> >Education system clears the exams of Creative land
>> ---
>> >SAT, GMAT, GRE etc
>>
>>
>>
>> *** I knew it! Had to be this damned English
>> language.
>>
>> Exam writing skills are not a measure of creative
>> potentials. You
>> need to understand the meaning of "creative". Look
>> up a dictionary.
>>
>> Try this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creativity
> >
>> If it still does not help, I will try , in Bangla if
>> I have to :-).
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>> >Actually, we are used to your style of avoiding
>> >unpleasant questions on one pretext or the other :)
>> >
>> >As I said, never mind and sorry for making you
>> >uncomfortable with these questions.
>> >
>> >There have been earlier instances too ... like your
>> >failure to explain HOW a uncreative product of
>> Indian
>> >Education system clears the exams of Creative land
>> ---
>> >SAT, GMAT, GRE etc
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >--- Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at charter.net> wrote:
>> >
>> >> >these are indeed very uncomfortable questions.
>> >>
>> >> *** I understand . Otherwise you would have
>> jumped
>> >> at the
>> >> opportunity to toot the virtues of
>> desi-demokrasy's
>> >> elekshuns and
>> >> how it is a proof of the people's verdict :-).
>> >>
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>> >>
>> >> >Never mind.
>> >> >
>> >> >these are indeed very uncomfortable questions.
>> >> >
>> >> >BTW, the Demographis in India (Assamese
>> included
>> >> by
>> >> >you :) ) was really good.
>> >> >
>> >> >The only change I would like to see is ---
>> >> >Two Andhraites is a Desi Consulting Company
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >--- Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at charter.net> wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> Why don't you first state the problem or the
>> >> issue
>> >> >> you are trying to
>> >> >> resolve? Once that is clear in your mind,
>> you
>> >> won't
>> >> >> have to ask ME
>> >> >> the questions. It will be self evident.
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> If you still don't get it, I will surely
>> help.
>> >> >>
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>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> At 1:43 PM -0700 8/24/07, Krishnendu
>> Chakraborty
>> >> >> wrote:
>> >> >> > >>So, do YOU accept the election result
>> as a
>> >> >> >democratic verdict, given by an informed
>> >> polity,
>> >> >> >considering the issues ?
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >**** So how do you plan to go for a
>> referendum
>> >> and
>> >> >> >how come you are confirming that you (or
>> whom
>> >> you
>> >> >> >support) will accept the outcome of this
>> >> referendum
>> >> >> ?
>> >> >> >Remember you mentioned that you and your
>> team
>> >> will
>> >> >> >accept verdict of people.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >Once again, can you show me 10 people who
>> >> support
>> >> >> >Sovereignty?
>> >> >> >If not, WHY do you think that people of
>> Assam
>> >> are
>> >> >> >with you?
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >>>>Democratic values do not fall from the
>> sky,
>> >> nor
>> >> >> >are they produced by an innate condition,
>> >> >> >imprinted on desi-genes. It has to be
>> >> inculcated,
>> >> >> >taught.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >***** Good points .... the famous Gene
>> >> Theory.
>> >> >> And
>> >> >> >who are going to teach? The NRAs ? Or may
>> be
>> >> >> those
>> >> >> >who killed the Biharis? Or those who
>> threatened
>> >> the
>> >> >> >journalists ? Great teachers indeed !
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >>>>That is a self-fulfilling prophecy.
>> Since
>> >> >> >no forum exists for a free and unfettered
>> >> >> >discussion , thanks to its intelligentsia's
>> >> >> >democratic values, why talk about a
>> referendum?
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >****** We can see in this forum (Assam
>> Net),
>> >> how
>> >> >> >many people are supporting Sovereignty. As
>> for
>> >> the
>> >> >> >democratic values of GOI, show me one
>> country
>> >> >> >(including your adopted homeland) which
>> >> >> >encourages/supports seccesionist views.
>> >> >> >There is at least one member in this forum
>> (MM)
>> >> who
>> >> >> is
>> >> >> >currently in Assam, India and who openly
>> >> support
>> >> >> >Sovereignty. I do not think GOI or GOA has
>> >> taken
>> >> >> any
>> >> >> >action against him .... is GOI/GOA really
>> >> holding
>> >> >> him
>> >> >> >back from discussing this? On the
>> contrary,
>> >> just
>> >> >> >publish one such secessionist view against
>> >> GOUSA
>> >> >> and
>> >> >> >see how well it is accepted by your
>> favorite
>> > > >> >democracy. Why are you so scared to give
> > it a
>> >> try
>> >> >> ?
>>
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