The participatory mind : a new theory of knowledge and of the universe /

"We have taken IQ tests but, strangely, no Compassion Aptitude Tests (CATs). Yet mind and emotions need to be seen as two different parts of the same spectrum, says holistic thinker Henryk Skolimowski, if the human psyche, having taken an unprecedented battering this century, is to be mended. This cannot be accomplished, however, either through the offices of dusty philosophical treatises or popular psychological fixes, only by our arriving at a new way of looking at the world." "In a Grand Theory of participatory mind that builds on the insights of such thinkers as Teilhard de Chardin and Bergson as well as contemporaries Dobzhansky and Bateson, Skolimowski points to a new order, one brought about by a Western mind returning to, then reintegrating, the spiritual. This quest for fresh perspectives, as we approach the twenty-first century, has now become 'the hallmark of our times'."--BOOK JACKET.

Desarrollos y tejidos actuales en el campo de la tecnología educativa : Caleidoscopio en movimiento

El artículo propone algunas construcciones analíticas que articulan perspectivas actuales y que ofrecen pistas para repensar la enseñanza y el aprendizaje cuando hay mediación tecnológica. A partir de un breve recorrido por el campo de la Tecnología Educativa desde sus orígenes a la actualidad, se centra en tres "tejidos" (en tanto articuladores de ideas). El primero da cuenta de una perspectiva cognitiva y refiere a la mente participativa como constructo que ofrece un prisma para comprender la cognición en tiempos de redes sociales; el segundo, centrado en la enseñanza recupera la idea de la reconstrucción del aprendizaje experiencial; el último aborda la tendencia en las formas de producción. Estas tres tendencias conforman un "caleidoscopio" que ofrece una desmitificación de la relación entre tecnología e innovación y entre tecnología y motivación y una perspectiva más compleja para generar cambio educativo.

Desarrollos y tejidos actuales en el campo de la tecnología educativa : Caleidoscopio en movimiento

El artículo propone algunas construcciones analíticas que articulan perspectivas actuales y que ofrecen pistas para repensar la enseñanza y el aprendizaje cuando hay mediación tecnológica. A partir de un breve recorrido por el campo de la Tecnología Educativa desde sus orígenes a la actualidad, se centra en tres "tejidos" (en tanto articuladores de ideas). El primero da cuenta de una perspectiva cognitiva y refiere a la mente participativa como constructo que ofrece un prisma para comprender la cognición en tiempos de redes sociales; el segundo, centrado en la enseñanza recupera la idea de la reconstrucción del aprendizaje experiencial; el último aborda la tendencia en las formas de producción. Estas tres tendencias conforman un "caleidoscopio" que ofrece una desmitificación de la relación entre tecnología e innovación y entre tecnología y motivación y una perspectiva más compleja para generar cambio educativo.

Desarrollos y tejidos actuales en el campo de la tecnología educativa : Caleidoscopio en movimiento

El artículo propone algunas construcciones analíticas que articulan perspectivas actuales y que ofrecen pistas para repensar la enseñanza y el aprendizaje cuando hay mediación tecnológica. A partir de un breve recorrido por el campo de la Tecnología Educativa desde sus orígenes a la actualidad, se centra en tres "tejidos" (en tanto articuladores de ideas). El primero da cuenta de una perspectiva cognitiva y refiere a la mente participativa como constructo que ofrece un prisma para comprender la cognición en tiempos de redes sociales; el segundo, centrado en la enseñanza recupera la idea de la reconstrucción del aprendizaje experiencial; el último aborda la tendencia en las formas de producción. Estas tres tendencias conforman un "caleidoscopio" que ofrece una desmitificación de la relación entre tecnología e innovación y entre tecnología y motivación y una perspectiva más compleja para generar cambio educativo.

Participatory assessment of rural livelihoods in the Central Highlands of Vietnam

There is a need for improved monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of participatory research with smallholder farmers, in particular to help differentiate between different types of farm household with different needs. This paper reports some of the results of a study to develop participatory M&E tools for the Forages for Smallholders Project in Southeast Asia, focusing on an upland commune in central Vietnam with a highly diverse crop-livestock system. Participatory rural appraisal techniques were used within a rural livelihoods framework to assess the differing livelihoods of poor, average, and better-off households. There were found to be marked differences between households, particularly in human resources, landholdings, and cattle numbers, affecting the livelihood strategies pursued. The improved understanding of livelihood strategies was gained in a cost-effective way and could be readily used by project participants to monitor the impacts of the introduced forages within the commune, enabling better focusing of the participatory research process on the needs and circumstances of poor farmers. (C) 2003 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Participatory ergonomics: Understanding the contributions of reflection groups in a hospital food service

Aim: To identify how the methodology of Reflection Groups (RG) can contribute to approach social-psychological problems, so often observed as obstacles in PE efforts. The objective was also to verify the contributions from RG to the implementation of ergonomics recommendations, which were a starting point and organized group discussions. Method: A concrete case was used as an illustration, and studied in depth: RG with administration and production workers` representatives from the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics of a cardiologic hospital in Sao Paulo, Brazil. RG are temporary thinking groups, taking place outside the workplace and having delegative and consultive participation. They make use of Operative Groups, an adapted form of tripartite group, activity as an instrumental resource, group dynamic techniques and videotaping. In 2007, 31 meetings took place during paid working hours with 7 groups of different composition, ranging from 1.5 h to 3 h. Results: Additionally to the positive effects in communication and psychosocial environment, RG could also contribute to changes in interpersonal relationships, cooperation, personal and work behaviours. By dealing with aspects which could hinder the explicit task: fears, conflicts, and stereotyped beliefs and behaviours; resistance to change could be broken and group members could learn. RG allowed input about new risks; continuous information and feedback about ongoing ergonomics interventions so that immediate corrective action could be taken. The main form of participation was in administrative, organizational, and psychosocial problems which required a better clarification and identification of their real causes, commitment, and elaboration of strategies and negotiation of different stakeholders in their solution. Conclusion: RG takes advantage of homogeneous and heterogeneous groups, in face to face communication. The interactions in the groups are task-oriented (explicit task) but attaining groups` goals depends on a relational interaction (implicit task). Relevance to industry: Reflection groups can bring important contributions to ergonomics and industry because they favour the discussion, disclosure of problems and incorporation of solutions, enabling interventions in working organization, psychosocial environment and relationships in a collective and participatory approach, promoting health and social integration. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.