Sep 17, 2012 - its constitutional right to a viable, minimally-degraded, environment. Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd Edi
Concept Mapping and Environment as Connection Jim Proctor Lewis & Clark College Portland, Oregon USA
[email protected] Jennifer Bernstein University of Hawai'i at Manoa Fifth International Conference on Concept Mapping University of Malta, Sept. 17-20, 2012
Environment (Ambiente) as Connection 2. concr. a. That which environs; the objects or the region surrounding anything. 1830 CARLYLE in For. Rev. & Cont. Miscell. v. 34 Baireuth, with its kind picturesque environment. 1831 CARLYLE Sart. Res. II. i. (1871) 56 The whole habitation and environment looked ever trim and gay. 1867 FROUDE Short Stud. (1883) IV. ､2. i. 166 The flame..burnt hot in my own immediate environment. 1872 BLACKIE Lays Highl. Introd. 37 The environment of this loch put me in mind of Grasmere. 1956 P. S. SEARS in W. L. Thomas Man's Role in changing Face of Earth II. 473/1 The situation is clouded by a widespread confidence that this impact of man upon environment can continue indefinitely. 1967 K. MELLANBY Pesticides & Pollution ii. 31 Perhaps the most obvious way in which man has contaminated his environment is by polluting the air with smoke. 1968 Biol. Conservation I. 70/1 EDF is attempting to establish..a body of common law under which the general public can assert its constitutional right to a viable, minimally-degraded, environment.
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Green & Brown: Naïve Connection
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Perspectives Cmaps (& Hierarchy) Hierarchical
Non-hierarchical
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Process Cmaps I: DPSIR
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Process Cmaps II: ANT
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Sample Cmap Procedure (ANT)
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Perspectives Cmap I: Unit Synthesis
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Perspectives Cmap I: Unit Synthesis
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Perspectives Cmap I: Unit Synthesis
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Perspectives Cmap II: MyTFA (Final) The central purpose of education is to empower learners to take charge of their own meaning making…involving thinking, feeling, and acting, and all three of these aspects must be integrated for significant new learning (Novak 2010, p. 13)
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Perspectives Cmap II: MyTFA (Final)
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Perspectives Cmap II: MyTFA (Final)
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Perspectives Cmap II: MyTFA (Final)
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Process Cmap: ANT
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Process Cmap: ANT
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Selected Student Feedback In my new cmap, I do not explicitly say that complete removal of oneself from the conventional agricultural system is an option. It may be possible, but in this class I have learned that there are many complex interactions going on at many different scales, and that elements of a system are so strongly interconnected that completely Overall, this type of concept mapping is a good idea changing the system could be impossible. and has helped my group layout the specifics of our research question, along with determining what areas of research need more information and what areas we could focus on for collecting data. I found it challenging to link class concepts and theories/ frameworks with this particular set of tools. This was a good challenge, though, as it made me put statistics into context and think about how we use them. Jim Proctor | CMC 2012 | Malta
Assessment of Cmap Challenges
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Assessment of Cmap Helpfulness I
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Assessment of Cmap Helpfulness II
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Some Surprising Findings… ¤ High-achieving students were the ones most challenged by, and who most valued, concept mapping § Concept mapping thus exacerbates differences in student achievement? § Or: concept mapping works best for those who appreciate the complex connections of environment
¤ “Visual learners” (according to VARK) were the ones who least appreciated concept mapping § But they were also the lower-achieving students, in general
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…and Tentative Recommendations Perspectives and process Cmaps helpful in approaching environment-as-connection: find opportunities for both Doing Cmaps in stages helps students refine thinking about connection: structure assignments as a progressive sequence Appreciate that Cmap representations of environment may be too much for certain students to cognitively grasp Commit fully: do a lot of Cmapping! Jim Proctor | CMC 2012 | Malta
