cultural characteristic passed down generations: any characteristic of a culture, e.g. its language, that can be transmitted from one generation to the next in a way analogous to the transmission of genetic information
[Late 20th century. < Greek mimēma "something imitated," after gene]
In recent years, I have explored the nature of future consciousness—its psychological dimensions, its historical evolution, and its future possibilities—as well as ways to enhance future consciousness through education and self-development practices. Meanwhile, I have also explored the nature of wisdom—its connection to the ideals and goals of education, its impact on the quality of life, and its relationship to future consciousness. I have come to the conclusion that wisdom is the ideal toward which we should aspire as we develop our awareness and understanding of the future. Heightened future consciousness and wisdom go hand in hand. www.wfs.org/futurist
When author Tom Lombardo became the chair of the psychology and philosophy departments at Rio Salado College in Tempe, Arizona, he was put in charge of Integrative Studies, the capstone course for the associate degree. Integrative Studies could focus on whatever theme he chose, “as long as the theme somehow pulled together the breadth of undergraduate courses, especially sciences and humanities.”
But Lombardo couldn’t decide on a theme until one day when he was at a grocery store.
“As I was waiting in line I started browsing through the paperback bookstand in check-out and noticed that Alvin Toffler, author of the highly popular book Future Shock, which I had read back in the 1970s, had a new book out called Powershift. In a flash it hit me! Why not do the Integrative Studies course on the future? Most if not all of the main areas of study in an undergraduate college program could be addressed and synthesized in the context of the future. Creating a course on the future would be an interesting and challenging endeavor, and of great value for students.
Shouldn’t we all try to think and understand the future? So I charged into the subject and constructed a course on the future.”
Lombardo’s experience illustrates the very principles of applied wisdom, or heightened future consciousness: to think holistically and be open to ideas and optimistic about the future, imaginative in developing goals, and responsible in taking action. — Edward Cornish
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Together we can change the story – and change the world.
Yet on the other hand, consider how quickly we can become enslaved to the stories that we inherit from our parents, school, religion, society, and our organizational peers. It may be a story about our self-worth or about acceptable behavior/risk. These stories serve an important purpose - they set boundaries and create a sense of order. These same stories also impose limits on what is ultimately possible, leading to a self-defeating pattern that keeps individuals and organizations stuck from moving forward.
This is the stormy realm that social entrepreneurs are swimming in: trying to shift the existing status quo stories about identity and culture into new realms of possibility. The need for such shifts are especially relevant today, since many of the traditional stories that we have inherited from school, religion, and society no longer withstand the demands of today's complex and evolving world.
That's where introducing and legitimizing a new cultural story can be so powerful. Kaboom is a great example of a social enterprise that is working to shift the culture of play across the United States through the creation of communal playgrounds. CityYear is another great example of an organization that promotes a new model of citizenship and public service that breaks down traditional ethnic and class boundaries. SmartMeme is a third example - in this case, a network of communicators that work with community activists to improve story campaigns and their ability to resonate across the culture.
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Bob-RJ Burkhart said
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Team Tutoring Systems: Reifying Roles in Problem Solving
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defining a typology of collaborative problem solving roles, reifying these roles at the ...
ripe to create virtual communities of problem solvers. ....
problem graphs which can be used for model tracing and remediation (Anderson, 1993). ...
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We are building a collaborative learning environment that supports teams of students as they collaborate ...
inclusion of a tutor agent as a virtual team participant. The ... Team tutoring systems, team blackboard, role reification, .....
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