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  • June 26, 2012 at 12:49 am #3443
    Rob_Hugo@PortNW
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    Reflections on session 1: Dr Dubey
    After the first session, it seemed the seminar was a good fit for me, currently teaching science to schoolers in grades 6-8. Because, earlier I thought this was meant only for the high school social studies teachers, as stated in the announcements. Then, I checked with some teachers at my middle school and was glad to know that this is great for middle school teachers as well; some of them attended this in the past and enjoyed a lot. Plus, the self-introductions revealed a good mix middle and high school colleagues teaching other than history/social sciences such as English, foreign languages like Spanish. Plus, there were teachers from school districts other than our own LAUSD.
    Other than professional interest, I am interested in learning about China because of personal reasons. (I hail from world’s largest democracy, India, which is China’s neighbor.) In the California middle school curriculum, there is barely a chapter on China. So, the information obtained from this seminar will be very useful and highly appreciated. Dr Dubey started off the session with wonderful introduction.

    June 26, 2012 at 12:49 am #20596
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    Reflections on session 2: Dr Dubey
    This session on Tuesday the 21 February 2012 was devoted mostly to pre-imperial China. We discussed about major philosophies of Chia. Some of the quotations/sayings which I recall are:
    ·[font='Times New Roman'] [/font]Fu Xi was first one to figure out that “agriculture begins with domestication of animals” (probably the laziest)
    ·[font='Times New Roman'] [/font]“I have the power because the have-nots want me to have it” (Western Zhou Dynasty)
    We also studied about the four major philosophies of China and told about an upcoming discussion of the each of the philosophers. Confucius was the most interesting of all the philosophers addressed in today’s session. Highlights about Confucius:
    ·[font='Times New Roman'] [/font]Internalizing things is done over a lifetime, not overnight (totally ignored by present day society where instant learning via Googling, Wikipedia, Kaplan, Sylvan, is order of the day)
    ·[font='Times New Roman'] [/font]Confucius Institutes are all over the U.S. including UCLA and San Diego State University (I will explore the UCLA site)
    ·[font='Times New Roman'] [/font]His statue was unveiled at CSU Los Angeles in 1987 and other places.
    ·[font='Times New Roman'] [/font]His birthday is celebrated as Teachers Day in not only China but other East Asian countries like Japan. (Reminds me of India where I hail from. In India 5th September is celebrated as Teachers' day as a mark of tribute to the contribution made by teachers to the society. Fifth September is the birthday of a great teacher Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, who was a staunch believer of education, and was the well-known diplomat, scholar, President of India and above all a teacher.

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