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Our VC 20/05/20

First of all, how are you as humans? What is it like being back at school? Anything highlights or tricky things?

Time for questions. Do you have any questions about the overall module or the assessment side of things?

We are going to have a bit of a verbal korero about where our understanding is at with Humanism and Neoplatonism. Expect to come back to this question each week. It is a part of the knowledge building conversation, and a way of reviewing how our understanding is developing.

We will spend some time looking at video sources to help us understand the big ideas and then have a chat with the class about emerging ideas. You'll have enough time to watch 5 - 8 mins worth then a couple of mins to jot down observations.

We'll spend a bit of time knowledge building in our theories padlet. 

I have added a few questions about important thinkers.Try to write about 2 different thinkers and their ideas. Aim to add as much as you can For your post put the thinkers name as the title with the time they were alive. Give a brief paragraph summarizing who they were and what thinking they contributed. The latter is most important. Highlight it. Provide an image on the philosopher in the post as well. Do not copy and paste content. In your own words please. As you research, post what you have learned and any new ‘big’ questions you think would be worth exploring on the theories padlet. During the week come back to this padlet and see what you can add to the knowledge building conversation. (This can be about any of the comments/questions people have added).
Is there anyone else in this period that you might have read about in relation to the theories that might be worth investigating in depth? Add their names to the padlet.



During the VC chose ONE thinker/big idea you will do a seminar on. 

You will build on the work you did in the VC (the time they were alive. Give a brief paragraph summarizing who they were and what thinking they contributed. )  Post your choice on the Google community. The seminar will happen in the next  video conference. You will need supporting material of some sort - whether it is a slideshow, google doc with key points or something a little more out of the box. We will make a start on this during the VC if time allows.

Theories in my own words. 

What have you learned about the theory overall and what questions are emerging about the specific aspects of the principles/key ideas? We will chat about this. Then spend a bit of time looking at Neoplatonism, which seems to be more of an unknown at this stage.


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