Introduction to the Anisa Model

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Introduction to the Anisa Model

• Dan Jordan
• July 1981
• Lecture 1A
• Purpose of the Course

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Purpose of the Course

• Creating something new requires new thoughts
• Creating model of education requires new thinking
• Must create new categories of thought
• Sometimes uncomfortable
• Tendency to change environment or terms to fit
  cognitive categories

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Purpose of the Course

• Understand nature of speculative philosophy
• Understand relationship of philosophy to science
  and practice of education
• Develop new breed of teacher as basis for
  building a new practice
• Natural sciences new ideas disseminated in 2
  years
• Education new ideas disseminated in 50 years
• Science of education should be
• Cumulative
• Refined

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Purpose of the Course

• Understand principles of organismic or holistic
  philosophy
• Whiteheads philosophy is abstract and clear
• Must understand basic principles
• Major problem in education is fragmentation and
  incoherence
• Without use of basic principles requires unity
  established through bureaucracy
• Jazz vs orchestra improvisation vs scripting
• Example of Yamaha music system educated students

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Developing a Science of Education

• Double-blind Placebo Crossover study
• Placebo definition
• Treatment vs belief having an effect
• Subjects and researchers are blind to whether or
  not treatment or placebo being implemented
• Norman Cousins Anatomy of an illness
• Effects of nutrition on learning study
• Biochemical individualitybasic principle of
  Anisa model

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Developing a Science of Education

• Study shows many children have brain structures
  to be successful learners but do not have
  nutrition to actualize that potential
• See NutritionThe Brain Power Advantage
• http//www.healingwithnutrition.com/adisease/add-a
  dhd/harrellstudy.html
• J McViker Hunt Intelligence and Experience
• http//www.garfield.library.upenn.edu/classics1979
  /A1979HW49200001.pdf

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What Is Philosophy?

• Educators as a professional group do not like
  theory and philosophy
• NOTE over 65 of teachers are _S_J personality
  type like details and structure
• http//aolsvc.careerfinder.aol.com/
  glossary_personalityType
• Philosophy and theory are wellsprings of the
  generation of new knowledge and indispensable to
  science

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What Is Philosophy?

• Generative educators must love and appreciate
  theory and philosophy
• Note select students with this mindset or
  attempt to modify basic orientation?
• Note Educators at university level more likely
  to already have this orientation
• Philosophy comes from
• Phil love
• Sophia wisdom
• Philosopher lover of wisdom