This week focused on What happened (during professional experience) and what comes next (so finishing our assignments and what comes after).
The first activity was one to get our brains firing and is certainly a lesson in context.
This was the activity. Take a moment to try and place the correct words in the paragraph.
The questions that p________ face as they raise ch________ from in_________ to adult are not easy to an _________. Both f______ and m________ can become concerned when health problems such as co_________ arise anytime after the e____ stage to later life. Experts recommend that young ch____ should have plenty of s________ and nutritious food for healthy growth. B___ and g____ should not share the same b______ or even be in the same r______. They may be afraid of the d_____.
This was my answer:
The questions that parents face as they raise children from infancy to adult are not easy to answer. Both fathers and mothers can become concerned when health problems such as colic(?) arise anytime after the early stage to later life. Experts recommend that young children should have plenty of snacks(?) and nutritious food for healthy growth. Boys and girls should not share the same bed or even be in the same room. They may be afraid of the dark.
And this, this was the original paragraph:
The questions that poultrymen face as they raise chickens from incubators to adult are not easy to answer. Both farmers and merchants can become concerned when health problems such as coccidiosis arise anytime after the egg stage to later life. Experts recommend that youngchicks should have plenty of sunshine and nutritious food for healthy growth. Bantees and geese should not share the same barnyard or even be in the same roost. They may be afraid of the dark.
I cracked up laughing when I saw it. No really. This post also contains a blog about this activity. And I realised that people construct pre-conceived ideas based upon, well, life experiences, home or work situations and even as particular as where you are in life right now. Which is something like Piaget discussed in his notion of schema. We were given a link to a webpage for wikipedia. It’s interesting, I’d encourage you to read it if you don’t know much about this topic.
People are ever-changing, ever-growing, ever-learning.
And something that I think education needs to be too, as well as using the appropriate amount of history.
Learn well.
Tace
