Comments for Tim Fransen / PG Cert

Comment on Would introducing meditation into the learning milieu be of perceived value to students ? by Tim

Tim — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:24:09 +0000

Meditation Session (with Andrew Norwood) / FAB Futures talk by Tim Fransen at the Futures Conference 2011 Podium Lecture Theater, London College of Communication November 4th 2011 / 10:00-10.45 am

Comment on Would introducing meditation into the learning milieu be of perceived value to students ? by Lindsay Jordan

Lindsay Jordan — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 20:06:34 +0000

Hi Tim - I recorded the discussion we had in Zone A after reading about your intervention plans and hearing a short extract of the meditation recording; unfortunately we ended up with two groups presenting in the same room so working through the meditation itself would have been unworkable! However, the other participants said they would be keen to run through it in their own space and I have forwarded the link onto them to encourage them to do so, and provide further feedback if desired. ~~Here~~ [Below] is the feedback I recorded on video: ~~http://vimeo.com/35063714~~

Comment on October Activity : Constructive Alignment by Thomas Haywood

Thomas Haywood — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 17:59:37 +0000

Thank you for making the text so easily available to your fellow pg certers, and always good to have a clear and precise summary to make sure I am on the right track. Nice blog and thanks for the links, I will most certainly follow them.

Comment on Writing Task by Tim

Tim — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 09:45:50 +0000

thanks for that inclusive thought (and phone chat) ... I hope a 'community of practice' would emerge sharing different ‘practices of silence’ – interestingly zazen can alternate with periods of kinhin (walking meditation) ... I tried this once but kept bumping into people and things, a bit like walking and using a mobile-phone ... didn't work for me !-]

Comment on Reading Task Response by Tim

Tim — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 09:31:45 +0000

Thanks ... I’m very interest in the ‘practice of silence’ and the pedagogical possibilities ... this is the topic I wish to pursue for the Negotiated Studies Unit. A good question, I believe ‘stories and dialogue’ are already embedded/explicit in Biggs notion of Constructive Alignment. As for meditation, an enquiry into whether the ‘practice of silence’ can improve the learning milieu seems to align with his fundamental idea that : "All teachers can do is to create an environment which is encouraging and supportive of students engaging in the appropriate and necessary mental activity."

Comment on Writing Task by jess baines

jess baines — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 21:15:40 +0000

will you be able to include student who prefer standing in this enquiry?

Comment on Reading Task Response by i.gyenes@lcc.ac.uk

i.gyenes@lcc.ac.uk — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 14:20:47 +0000

Hi Tim,

Quite an interesting preview on the subject relating to the foundations of Zen Buddhist pedagogy. A question I’d like to ask is “How will meditation, stories and dialogue enable you to affect the way we teach as suggested by Biggs”

Chat soon
Istvan