An integral Concern in the Development of Human Learning for the ...
An integral Concern in the Development of Human Learning for the ...
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<strong>in</strong>sti tute<br />
deve elopm ment<br />
learn n<strong>in</strong>g<br />
dev.org<br />
www.learn<br />
<strong>An</strong> essential resource: THE MIND<br />
<strong>An</strong>glo-Saxon orig<strong>in</strong>: “gemynd”= memory<br />
Two perspectives on memory:<br />
• memory as static concept (stored retrievable <strong>in</strong><strong>for</strong>mation)<br />
• memory as dynamic concept, i.e. giv<strong>in</strong>g mean<strong>in</strong>g,<br />
<strong>in</strong>tentionality.<br />
While we live, we are all “memories <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
mak<strong>in</strong>g”(Yusra Laila Visser, 1997).<br />
Susan Greenfield (2000): “M<strong>in</strong>d . . . is <strong>the</strong> seeth<strong>in</strong>g<br />
morass <strong>of</strong> cell circuitry that has been configured by<br />
personal experiences and is constantly be<strong>in</strong>g updated<br />
as we live out each moment”(p. 13). In o<strong>the</strong>r words, it is,<br />
accord<strong>in</strong>g to Greenfield, “<strong>the</strong> personalization <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
physical bra<strong>in</strong>”(p.14) through h our experience.<br />
Visser, Y. L. (1997). Personal communication.<br />
Greenfield, S (2000). Private life <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> bra<strong>in</strong>. Harmondsworth, UK: Pengu<strong>in</strong>.<br />
26 November 2008 Egyptian Cab<strong>in</strong>et In<strong>for</strong>mation and Decision Support Center 35
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