Das Mittelmeer im Mittelalter. Erst wurde Sizilien 250 Jahre arabisch, also muslimisch beherrscht. Dann wurde die Insel von den Normannen zurückerobert und dadurch wieder christlich regiert. Wie unter den beiden Herrschaften mit religiösen Minderheiten und Mehrheiten kommuniziert und Beschlüsse verhandelt wurden, hat Theresa Jäckh erforscht und darüber spreche ich mit ihr.

Shownotes

Der Weg zum Projekt
Normannen
Staufer

Sizilien im Mittelalter
Sizilien
Geschichte Siziliens – Arabische Vorherrschaft
Islamische_Expansion

Die islamische Eroberung Siziliens
Euphemios
Marsala
Syrakus
Geschichte zur Stadt Syrakus
Palermo
Castrugiuvanni, heute Enna
Straße von Messina

Leben im teileroberten Sizilien
Toponomastik

Über Syracus
Karthago
Berber

Die normannische Eroberung Siziliens
Robert Guiskard
Roger I.

Literaturempfehlung
Theresa Jäckh: Water and Wealth in Medieval Sicily – The Case of the Admiral’s Bridge and Arab-Norman Palermo (10th‒13th cent.),in: Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water, S. 1‒12.

Gastempfehlungen
Philipp Winterhager
Marcel Bubert

Go on Dying! Do you wonder why Icelanders keep cursing each other regularly or where their names originated? Would you be able to name the God of Poetry in Icelandic mythology or even pronounce Thor or Odin's name correctly? Join Rita and her guest from Speak Viking, Óskar Bragi Stefansson, through Eddas, Sagas, on a journey to learning about an alluring language: Icelandic. Learn about the unofficial motto of Iceland and listen to Óskar explain how to implement the KISS principle effectively in learning Icelandic. And for those who joined our beautiful community, you'll get to know how to greet people in Icelandic during this jolly season along a few fun facts about Icelandic and much more. Bless, bless!

Show Notes

• *Speak Viking Media: *

  • [Website & Newsletter Subscription](www.speakviking.com)
  • Youtube Channel
  • Facebook Page

• ** Old Norse:**

  • What is Old Norse? (OldNorse.org)
  • Old Norse | Can Norwegian, Danish and Icelandic speakers understand it? (Ecolinguist)

• *Bragi: *

  • Norse Mythology

• *Eddas & Sagas: *

  • The Icelandic Literature Center

• *Gunnar: *

  • Norse and Viking Mythology

• *Þetta Reddast! It will all work out ok! Iceland’s Unofficial Motto: *

  • BBC

• *How to ACTUALLY pronounce names from Norse Mythology (Icelandic): *

  • Hrafna Youtube Channel

• Pronunciation of Iceland’s Famous Volcanic Glacier:

  • The Icelandic Volcano Tongue Twister (April 20th, 2010) (DennisMenice10)
  • Secret Life of Walter Mitty - What is "Eyjafjallajökull"? (ID X)
  • Eyjafjallajökull (imdb)

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The Andrej Karpathy episode.

During this interview, Andrej explains why reinforcement learning is terrible (but everything else is much worse), why AGI will just blend into the previous ~2.5 centuries of 2% GDP growth, why self driving took so long to crack, and what he sees as the future of education.

It was a pleasure chatting with him.

Watch on YouTube; read the transcript.

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(00:00:00) – AGI is still a decade away

(00:29:45) – LLM cognitive deficits

(00:40:05) – RL is terrible

(00:49:38) – How do humans learn?

(01:06:25) – AGI will blend into 2% GDP growth

(01:17:36) – ASI

(01:32:50) – Evolution of intelligence & culture

(01:42:55) - Why self driving took so long

(01:56:20) - Future of education

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Join Anna Stokke in conversation with Dr. Alex Smith, Director of Curriculum, and Justin Skycak, Director of Analytics, from Math Academy.  Math Academy is an AI-powered online learning platform designed around science of learning principles.  They discuss Bloom's 2 sigma problem and explore how Math Academy aims to address it. They also explain how the platform leverages knowledge graphs to support mastery learning and highlight key instructional strategies such as worked examples, spaced practice, and the testing effect.

They explore how Math Academy manages cognitive load to optimize learning as well as its success with adult learners and advanced students.  They also discuss the concrete-pictorial-abstract approach in math instruction.  To wrap up, Justin and Alex share exciting updates and future plans for Math Academy.  This episode is a must-listen for anyone interested in math education.

NOTE: The resource page contains resources and research articles mentioned in the episode: annastokke.com/ep-42-resources

TIMESTAMPS

00:00 Introduction

04:41 Bloom's 2 sigma problem

10:11 Mastery learning

13:17 Math knowledge graph

21:03 Importance of prerequisite skills

26:42 Worked examples

33:11 Concrete-pictorial-abstract discussion

40:56 Incorporating spaced practice

47:47 Leveraging the testing effect

52:14 Independent learning and incentives

55:51 Math Academy for adult learners

01:01:49 Accelerating advanced students

01:09:57 The future of Math Academy

01:13:26 Final thoughts

RELEVANT PREVIOUS EPISODES

Ep 32. Identifying and educating advanced students with Jonathan Plucker https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-y6cxs-16ad6f1

Ep 15. Modern relevance in the math curriculum with Brian Conrad
https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-gek66-148967a

Ep 7. How to excel in math and other tough subjects with Barbara Oakley
https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-bqs8p-14068f2

EPISODE TRANSCRIPT

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EPISODE RESOURCES

https://www.annastokke.com/ep-42-resources

MUSIC

Intro and Outro: Coma Media – Catch it
Blue Dot Sessions – Balti, Betty Dear, Willow Willow, Partly Sage
Podington Bear – Camp, Kitten

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Justin is the Chief Quant & Director of Analytics at MathAcademy.com (the best way to learn math). He optimizes learning efficiency in students’ brains with cutting edge cognitive psychology. He’s written extensively and passionately about “serious upskilling” and how to increase agency to benefit yourself and the world.

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* That Paul Graham article on Identity

* www.mathacademy.com

* The Romeo Stevens conversation

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So, this is an unnumbered episode, a treat if you will. After finishing up the main part of the Han - Xiongnu War, what better way to cram a special episode than now. The Huns.

370 - 469 - Attila the Hun was a very real threat to both the Eastern and Western Roman Empires.  How could a simple leader of the barbarian confederation cause so much terror to the most dominant players in Europe?

In AD 376, a huge host of Goths, maybe 200,000 strong, appeared on the banks of the river Danube. But this was not the usual raid for plunder. Instead, the Goths appealed for asylum on Roman territory from a terrifying new enemy - the Huns.

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The Huns! The name of this ancient people triggers a multiplicity of responses and evokes a number of images (nearly all of them negative). They have been portrayed as a savage people, who contributed little to world history. But is this really the case? In this podcast, Tristan was joined by Professor Hyun Jin Kim to talk about the emergence of the Huns in the west in the late 4th century, and the striking geopolitical changes that their rapid expansion brought about. Hyun Jin dismantles the portrayal that all the Huns did was destroy and plunder and highlights the remarkable structure of this ancient empire. The first unified empire in Europe beyond Rome’s borders.

Hyun Jin is a Professor in Classics at the University of Melbourne, Australia. He is the author of The Huns, published by Routledge in 2016.

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Blade Runner, I-Robot, Ex Machina. Hollywood og filmbransjen har lært oss å frykte den dagen AI-robotene kommer til makta. 

De egentlige problemstillingene rundt AI og kunstig intelligens er imidlertid hakket mer interessante: Hvem sitter med det etiske ansvaret når en algoritme tar beslutningene? Trenger vi et «algoritmetilsyn»? Og hvilke muligheter skaper teknologien for norske bedrifter?

I LØRN tror vi at alle kan være med på å gjøre seg opp en mening om veien videre – og at det er mye kunnskap å hente i en god samtale. I den første delen av dette webinaret møter du Klas H. Pettersen (CEO, NORA) og Inga Strümke (Forsker, NTNU Open AI Lab) i samtale med Silvija Seres.

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This is a continuation of the conversation I had with Maggie previously: "The Dark Forest and Generative AI." We discuss why we write, versus why to use AI and LLMs to produce writing, and what effects that loss is likely to have.

Discussed in this episode:

• Why do humans write?
• Writing is around 5,000 years old
• We mention a note-taking system called a "Zettelkasten" which I wrote about here
• Writing to our future selves
• How do we read?
• Science and philosophy as conversations
• On getting up to speed in conversation
• How much to read before we should write
• Who wants to read GPT outputs?
• Roland Barthes' "The Death of the Author" (1967)
• The deep link between cognition, action, perception
• The 4Es: embodied, embedded, enacted, extended (see: enactivism)
• Moravec's paradox
• Gwern

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I denne episoden har vi besøk av Jørgen Ljønes, daglig leder i Gi Effektivt, en organisasjon som bedriver effektiv altruisme. Men hva er det? Hva vil det si å være en effektiv altruist? Er ikke målet til all bistand å være effektiv? Kan effektivitet gå på bekostning av noe annet? Hva med bistand til formål som ikke så lett kan måles og telles, som for eksempel demokrati- og institusjonsbygging?

I tillegg snakker Mathias og Catharina litt om den nye utviklingsministeren og den nye regjeringens satsning på sult og matsystemer. Vi er også innom et oppgjør med diskriminering og representasjon i Leger uten Grenser, og som vanlig får du noen godbiter anbefalt mot slutten. 

Nick Milo from Linking Your Thinking joins this week to consider the role of focus in idea development and knowledge management.

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Roam Research – A note taking tool for networked thought.

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The Practice: Shipping Creative Work eBook: Godin, Seth: Kindle Store

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Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones: Clear, James: 9780735211292: Amazon.com: Books

The Great Mental Models Volume 1: General Thinking Concepts eBook: Parrish, Shane, Beaubien, Rhiannon: Kindle Store

Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative: Kleon, Austin: 8601300471914: Amazon.com: Books

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[[audio_player]] This week, Federico and John continue their series on Obsidian with a look at the app’s core plugins, which enable many of the app’s most advanced features. if [appstories] On AppStories+, Federico and John discuss Apple’s 2021 Apps of the Year and provide a behind the scenes look at the upcoming 2021 MacStories Selects...

[[audio_player]] Federico and John continue their coverage of third-party Obsidian plugins and how they use them to customize the app’s functionality. if [appstories] On AppStories+, John lays out the signs that change is afoot for Apple’s Music app for Federico and they consider what might be next for the app on the iPhone, iPad, and...

[[audio_player]] This week, Federico and John embark on a tour of the third-party plugins they use to customize Obsidian. if [appstories] On AppStories+, John tears down his workflows to eliminate busywork, while Federico goes deep on the Dataview plugin for Obsidian and continues to refine his Dashboard note. This episode is sponsored by: MindNode...

[[audio_player]] This week, Federico and John introduce part one of a new series on Obsidian, explaining what the app is and does, why it’s important, the compromises that come along with using a non-native app, and how they are using it. if [appstories] On AppStories+, John says goodbye to his M1 iMac review unit and...

Following up on their interview with Robert Zaretsky on the dispute between David Hume and Jean-Jacques Rousseau about the limits of reason, Julia and Massimo expand the topic to include a discussion of the failure of “foundational” projects (e.g., the quest for the ultimate bases of scientific reasoning, or of logic and mathematics). Also, our take on a recent paper on the evolutionary psychology of reasoning that has made mainstream news.

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Chen is the co-founder of Nototo — a collaborative, spacial workspace. We talk about his journey, from dropping out of university to living in Silicon Valley, about Nototo and how it fits into the broader ‘Tools for Thought’ software landscape, and about the impact that communities have in shaping your thinking.

The essays mentioned in this episode:

• ‘Can You Hear Me Now?’
• ‘Domestic Cozy’
  

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I denne episode taler vi om bogen "How to Take Smart Notes" skrevet af Sönke Ahrens. I episoden nævner vi forskellige programmer, apps og værktøjer, som vi bruger i vores arbejde med noter. Du kan finde links til disse nedenfor.

PS. Ingen reference systemer kom til skade under optagelsen af diskussionen mellem Michael og Jens om Zettelkasten.

How to Take Smart Notes er skrevet af Sönke Ahrens. Du kan sikkert finde den hos yndlingsboghandler.

Devonthink: https://devontechnologies.com/

Zettelkasten: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zettelkasten

Alfred: https://www.alfredapp.com/

Moonlander: https://www.zsa.io/moonlander

Martin Uncut podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/dk/podcast/martin-uncut/id1544150117

Niklas Luhmann links på tysk/engelsk: https://niklas-luhmann-archiv.de/ http://zettelkasten.danielluedecke.de/en/index.php

GTD:  https://gettingthingsdone.com/ https://gtdnordic.com/

Obsidian: https://obsidian.md/

PARA: https://fortelabs.co/blog/para/

IMF (by Nick Milo): https://medium.com/@nickmilo22/my-pkm-story-3763985b7a3e

Evergreen notes: https://notes.andymatuschak.org/Evergreen_note-writing_as_fundamental_unit_of_knowledge_work

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Dr. David Christian is Professor at the Department of Modern History, Politics and International Relations at Macquarie University. He is notable for teaching and promoting the discipline of Big History. He is credited with coining the term Big History and he serves as president of the International Big History Association. He’s the author of several books, including Maps of Time: An Introduction to Big History, and the recently published Origin Story: A Big History of Everything. 

In this episode, we focus on Big History. Topics include: the methodological differences between Big History and traditional History; new views on the human condition and the meaning of life; the impact agriculture had on human life; how to look at progress; predictions about the future; and how Big History can contribute to establish a common ground for the sciences and the humanities.

Time Links:

00:46 What is Big History?   

03:17 The methodological differences between Big History and traditional History 

05:37 The place of humans in the Universe

09:35 Human existence and the meaning of life 

13:44 Can History become scientific?  

16:51 The place for evolutionary psychology in Big History   

27:38 The advent of agriculture, and its impact

33:18 If we lead ourselves to extinction, is this progress?

36:46 It’s much easier to predict cosmological rather than human events

39:55 What common threads can we use to connect all the sciences?

45:04 Can Big History help to establish bridges between the sciences?

48:14 How to reconcile the sciences and the humanities?

51:57 The problem with the lack of paradigms in the humanities

55:14 Follow Dr. Christian’s work

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David Christian is a Distinguished Professor of History at Macquarie University and director of the school’s Big History Institute, which he founded with Bill Gates. David has delivered keynotes at conferences around the world including the Davos World Economic Forum and his TedTalk has been viewed more than 7 million times. He’s the author of numerous books and articles including the book we discuss in this episode, Origin Story: A Big History of Everything. This episode is truly awe-inspiring, fascinating and mind-blowing.

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In This Interview, David Christian and I Discuss A Big History of Everything and…

• His book, Origin Story: A Big History of Everything
• Looking for the balance in dualities
• What an origin story means to him as well as the guidance it offers
• How modern society has lost touch with origin stories
• Linking knowledge together as well as telling an ancient origin story using modern science
• Knowing who you are, where you are and what challenges you face
• Having a deep sense of awe for how things are as well as The story line of increasing complexity
• What we know & don’t know about The Big Bang
• Pure potentiality becoming energy and matter
• Everything that has ever been came from something that started 13.8 billion years ago, and was a million times smaller than the period at the end of a sentence.
• Emergence of stars, planets, and life happened
• Cells acting with purpose and preference and how collaboration and specialization is inherent.
• The origin of life and the appearance of humans, as well as the unique contribution that human beings that make the emergence of our species are all transformative events on the planet Earth.
• The impact of our utilization of fossil fuels

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Dan is possibly the most famous maths teacher in the world. His TED talk and subsequent work on 3 Act Math had a huge influence on my career. We spoke about good and bad uses of technology in teaching and learning, the future of Desmos and the excellent Aspirin and Headache series.

For more information about today’s guest, plus links to the websites, resources and ideas they mention, please visit the show notes page: http://www.mrbartonmaths.com/blog/9-dan-meyer-3-act-math-desmos-ted-talk-and-more/ 

Greg is a head of maths in Australia and a prolific and influential blogger at Filling the Pail. We spoke about the implications of Cognitive Load Theory for planning and teaching mathematics (although the lessons are applicable to all subjects), and why Greg prefers direct instruction as opposed to inquiry based approaches to learning.

For more information about today’s guest, plus links to the websites, resources and ideas they mention, please visit the show notes page: http://www.mrbartonmaths.com/blog/greg-ashman-cognitive-load-theory-and-direct-instruction-vs-inquiry-based-learning/ 

Robert and Elizabeth Bjork are my heroes. The Godfather and Godmother of memory (my name for them, not theirs!), and they have transformed my teaching. It was an honour to talk to them. We spoke about how memory works, why forgetting is so important, why tests are far more than tools of assessment, when and why to make learning difficult, optimal spacing schedules, how to interleave successfully, and a whole lot more.

For more information about today’s guest, plus links to the websites, resources and ideas they mention, please visit the show notes page: http://www.mrbartonmaths.com/blog/robert-and-elizabeth-bjork-memory-forgetting-testing-desirable-difficulties/ 

Kris is, quite possibly, the cleverest person I know. Will Emney describes him as "cerebral". Kris is a former maths teacher who was second in department at King Solomon Academy, where he worked alongside fellow podcast guest Bruno Reddy, achieving incredible GCSE results in challenging circumstances. Kris now works for TeachFirst, where he is Associate Director of Participant Development. We spoke in depth about how Kris plan his lessons, focusing on sequences not individual lessons, the influence of Siegfried Englemann, successful interleaving and the role of differentiation.

For more information about today’s guest, plus links to the websites, resources and ideas they mention, please visit the show notes page: http://www.mrbartonmaths.com/blog/kris-boulton-part-1-planning-lessons-engelmann-and-differentiation/ 

Kris returns to the podcast for another epic. This time we cover Kris' concerns with minimal guided approaches to teaching, such a discovery and inquiry based learning. We also delve into what it actually means to understand something in maths, and whether we as teachers can ever truly assess that understanding. Finally, how do you decide if you should teach the How before the Why?

For more information about today’s guest, plus links to the websites, resources and ideas they mention, please visit the show notes page: http://www.mrbartonmaths.com/blog/kris-boulton-part-2-minimal-guided-instruction-understanding-how-before-why/ 

Dylan Wiliam's 2016 appearance on the podcast remains the most listened to episode of all-time, and is always the one I direct first-time listeners to. And now Dylan is back to talk about his new book, Creating the Schools our Children need. In this episode we cover so much ground, including why decreasing class sizes is not as effective as you might think, why problem solving and critical thinking are not skills, how to harness the power of forgetting, and what is Dylan's view on how his work on formative assessment has been applied in schools. It is another classic!

For more information about today’s guest, plus links to the websites, resources and ideas they mention, please visit the show notes page: http://www.mrbartonmaths.com/blog/dylan-wiliam-the-return-creating-the-schools-our-children-need/ 

I have been a huge fan of Harry Fletcher-Wood's writing for many years. He was a great inspiration for my work on Diagnostic Questions, and his innovative use of Twitter to summarise research findings is essential reading. I loved this interview. We structure our conversation around Harry's book, Responsive Teaching, and get into areas including writing lesson objectives, formative assessment, marking, feedback and much more besides!

For more information about today’s guest, plus links to the websites, resources and ideas they mention, please visit the show notes page: http://www.mrbartonmaths.com/blog/harry-fletcher-wood-responsive-teaching/ 

Michael is a maths teacher and blogger from the US. I have been a fan of Michael's writing for a long time, and it was fascinating to get the opportunity to talk in depth about areas of pedagogy that are close to our hearts. We talked about the difficulty of moving schools, our views on problem solving and then the big one... Example-Problem Pairs (spoiler alert: we don't agree upon the best way to use them!)

For more information about today’s guest, plus links to the websites, resources and ideas they mention, please visit the show notes page: http://www.mrbartonmaths.com/blog/michael-pershan-example-problem-pairs-problem-solving-and-moving-schools/ 

Tom Sherrington returns to the podcast to discuss his new book, Rosenshine's Principles in Action. We discuss which of the principles can be put into action straight away, and which can be developed over time. We also discuss the features of successful schools, and plenty more along the way.

For more information about today’s guest, plus links to the websites, resources and ideas they mention, please visit the show notes page: http://www.mrbartonmaths.com/blog/tom-sherrington-rosenshines-principles-in-action/ 

Kris Boulton returns to the show to complete the trilogy - although Parts, 4, 5... and 23 may not be far away as I have so much to talk to him about. Here we delve deep into Kris' belief that cognitive science has severe limitations when it comes to actually helping teachers improve, and what his alternative is. It is a cracker!

For more information about today’s guest, plus links to the websites, resources and ideas they mention, please visit the show notes page: http://www.mrbartonmaths.com/blog/kris-boulton-part-3-is-cognitive-science-almost-useless-for-designing-effective-teaching/ 

“Teaching from home” is a series of episodes dedicated to supporting teachers who are working from home amidst the Covid-19 outbreak of 2020. There will be technology focussed episodes - just how does remote teaching work? But also episodes focussed on the practicalities of coping with setting students appropriate work whilst also having to look after your own children at home. Then there are issues of safeguarding, differentiation, mindset and more that I hope will come up as we progress. There will be maths teachers, teachers of other subjects, and primary school teachers. There will be teachers from the UK and overseas. Hopefully something for everyone.

For more information about today’s guest, plus links to the websites, resources and ideas they mention, please visit the show notes page: http://www.mrbartonmaths.com/blog/teaching-from-home-adam-boxer-retrieval-conducting-interviews-and-staying-safe-and-sane/ 

Paul Kirschner and Carl Hendrick join me to discuss their excellent book: How Learning Happens. But over the course of 2 hours we delve into so mich more, including the writing of and reaction to Paul seminal paper, Why Minimal Guidance During Instruction Does Not Work and what advice Paul and Carl would have for teachers trying to help their students learn amidst school closures.

For more information about today’s guests, plus links to the websites, resources and ideas they mention, please visit the show notes page: http://www.mrbartonmaths.com/blog/paul-kirschner-and-carl-hendrick-how-learning-happens/ 

Psychology teacher and Deputy Head, Mark Healy, joins me to discuss the distinction between cognitive science and cognitive psychology, their potential misuse in schools, and how schools can build a culture whereby staff willingly engage in meaningful CPD. Mark will also return soon to discuss sleep!

For more information about today’s guest, plus links to the websites, resources and ideas they mention, please visit the show notes page: http://www.mrbartonmaths.com/blog/mark-healy-cognitive-science-versus-cognitive-psychology/ 

The aim of this Research in Action series is to take a look at some of the most innovative research going on in the field of mathematics education, and consider what the implications are for the classroom.

For more information about today’s guest, plus links to the websites, resources and ideas they mention, please visit the show notes page: http://www.mrbartonmaths.com/blog/research-in-action-7-designing-and-interpreting-educational-research-with-matthew-inglis/ 

The aim of this Research in Action series is to take a look at some of the most innovative research going on in the field of mathematics education, and consider what the implications are for the classroom.

For more information about today’s guest, plus links to the websites, resources and ideas they mention, please visit the show notes page: http://www.mrbartonmaths.com/blog/research-in-action-10-when-to-tell-and-teaching-algebra-with-dave-hewitt/  

The aim of this Research in Action series is to take a look at some of the most innovative research going on in the field of mathematics education, and consider what the implications are for the classroom.

For more information about today’s guest, plus links to the websites, resources and ideas they mention, please visit the show notes page: http://www.mrbartonmaths.com/blog/research-in-action-9-phds-and-maths-textbooks-with-beth-woollacott/

Simon Wardley

Simon Wardley is a researcher for Leading Edge Forum, a global research programme dedicated to helping large organizations reimagine their organizations and leadership for a technology-driven future.

He is also the inventor of Wardley Maps

Find the entire book on Wardley Maps here:

Chapter 1 — On being lost Chapter 2 — Finding a path Chapter 3 — Exploring the map Chapter 4 — Doctrine Chapter 5 — The play and a decision to act Chapter 6 — Getting started yourself Chapter 7 — Finding a new purpose Chapter 8 — Keeping the wolves at bay Chapter 9 — Charting the future Chapter 10 — I wasn't expecting that! Chapter 11 — A smorgasbord of the slightly useful Chapter 12 — The scenario Chapter 13 — Something wicked this way comes Chapter 14 — To thine own self be true Chapter 15 — On the practice of scenario planning Chapter 16 — Super Looper Chapter 17 — To infinity and beyond Chapter 18 — Better for Less

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Medium: https://medium.com/@swardley

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The final episode in my series looking at the contributions of JJ Gibson to the study of perception and action. Where is the ecological approach to perception and action now? What evidence is there to support it? What are some of the challenges it still faces?

Articles:

Perceiving action boundaries in the volleyball block

Affordances can invite behavior: Reconsidering the relationship between affordances and agency

The relevance of action in perceiving affordances: Perception of catchableness of fly balls

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The first episode in a series looking at the incredible contributions of JJ Gibson to the study of perception and action. What is direct perception? What are invariants? How do these ideas form the foundation for ideas like the constraints led approach and ecological dynamics?

Articles:

The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception

The Senses Considered as Perceptual Systems

Perception with an Eye for Motion

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My guest today is Andrew Hinton. Andrew has worked in the digital design field for two decades. He’s one of the founders of the Information Architecture Institute and author of the book Understanding Context. In this conversation, you’ll learn about the foundations of information architecture and why Andrew thinks of himself as a “radical information architect.”

Listen to the full conversation

 https://theinformeddotlife.files.wordpress.com/2020/01/the-informed-life-episode-26-andrew-hinton.mp3

Show notes

• Andrew Hinton
• Helix (database)
• Understanding Context: Environment, Language, and Information Architecture by Andrew Hinton
• The Information Architecture Institute
• The Information Architecture Conference
• The Informed Life Episode 21: Vanessa Foss on Event Planning
• Shared Information Environment: let’s unpack that, shall we? by Andrew Hinton
• MUD
• Interactive fiction (e.g. text adventure games)
• World of Warcraft
• O’Reilly Media
• Peter Morville
• Ecological psychology
• James J. Gibson & Eleanor J. Gibson
• Phlogiston
• The Copernican Revolution
• Cartesianism
• Play-Doh
• Contextual inquiry
• Service design
• Ecosystem Map
• Bodystorming
•  Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
• The Informed Life Episode 15: Jeff Sussna on Cybernetics
• Norbert Wiener
• Claude Shannon
• Due app
• Apple’s Reminders app
• Steve Jobs: “Computers are like a bicycle for our minds”
• The Mother of All Demos
• Doug Englebart

124 – The Legacy of James J Gibson II: The Theory of Affordances & Its Application to Sports

The second episode in a series looking at the incredible contributions of JJ Gibson to the study of perception and action. How do we go from information to goal-directed action? What are affordances and effectivities? How can they be used to guide our understanding of sports performance?

Articles:

http://psychsciencenotes.blogspot.com/2018/07/you-cannot-perceive-relational.html

More information:

http://perceptionaction.com/

My Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles)

My ASU Web page

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The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

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In which we read "Post-Open Source", by Melody Horn.

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• Post-Open Source, by Melody Horn
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My guest today is Gregg Henriques. He is an american psychologist at James Madison University, in Harrisonburg, Virginia. He is the author A New Unified Theory of Psychology, he has developed a new meta-theoretical system for psychology articulated in many professional journals like Psychology Today. Henriques teaches courses in personality theory, personality assessment, social psychology and integrative adult psychotherapy.

We had a high energy and wide ranging conversation on his Theory of Knowledge; we talked about Big History and complexity, autopoiesis, integral, metamodernism and Jordan Peterson, the problems of psychology as well as the development of conciousness. The devil is in the details! I hope you enjoy this conversation.

Ollie Lovell is a high school maths teacher from Australia. He is also an incredible thinker. Like me, he is a little obsessed with educational research and how he can apply it to the greatest effect in his classroom. In an epic 3+ hour interview we dig into how Ollie has planned out a new approach to teaching Year 12, how he runs a maths department, and his views (and questions!) about Cognitive Load Theory. I loved this interview!

For more information about today’s guest, plus links to the websites, resources and ideas they mention, please visit the show notes page: http://www.mrbartonmaths.com/blog/oliver-lovell-planning-running-a-maths-department-and-cognitive-load-theory/ 

The aim of this Research in Action series is to take a look at some of the most innovative research going on in the field of mathematics education, and consider what the implications are for the classroom.

For more information about today’s guest, plus links to the websites, resources and ideas they mention, please visit the show notes page: http://www.mrbartonmaths.com/blog/research-in-action-6-cognitive-load-theory-with-ouhao-chen/ 

We learn from Maggie Appleton about mental models, conceptual metaphor theory, culture, creative thinking, drawing a box, and how it all comes together in her incredible Egghead course artwork.

Featuring

• Maggie Appleton — Twitter, Website, Dribbble
• chantastic — Twitter, Website, GitHub

Links

• egghead
• Build an App with React Suspense — my suspense course on egghead
• iconfactory
• justjavascript.com
• State Monad in JavaScript on egghead
• Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracting World by Cal Newport — on Myelination
• Conceptual Metaphor Theory on Wikipedia
  • George Lakoff on Wikipedia
• Cultural anthropology on Wikipedia
• Sketching and Logo Creation (with Maggie Appleton) — Learn With Jason
• Language Tools
  • OneLook
  • The Phrase Thesaurus
  • Online Etymology Dictionary
• “Yes, and…” thinking on Wikipedia
• Lateral thinking on Wikipedia
  • Po (provocative operation)
  • Lateral Thinking: Creativity Step by Step by Edward De Bono
• Draw A Box
• Higher-order component on reactpatterns.com
• Higher-order function on eloquentjavascript.net
• Tools
  • Procreate for iPad
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Keyboard Maestro
• illustrated.dev
• Joel Hooks
• Meat Planet — The Illustrated Notes
• Maggie Appleton on Open Source as a Gift on [Maintainers Anonymous] with Henry Zhu

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