Sarah Wong
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Sarah Wong
The Kolb Cycle of Learning
In the early 1970s, David A. Kolb and Ronald E. Fry developed their experiential learning model (ELM), which suggested that there were four key elements in learning:
In the early 1970s, David A. Kolb and Ronald E. Fry developed their experiential learning model (ELM), which suggested that there were four key elements in learning:
- Concrete experience
- Observation of and reflection on that experience
- Formation of abstract concepts based upon the reflection
- Testing the new concepts
Daniel Stillman • Team Work is Team Learning — Daniel Stillman
Revitalising the UK's Social Clubs
democraticbusiness.org
What is the role of the designer in drawing together matters of concerns, rather than mere matters of facts, and help articulating individual interests in such a way as to constitute common interests? What would it mean for designers to embrace differences, even conflict, as inherent to the political project that is design?
Designing for Transitions – Transition Design Seminar CMU
Displacement creates novelty and a sense of possibility. This is what the morning dance movement DAYBREAKER taps into by hosting 6am raves, and what Truman Capote was doing by serving spaghetti and hash at midnight at the Black and White ball.
Choose an unexpected time of day and pair it with something that wouldn’t normally “happen” in that hour... See more
Choose an unexpected time of day and pair it with something that wouldn’t normally “happen” in that hour... See more
Moreover, for those on modest and low incomes, the imposition of austerity policies from 2010 has meant that residents continue to experience lowering standards of living due to the considerable scaling back of essential programmes, services and support that was hitherto provided by councils. [4] In the context of this inequality, cash-strapped... See more
Social Value Index: Building the Case for the Democratic Commons in Tottenham
Nearly every challenge of building a community can be met by asking yourself, “How do I achieve this by working with my people, not doing it for them?”
Kai Elmer Sotto • Get Together: How to build a community with your people
Anderson et al. have described the problem solving process with following steps: 1) Identify and define the problem. 2) Determine
the set of alternative solutions, 3) Determine the criterion or criteria that will be used to evaluate the alternatives, 4)
Evaluate the alternatives, 5) Choose an alternative, 6) Implement the selected alternative
What part of the discovery process are we currently in? Are we diverging? Exploring different approaches, sketching 100 solutions, running lots of quick tests in different directions, etc. or are we converging: narrowing our focus, testing one thing out and maintaining constraints?
CEO diary entry: control, accountability, whiplash & anxiety
The act of creation inherently forces choice, demanding that we move beyond passive contemplation and translate abstract thoughts into tangible form. Making something necessitates inevitable, decisive, action, compelling us to externalize our internal landscape.