Heidi Cool
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Heidi Cool commented on How do you get into character? on January 22, 2008, 9:56 PM
Diversity is critical to learning. We all have opinions and beliefs, but we don't learn to fully examine these beliefs until they are challenged and questioned. While some of that is done in the classroom, much more is done when we interact with people who've had different experiences. Such experiences may be due to differences in race, gender, religious belief, cultural heritage, economic status, urban versus rural upbringing and so forth. Diversity is the result of a myriad of experiences, each of which can give us new ways of looking at our own ideas. As we learn to become comfortable questioning our own ideas and beliefs, we also learn to examine other issues or problems from a variety of vantage points. This in turn aids our creativity and problem solving skills both in the classroom and at work. While we often discuss diversity in terms of improving human interaction in society, it is equally important in promoting critical thinking.
Heidi Cool commented on How do you get into character? on January 22, 2008, 4:56 PM
Diversity is critical to learning. We all have opinions and beliefs, but we don't learn to fully examine these beliefs until they are challenged and questioned. While some of that is done in the classroom, much more is done when we interact with people who've had different experiences. Such experiences may be due to differences in race, gender, religious belief, cultural heritage, economic status, urban versus rural upbringing and so forth. Diversity is the result of a myriad of experiences, each of which can give us new ways of looking at our own ideas. As we learn to become comfortable questioning our own ideas and beliefs, we also learn to examine other issues or problems from a variety of vantage points. This in turn aids our creativity and problem solving skills both in the classroom and at work. While we often discuss diversity in terms of improving human interaction in society, it is equally important in promoting critical thinking.
I'm Senior Web Designer/Webmaster for Case Western Reserve University, where i develop Web sites and advise other Web maintainers on campus. In regard to the Internet I'm interested in finding better ways to share information via the WWW and also in understanding the ways in which this evolving medium is impacting society.
For the past few years I've been particularly interested in the impact of religion on society, particularly the negative impact the Intelligent Design/Evolution debate is having on science education, but also the broader role religion in America has on politics.
Much to the annoyance of my friends I rarely travel without a camera, but my photography habit extends to architecture, nature and randomly interesting shapes. I'm also addicted to books, of all kinds, mostly fiction, write the occasional short story and write a Web Development blog.
Heidi Cool commented on intelligent design on January 22, 2008, 11:04 PM
My guess was that he is referring to the flaws in Intelligent Design. It's a nicely subtle summation given that so many accept I.D. instead of thinking through it.