Week 4 Solo Task 1: Video 1
The video is completely in tune with and neatly summarizes what we've been discussing on this course.
- details can be easily overlooked if we only look at a broad picture;
- if we are to introduce small changes we need to look at the details if we want to see the changes;
- it's healthy to look at the same thing from different perspectives, i.e. putting on different pairs of glasses;
- it's preferable to look at the same thing several times, because every time you will notice something that you overlooked before.
So, what we need to constantly do is to zoom in, zoom out and then zoom in again, remembering that the broader picture is the combination of numerous small details unseen to a hurried eye.
So, do not rush to make generalization. Instead:
Slow down, open up your eyes and mind, listen or read without judgement, observe, notice, describe, analyze, and repeat. Somewhere between these cycles introduce a small change and repeat the cycle :)
The video is completely in tune with and neatly summarizes what we've been discussing on this course.
- details can be easily overlooked if we only look at a broad picture;
- if we are to introduce small changes we need to look at the details if we want to see the changes;
- it's healthy to look at the same thing from different perspectives, i.e. putting on different pairs of glasses;
- it's preferable to look at the same thing several times, because every time you will notice something that you overlooked before.
So, what we need to constantly do is to zoom in, zoom out and then zoom in again, remembering that the broader picture is the combination of numerous small details unseen to a hurried eye.
So, do not rush to make generalization. Instead:
Slow down, open up your eyes and mind, listen or read without judgement, observe, notice, describe, analyze, and repeat. Somewhere between these cycles introduce a small change and repeat the cycle :)
Yes, yes, and yes again. The idea of zooming in and out and in different ways is a metaphor I use in Breaking Rules in which I describe an observation system I developed called FOCUS.
ReplyDeleteI said you can focus in, focus out, do a long shot, a close shot, you can take pictures from the back side and front of the class, etc.
The cycle as you describe it is different from how many in our field describe the cycle since you point out the crucial point "Somewhere between these cycles introduce a small change and repeat the cycle. " All too often this crucial step is not taken.