CAP OP 4: Appendix

I used VUE (Visual Learning Environment) to create the mind maps of the GASADIE spiral and the Permaculture Design Manual mind map.  I have used this on several projects thus far and I like to use it to brainstorm ideas.  It works well to formulate ideas as well as to demonstrate a concept or idea. 

Lawton, Geoff.  “Online Permaculture Design Course”

http://permaculturenews.org/2013/05/08/online-permaculture-earthworks-course-bonus/#more-9818 

            -I clicked on the link for this course and it didn’t seem to work.  However this         page has a comment thread, including some comments from Geoff Lawton.           There are many good comments from people taking his course.  Apparently there     is a collection of online videos to accompany this course, something I’m not       prepared to do myself, yet.   

Mollison, Bill Permaculture:  A Designer’s Manual.

Maryborough, Victoria, Australia:  Tagari Publications, 1988.

            - This book is what the PDC is based upon.  I used this book to design the exam     around.  I was able to break it down into the   overarching ideas so I could better   understand the goals I want students to reach. 

Millison, Andrew.  “e-PDC:  The Case for Online Permaculture Education”. The Permaculture Institute. July 12^th, 2013.

http://permaculturenews.org/2013/07/12/e-pdc-the-case-for-online-permaculture-education/

            -This article makes a good case for an online PDC.  It inspires me to think about      the possibility of designing the Socratic method into an online PDC.  I also have        been thinking about writing an article for the case for a Socratic PDC.  I’d like to     get some other permaculture teachers beginning to think about the concept.  

Paul, R. and Elder, L. “Socratic Teaching”.  The Critical Thinking Community (April 1997).  http://www.criticalthinking.org/pages/socratic-teaching/606

            - I used this to determine if I was heading in the right direction and I could fulfill      my goal of teaching using the Socratic method.  After reading it I feel like I’m     heading in the right direction.  I will refer to this article often to help me facilitate      my first Socratic PDC.  

Ross, Valerie.  “The Socratic method:  What it is and How to Use it in the Classroom” Stanford University Newsletter on Teaching: Speaking of Teaching. Fall 2003 Vol. 13, No. 1.  http://www.stanford.edu/dept/CTL/cgi-bin/docs/newsletter/socratic_method.pdf

            -This is a great article to make one more familiar with the Socratic method.  I will     use this article as a reference to continually prepare and revise my approach to      teaching a PDC with the Socratic method.