What is the most logical and fair minded way for YOU to teach online? The purpose of this practice is to determine the most logical and fair minded way to teach online. Since the turn of the century there has...
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Teaching Online
Elements of Thought
Eight basic structures are present in all thinking.Thinking generates purposes, raises questions, uses information, utilizes concepts, makes inferences, makes assumptions, generates implications, and embodies a point of view.Whenever we think, we think for a purpose within a point of view...
Intellectual Standards
Humans live in a world of thoughts. We accept some thoughts as true. We reject others as false. But the thoughts we perceive as true are sometimes false, unsound, or misleading.The mind doesn’t naturally grasp the truth. We don’t naturally...
Intellectual Virtues
Everyone thinks; it is our nature to do so. But much of our thinking, left to itself, is biased, distorted, partial, uninformed, or downright prejudiced. If we want to think well, we must understand at least the rudiments of thought,...
Mindthink
Origin of Tai Chi: 14. Slanted Flying Form
Reading: Feel your arms connected and stretched as are a bird’s wings in angled gliding flight. Feel your whole body balanced and the energy moving in continuity. Close Reading: Level 1: Paraphrasing- State in your own words the meaning of each sentence. In this move as you extend your arms...
Read MoreOrigin of Tai Chi: 13. Left/Right Step Back, Repulse the Monkey
Reading: Imagine a monkey standing and grabbing in front of you to attack you, you defend yourself by using your hand to press it’s head as you go backward. Close Reading: Level 1: Paraphrasing- State in your own words the meaning of each sentence. For this move, pretend an upright...
Read MoreOrigin of Tai Chi: 11. The Great Roc-Bird Stretches Its Wings
Reading: This move trains for balance. The Chinese word for “balance” means “heaven at peace.” In this move everything should be calm, balanced, and harmonious. As you turn your waist your hands move like petals floating on water. When your hands move to the right and you lift your left...
Read MoreOrigin of Tai Chi: 10. Carry the Tiger Back to the Mountain
Reading: The name refers to the spirit of the move; you are prepared to face a tiger. Your opponent is like a tiger. You can get rid of him by throwing him away or just pushing him away. (tui san, to push away; tui show, push hands) The old name...
Read MoreOrigin of Tai Chi: 9. Crossed Hands
Reading: Crossed Hands is a transition and resting point. Everything is finished and you connect two forms. Use crossed hands when there are two forms or moves you want to do one after another, but you feel they do not connect well mechanically or energywise. Use Crossed Hands to change...
Read MoreOrigin of Tai Chi: 8. Seal Closed
Reading: You block and push away your opponent’s hand. This move is similar to the Tiger Form in Hsing Li. In the first part of the move you defend yourself, you seal yourself inside. Then you use bei (a technical term for “force”) to push the opponent away. It is...
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