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Project: Consciousness * 03 ?

Affiliation: Lyceum Omega
Starts: 2/1/03 Ends: 6/1/03
Leaders: delta
Keywords: Harvard, Socially Engaged Spirituality
Participants: 16 (view all)
Description:

elindblom Honors,Post Graduate,Harvard,Eric J. Lindblom PhD, Consciousness Studies, General Systems Theory, Educational Technology. Consciousness and Spirituality shall be considered. Please note significant online educational technology course support from many sources listed below.

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Course support:

http://consciousnessstudies.bravehost.com
and

http://parapsychology.bravehost.com

http://stanleykrippner.bravehost.com

http://gstsquared.bravehost.com

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Socially Engaged Spirituality

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Also see:

http://www.blackboard.com

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This project has a chat room:

http://lindblomchatroom.bravehost.com

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General Course Description:

1.) Theory Learning Goals:

a.) Understanding theoretical perspectives in consciousness studies and spirituality, leadership, learning and organizational change. The course shall explore spiritual systems thinking. (Google for: Bateson, Lilly, von Bertalanffy, Maslow, James, Dewey for definition of terms.)

b.) Understanding and appraisal of scholarly research and writing in general, specific,relative and universal areas of philosophy, systems,leadership and spiritual organizational change.

Initial Course Question: (What is the difference between General Theory and Specific or Special Theory?)

c.) What are Spiritual Systems? What is General Systems Theory? What is Systems Thinking? These questions have answers on the Internet.

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2.) Pragmatic Learning Goals:

a.) Application of theory to consciousness studies and spirituality.

b.) Specific cases are welcome. Reflection on application of theory and design methodology in theoretical research and action research including practical investigation of ideas, norms, and change strategies. (See: John Dewey for disciplined inquiry)

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"The study of Organizational Behavior Psychology is interdisciplinary,
involving the fields of psychology, sociology, gender studies, history,
political science, demographics, labor economics, business and
management." Krippner

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SEE::::: course MESSAGE BOARDS for answers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Socially Engaged Spirituality
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INITIAL COURSE QUESTION:

What is Consciousness?

1. LEVELS OF SCALE,
2. STRONG CENTERS,
3. BOUNDARIES,
4. ALTERNATING REPETITION,
5. POSITIVE SPACE,
6. GOOD SHAPE,
7. LOCAL SYMMETRIES,
8. DEEP INTERLOCK AND AMBIGUITY,
9. CONTRAST,
10. GRADIENTS,
11. ROUGHNESS,
12. ECHOES,
13. THE VOID,
14. SIMPLICITY AND INNER CALM,
15. NON-SEPARATENESS.

Title: THE FIFTEEN PROPERTIES OF Life. Authors: Alexander, Christopher
Source: Whole Earth; Winter2001 Issue 106, p70, 4p, 15bw

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SEE MESSAGE BOARDS FOR ANSWERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Rationale:

As a disciplined inquiry, the course shall begin with a fairly standard application of The Scientific Method defined as:

The Scientific Method:
1. identify researchable problem
2. derive hypothesis
3. literature review of research
4. develop methodology
5. data collection and analysis
6. analysis
7. falsification
8. results & conclusions
9. interpretation

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Textbook:

von Bertalanffy, Ludwig (1969). General System Theory, New York: George Braziller.

(Chapter 2 in General System Theory is the major read.)

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/002-0279977-8205611?url=index%3Dblended&field-keywords=von+Bertalanffy&Go.x=6&Go.y=10

http://www.license.shorturl.com/

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Definitions:

A system is a set of elements standing in interaction. Bertalanffy

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Syllabus:

See course outline in Syllabus.

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Resources:

Consult auxiliary resources at Blackboard. com.

http://projects.isss.org/Special:Userlogin?returnto=Special:Userlogout

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Disclaimers:

Eric J. Lindblom PhD
Consciousness Studies and Spirituality Harvard

http://elindblom.bravehost.com

Bela Zelai

What is GST2?

General Systems Theory, proposed and introduced by Ludwig von Bertalanffy, is a continuing discipline not a finished product. One of the things that can be done with General Systems Theory is to square it away.

Eric J. Lindblom PhD

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