tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1009010011589823837.post8931143929325648355..comments2024-03-14T07:29:46.679-07:00Comments on Baha'i Coherence: Does motivation matter? Motivation, incentive-based policies, and their interconnectedness.Bryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06536028746119658713noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1009010011589823837.post-4198085170300110902010-07-13T12:52:51.168-07:002010-07-13T12:52:51.168-07:00Thanks for the great insights Lev and for posing s...Thanks for the great insights Lev and for posing such rseigel!Jalalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04331841530005665004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1009010011589823837.post-54723815976308992862010-07-06T11:36:10.772-07:002010-07-06T11:36:10.772-07:00Was struck by the suggestion that "a self-cen...Was struck by the suggestion that "a self-centered material consequentialist perspective" will lead to "students and community’s true potential [being] less developed." In "The Prosperity of Humankind," the Baha'i International Community sets out the role of economics in development:<br /><br />"The most important role that economic efforts must play in development lies, therefore, in equipping people and institutions with the means through which they can achieve the real purpose of development: that is, laying foundations for a new social order that can cultivate the limitless potentialities latent in human consciousness." <br /><br />So if the discipline of economics is producing policy recommendations that are failing to "cultivate the limitless potentialities latent in human consciousness," then it's falling short of its true purpose.<br /><br />Also, the questions about "tracking" student progress recalled this quotation from the Ruhi Institute's "Learning about Growth":<br /><br />"...it is recognized that an individual's spiritual condition and his progress are matters that only God can judge and that human beings should not presume to measure. The Ruhi Institute, therefore, has adopted a pedagogical approach that concerns itself exclusively with way sin which individuals can be helped to increase their capacity to serve. This capacity, while intimately connected with spirituality, operates in relation to it in ways that need not be defined precisely. It suffices to understand that the field of service represents the environment within which spirituality can be cultivated" (page 28).Lev Rickardshttp://www.mollusc.org/wordpressnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1009010011589823837.post-38720999664133041482010-07-02T09:56:05.668-07:002010-07-02T09:56:05.668-07:00I think policy makers would have an easier time ta...I think policy makers would have an easier time taking steps to improve education if they didn't frame the challenge in a way that is so demeaning to teachers and the work they do. 'Abdu'l-Baha says that the teaching and training of children is among the most meritorious acts. Many people love teaching. Would it be so dangerous to make that assumption? Would teachers picket state legislatures to let them know that they don't actually enjoy teaching and that they're actually just in it for the money?<br /><br />I personally would love to teach, but in order to get certification I need to take a ton of classes. I suppose that's because I, and other people who want to teach, don't love learning. Therefore, before we can be allowed in a classroom, we should be forced to learn and pay money for it, during a recession.Mr. Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16477489009466005394noreply@blogger.com