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Teaching Beast in the Garden

Teaching Beast in the Garden. Connections Instructor Workshop March 27-28, 2012. Expectation Failure. What is it?

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Teaching Beast in the Garden

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  1. Teaching Beast in the Garden Connections Instructor Workshop March 27-28, 2012

  2. Expectation Failure What is it? A situation in which existing mental models will lead to faulty expectations, causing students to realize the problems they face in believing whatever they believe. Usually created from some sort of intellectual challenge or paradox, much like we see in Beast in the Garden, forcing students to view the situation from multiple perspectives.

  3. It’s All about Perspective

  4. What do you see?

  5. Fishbowl • As a class, identify 6-8 different groups who have an opinion as to what happens in Boulder with the cougars. • Some possibilities: • Citizens of Boulder • Those who have lost a pet to an attack • Those who have not had any interaction • Biologists • Division of Wildlife Management • Early conservationists, such as Teddy Roosevelt • Cougars • Hunters

  6. Group Discussion Divide into 6-8 groups and assign each group a category. Each group identifies the main points of their assigned group’s perspective. For instance, how does the Division of Wildlife Management feel about the issue? What seem to be their main points of argument?

  7. Fishbowl

  8. Fishbowl (cont.) Each group selects a representative to move to the fish bowl. Once they are in the fish bowl, ask them to “discuss the cougar situation” (don’t give them any specific instructions—just stand back and let them proceed on their own). Allow the discussion to proceed for a reasonable time. Then as a class, talk about the discussion. Talk about the tone of the conversation and how successful they were in convincing each other of their positions. Ask them how this is similar to public conversations on other topics.

  9. Fish Bowl (cont.) Ask each group to select a new group member to enter the fishbowl. This time, explain that they are allowed only to explain the position of another person in the group to the satisfaction of that person (they are not allowed to state their own position). For instance, the group representing the hunters could restate the perspective of the wildlife biologist. Afterwards, talk again as a class about the discussion. What was different and why? In what ways was it effective? Less effective? In what ways would this work to change the tenor of public debate? In what ways might it not be effective?

  10. Ecotones Ecologists call the zone of transition between habitats (for instance forest and prairie) an ecotone. America is becoming one vast ecotone where civilization and nature intermingle (Baron, 11).

  11. What are the different perspectives at play here? What is most important to those who maintain the lawns? What is most important to the students? How can we resolve conflicts by looking at the viewpoints of others? Contested Spaces

  12. Ecotones http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lWVVFHzuLE What other ecotones or contact zones can you think of? Video – Cougar Captured In Prestonhttp://www.facebook.com/prestoncitizen?sk=wall Cougar signs in North Logan cause police to issue warninghttp://news.hjnews.com/news/article_5617bb40-d4f8-11e0-8de9-001cc4c03286.htmlMountain lion hit in downtown Preston deemed healthy, releasedhttp://news.hjnews.com/news/article_056f6c78-6fcc-11e1-b534-0019bb2963f4.html

  13. More Links Mountain Lion Takes Down Mature 160 Class Mule Deer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CLqJCGNCjo&feature=related Mountain Lion eats deer – video from tree above: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzUKsAG2kZU&feature=related Mountain Lion surrounded by dogs on cliff: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4UTH0YDNwI&feature=related Idaho Bow Hunters Take Mountain Lions http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVO3-MvJg-s Link to New York Times article – South Dakota Cougar in Connecticut http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/29/opinion/the-cougar-behind-your-trash-can.html?_r=1

  14. The Book’s Structure Look at the book from a writer’s perspective. What different perspectives does Baron utilize in his writing? Where/how/what does he research?

  15. Perspectives in Research History Philosophy Science Literature Politics Psychology Personal observations and interviews Storytelling Who does Baron consider his audience? What elements speak to you?

  16. Habituation Habituation is a form of adaptive behavior. How is this behavior revealed in the mountain lion’s choice of foods?

  17. Foods We Eat or DON’T Eat What foods are seen as “normal” foods in other cultures that we don’t “normally” eat? How might this relate to habituation and the mountain lion?

  18. Lion Meat?

  19. The Title Who IS the beast in the garden?

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