TACTics Journal
A Publication for and by TOC for Education Practitioners
In this week’s issue:
Elementary/Secondary TACTics
(1) Yani’s Goal: Practice Session Sample, Cheryl A. Edwards
Quote
(2) Albert Einstein
Editor’s Notes
(3)
ELEMENTARY/SECONDARY TACTICS
(1) Yani’s Goal: Practice Session Example
From Cheryl A. Edwards
As educators, we know that it is important to provide students
with
opportunities to learn, to practice what
they have learned, and then time to
apply what they have learned to
authentic situations. The story of Yani’s
Goal is based on the teach/practice/apply methodology.
There are three parts in each chapter of Yani’s Goal. In the first
part, Yani
learns how to use a TOC tool. In
the second part, he is given several
opportunities to practice what he has
learned, and in the third part, he uses
what he has learned in an
authentic situation.
The following lesson is an example of what a student might find in
the
practice sessions.
A slight difference…the practice sessions in Yani’s Goal are
interactive.
TACTics is not. So, we have left some of the questions unanswered.
Won’t
you answer the questions, fill
in the TOC graphics and have a little fun with
us?
If you have not done so already, you may want to check out
www.tocforschools.com, where you will be able to
“Take a Tour” of Yani’s
Goal as well get more information on the
other components of the program.
Be sure not to miss the “Learning Objectives” listed for each
chapter.
From Endangered Species, “Wild
Cats,” p.15 Jo Ellen Moore,
1991, EVAN-MOOR CORP.,
93940-5746
“Many of the large wild cats are in danger. All of these cats need
large,
undisturbed habitats in which to hunt
and to reproduce. Since they are
predators, the habitat must also be
safe for the animals on which they prey.
The jaguar (
Hunters are one of the biggest problems for these big cats. They
are killed
as trophies to hang on
someone’s wall and for their skins, which are turned
into coats and other types of
clothing. Some countries have laws against
selling items made from the fur of
endangered species, but there are enough
places where they can be either
legally or illegally be sold that the cats are
still being hunted.”
UNDERSTANDING THE PROBLEM
Fill in the Cloud graphic as you answer these questions.
WANTS
_ D - What do the hunters want in
this selection?
_ D’ – What does the other side want?
NEEDS
_ B – Why do hunters want to hunt and kill endangered animals/wild cats?
_ C – Why do some want hunters to
NOT hunt and kill endangered
animals/wild cats?
COMMON GOAL
_ A - Why would we want to solve this problem? What would we gain by
enjoying trophies, fur coats and
other clothing AND keeping wild cats on
our earth?
Common Goal Needs Wants
A B D
C D’
FINDING A WIN/WIN SOLUTION
_ Can you think of a solution that meets both NEEDS:
¨ Being able to enjoy trophies, fur coats and other clothing from
wild cats
AND
¨ Keeping the wild cats on our Earth?
Fill in your solution here:
_ Which of the following solutions do you think would meet both NEEDS?
1. Create a law that controls hunters and the number of wild cats
they
can kill; then set up an reserve
for the wild cats in which they can hunt and
reproduce undisturbed.
2 Forbid hunters from killing wild cats under any situation.
3 Make fake furs for people to hang on their walls and wear.
QUOTE
(2) Problems
cannot be solved at the same level of awareness that
created them. —Albert Einstein
Hunt and kill endangered animalswild
cats
Not to hunt and kill endangered
animals-wild cats
EDITOR’S NOTES
(3)
Cheryl, thanks for providing us with
a practice session sample of Yani’s Goal.
I have visited the website and it amazed me. It’s designed for
children, but
there is much that adults can
learn from the interactive lessons.
This week’s TACTics includes graphics, which can been seen in the
pdf
version. Please note that the pdf
version of TACTics is attached. However,
you must have Acrobat Reader to
open the file, which is freely available for
download from:
www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep.html. If you
have the Reader installed but
still can't open the file, drag it from this email
to your desktop, launch the
Reader, and open from the FILE menu.
You may also view TACTics in its intended formatting, by visiting
our web
site at www.tocforeducation.com. Click on “What's New.”
Remember that this newsletter depends on your contributions. We
welcome
your responses, applications of
the thinking processes, lessons,
announcements, and etc. Send by mail to:
Cheryl A. Edwards, 2253 S. Hill
Island Rd.,
hearing from you.