THE REVIEW 17.01.2024

I took some time to review the learning and teaching( or a part of the debates) we had on this forum yesterday. A debate  borne out of a misunderstanding of a statement which was explained later to even mean the opposite of the apparent viewpoint they were being engaged by some people ie. .*destruction  of a myth* meaning a finality of the truth in  a belief system.A misunderstanding of this concept.

In the debate it was disappointing to observe some writers or resource persons not being open and direct with information they claim to be in possession.This goes against every law in Education and learning.

This University was initiated because I saw the need for a  place people will in the real spirit of educationists and specialists in didatics give information and impact learning freely and selflessly. This is the spirit of this academy which the operators in all levels are doing great.

A teacher is a person who first and foremost wants to see what he teaches flourish, that is his first payment.  It is  a sentiment you must have or cultivate  to be happy to teach. It is an honourable and heavy to bear sentiment which not everyone is  able to understand and draw the happiness therefrom .No Wonder our ‘poor’ primary and junior school teachers still remain happier  than us when we have even become doctors,lawyers, architects engineers, etc

In conclusion ,I call on most of us that have resource materials to be more generous with them and make them available during teaching without putting students in much suspension and doubts by leaving many gaps, you will  still  be quoted even if it is not yet in a paperback we are already on that level.

Thanks

Charles O Chukwubike 

The VC / Online Moderator 

Nenweonlineuni@gmail.com

'MATTERS ARISING ' by: Chukwubike O Charles

Chukwubike O Charles 

There was an issue that came up yesterday which I want to make my personal opinion on.

Dr Leo's presentation of another probable meaning or interpretation of the proverb was an academic exercise and is exactly why we are here especially in a ‘tone” language as ours where one thing could mean twenty.

A critical analysis or thinking of postulations is what the school prepares us for and are also the foundation of development in science and arts. 

In medical school we are not just taught how to pull out babies from women or “yank stubborn" ones from the womb. We are thought  and encouraged to query those systems and methods and these invariably helped in the development of science. I think I've read one of Dr.Chukwualis' papers on this for example.

We have many wrong or inappropriate ways and thoughts which we perceived or received wrongly from our parents or society that shaped our lives and that these critical analysis have addressed . Look at the time it is still taking us to understand that cold pack is more appropriate when we hit our toes on a rock than the age long *miri ọkụ with essential balm or Aboniki combination* which is wrong! 

That most convulsions in babies come from and with high body temperature and that one of the fastest remedies is to lower the body temperature,instead of the *élú akụ* (nshiku system that was passed to us) which we use to massage the baby's body and which works the opposite because it closes the skin pores and insulates it thereby trapping the heat inside the baby due to no passage of oxygen and water from the skin and hair roots already blocked with the oil or other fats we used . These are some of the wrong notions critical thinking and research in science continue to develop.

This is why we are here and this is why we are encouraged to listen to every opinion. This is different from what we call “blind arguments” in the street.

Good morning all 

Charlie.mbc@gmail.com