Re: follow up
can i count on you for the seed to get this going? it would help a lot. i of course appreciate your support. i am also sorry for this shit levied at you. -mare
On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 8:05 AM, Jeffrey Epstein jeevacation@gmail.com wrote:
> I am going off line tomorrow, for the summer,, we can resume in sept. try
> to relax. i know what you are going through. its disgusting. |
On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 7:56 AM, Marc Hauser wrote: |
but it has to be based in the sciences of learning and plasticity.
>> their problem is that they are not thinking about core cognitive |
functions such as attention, working memory, problem solving, and |
self-control, and how each of these can be targeted and enhanced. that
>> the curriculum is outdated is a fact. there are some interesting
>> companies trying to breakout, such as Quest Atlantis. |
we will have to have this out! |
-marc |
On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 7:52 AM, Jeffrey Epstein jeevacation@gmail.com
>> wrote: |this is what gates is currently doing. it is not very intersting. no |
science, just expermiments in a western culture with an out dated
>>> curriculum.. there are now thousands of hours of those tapes...
>>> BORING.. |
can the material be seperate from the learning.. of course not..
>>> learning |
about food location is not the same as the norman conquest.
>>> |
On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 7:38 AM, Marc Hauser <
>>> wrote: ||here's the model: |
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One School: An online approach to solving a universal education problem |
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- Every parent wants their child to have the best possible |
education, to learn important things and to be able to use their |
knowledge as they move forward. I assume no one disagrees. |- For any given content areas, there are great teachers all over this
>>>> country. |
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| >>>> 3. The quality of a teacher interacts, however, with the type of |
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| >>>> learner. There are N different types of learners; the number is |
| >>>> greater than 1 and definitely less than 100. Some of the variation has |
| >>>> to do with the modality in which an individual learns best (e.g., |
| >>>> auditory, visual), and some with the abstract-concrete distinction. |
| >>>> 4. Take a given area and find the best teachers in this area for the |
| >>>> particular grade level, and for each of the kinds of learning style. |
| >>>> Video tape their lessons. |
| >>>> 5. Now the innovation: for each lesson, imagine that there are |
| >>>> critical branch points where the teachers asks the student a question |
| >>>> about the material just delivered. There are, let's say, 5 different |
| >>>> answers a child could give, and we have sampled the space sufficiently |
| >>>> to know the most common errors. Depending on the student's answer, |
| >>>> the video branches off into different lectures that capture the error |
| >>>> and how to address it. Thus, each lecture is hierarchical. One path is |
| >>>> for the kid who gets everything. Another is for a kid who stumbles on |
| >>>> one part, but is fine with the others. The lecture therefore keeps |
| >>>> branching at each juncture to address a problem, or gets back onto a |
| >>>> track once a key issue is well understood. |
| >>>> |
| >>>> With this model, schools function in a different way. They are places |
| >>>>> for socialization, for social activities, for emotional development. |
| >>>> But with this model of education, we have One School that does all the |
| >>>> teaching with the best teachers in the country for each core area of |
| >>>> education. >>>> |
| >>>>> What this would require is accumulating evidence for each area for the |
| >>>> kinds of difficulties students have with material, so that the |
| >>>> lectures can branch appropriately. And it would require recruitment of |
| >>>> the best teachers, creating a competition that would like bring out |
| >>>>the best. |
| >>>> |
| >>>> |
| >>>> On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 7:38 AM, Marc Hauser< |
| >>>> wrote: |
| >>>>> jeffrey |
| >>>>> |
| >>>>> the stuff i am developing has the potential to go to charters as |
| >>>>> well. |
| >>>>> i want to develop software the can do online learning in a very |
| >>>>> elegant way. Am attaching a sketch of the model. I agree about the |
| >>>>> mess in education, and many ideas to develop. But need a base to |
| >>>>> create, and the resources to do it. |
| >>>>> |
| >>>>> the criminal angle is simply one hook to get some funding. but the |
| >>>>> more important point is that issues of self-control are predictive of |
| >>>>> academic achievement! low income kids have lower self-control and |
| >>>>> poor |
| >>>>> academics. there are powerful techniques to improve self-control, but |
| >>>>> they have yet to be elegantly developed and applied in the public |
| >>>>>domain. |
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| >>>>> Center that is linked to the Penikese School, I can use to develop |
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| >>>>> these tools and then shop them to all sorts of educational arenas. |
| >>>>> Teh |
| >>>>> brain plasticity issue is red hot. Most are focused on working memory |
| >>>>> because of the application to alzheimer's. No one has really caught |
| >>>>> on |
| >>>>> yet to the self-control part, but it is ripe for developing |
| >>>>> applications. I just need the resources to bring the relevant players |
| >>>>> on board and make this happen. |
| >>>>> |
| >>>>> thoughts? |
| >>>>> |
| >>>>> marc |
| >>>>> |
| >>>>> |
| >>>>> On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 7:25 AM, Jeffrey Epstein |
| >>>>><jeevacation@gmail.com> |
| >>>>> wrote: |
| >>>>>> I think your better place and future is with all the money now |
| >>>>>> wasted |
| >>>>>> on |
| >>>>>> charter schools.. you can posit that individiualss have different |
| >>>>>> learning |
| >>>>>>> methods. these methods MUST be front and center, so one is not |
| >>>>>> attempting |
| >>>>>> to insert Apple software in to Pc hardware. tough example, I |
| >>>>>> belive |
| >>>>>> afro |
| >>>>>> american learn kinestically, if you let them jump around the |
| >>>>>> class. |
| >>>>>> they |
| >>>>>> will do better.. the first thing we do is tell them to sit in one |
| >>>>>> place |
| >>>>>> and |
| >>>>>> listen.. you can deal with the gender differnces in math learning. |
| >>>>>> STAY |
| >>>>>> away from criminal work. It will be bad for you. I cannot do that as |
| >>>>>>a |
| >>>>>> test... no amount is carved out by definition, but it is totally up |
| >>>>>> to |
| >>>>>> you |
| >>>>>> tonegotiate terms and condititions. |
| >>>>>>> |
| >>>>>> On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 6:39 AM, Marc Hauser < |
| >>>>>> wrote: |
| >>>>>>> |
| >>>>>>> dear jeffrey |
| >>>>>>> thanks for thinking about how to help. i am considering two |
| >>>>>>> non-profits, one the school that i mentioned where there is a |
| >>>>>>> possibility of creating a center for cognitive enhancement and |
| >>>>>>> brain |
| >>>>>>> plasticity. here is the link to their donation site: |
| >>>>>>> http://www.penikese.org/donate/ways-to-give/ |
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>>>>>>
>>>>>> would this work? >>>>>> >>>>>> here are a few questions: >>>>>> 1. could you do 75k or 100k? with this amount, we could really >>>>>> develop >>>>>> the tools to have a suite of tasks targeting specific aspects of >>>>>> brain >>>>>> plasticity and enhancement, with elegant interfaces. >>>>>> 2. would you set up the so-to-speak constraints, that the funds be >>>>>> targeted specifically for the work i wish to do, or would this come >>>>>> from me? >>>>>> 3. do you imagine carving off some amount of the contribution to >>>>>> the >>>>>> place itself so that they feel as if they are getting something as >>>>>> well? of course, they are getting something potentially big with >>>>>> the >>>>>> program i am bringing, but .... >>>>>> >>>>>> i am meeting with the other organization this friday and will have >>>>>> a >>>>>> better sense then. >>>>>> >>>>>> here is the basic idea, insight, and approach. >>>>>> Brain plasticity, self-control, and the reduction of career >>>>>> criminals >>>>>>> >>>>>> 1. career criminals cost society $1-2 million dollars each. >>>>>> 2. career criminals reveal signature of self-control problem: >>>>>> repeated offenses despite punishments, interventions, etc. >>>>>> Self-control problems are the single best predictor of career >>>>>> criminals >>>>>> 3. capacity for self-control matures over development; youths have >>>>>> best shot of change due to neural plasticity >>>>>>> 4. if we can prevent youth crimes or arrest recidivism, massive >>>>>> savings; this is an international problem, so there is opportunity >>>>>> for >>>>>> work abroad as well. >>>>>> 5. early assessments of self-control are highly predictive of >>>>>> future >>>>>> delinquency >>>>>> 6, self-control as an exhaustible short term resource... like fast >>>>>> twitch muscles >>>>>> 7. self-control like long term slow muscle for strength and >>>>>> support >>>>>> and can be strengthened >>>>>> 8. we have powerfully reliable and predictive assessment tools for >>>>>> self-control >>>>>> 9. we have a rich set of tasks that can improve self-control, >>>>>> specifically targeting brain plasticity and mechanisms for >>>>>> inhibitory >>>>>> regulation. >>>>>>
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>>>>>> Put 1-9 together and we have a model for both early prevention of >>>>>> crimes as well as for reducing recidivism. >>>>>> >>>>>> Goal: to develop more sophisticated, computer-based tools to assess >>>>>> and intervene on self-control and reduce crime, especially the >>>>>> number >>>>>> of career criminals that cost society millions of dollars. >>>>>> best, >>>>>> >>>>>> marc »»» >>>>>>»»>>>>>>-- >>>>>>****** ************* >>>>>> The information contained in this communication is >>>>>> confidential, may be attorney-client privileged, may >>>>>> constitute inside information, and is intended only for >>>>>> the use of the addressee. It is the property of >>>>>> Jeffrey Epstein >>>>>> Unauthorized use, disclosure or copying of this >>>>>> communication or any part thereof is strictly prohibited >>>>>> and may be unlawful. If you have received this >>>>>> communication in error, please notify us immediately by >>>>>> return e-mail or by e-mail to jeevacation@gmail.com, and >>>>>> destroy this communication and all copies thereof, >>>>>> including all attachments. copyright -all rights reserved >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>-- >>>>>> ********* ********* >>>>>> The information contained in this communication is >>>>>> confidential, may be attorney-client privileged, may >>>>>> constitute inside information, and is intended only for >>>>>> the use of the addressee. It is the property of >>>>>> Jeffrey Epstein >>>>>> Unauthorized use, disclosure or copying of this >>>>>> communication or any part thereof is strictly prohibited >>>>>> and may be unlawful. If you have received this >>>>>> communication in error, please notify us immediately by >>>>>> return e-mail or by e-mail to jeevacation@gmail.com, and >>>>>> destroy this communication and all copies thereof, >>>>>> including all attachments. copyright -all rights reserved >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>-- >>>>>> ***************<
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