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Håkan Lindgren

Håkan Lindgren

I'm a 52 years old Swede. I work as a teacher in adult education. I live in the town of Sölvesborg with my wife and our two children.

Location Sweden

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  • Hallo! I'm a teacher myself. I'm reading an astronomy course at the University of Gothenburg as we speak. I'm really looking forward to this course. Greetings from Sweden

  • @Bolanle(@Stereogoddess) No I don't see why they would. The whole idea with this course is to question things. I like to discuss, but there are quite a few tasks in this course, so unfortunately I don't think that one can have long and deep discussions following every question.

  • @Bolanle(@Stereogoddess) I don't think that racism is an elite behavior and I don't think that more uneducated and unsophisticated people can be excused for saying racist things, even if they don't intend to. Racism is everywhere and I wouldn't diminish the seriousness in this woman's behavior despite her cultural background. You don't turn aggressive just because...

  • I agree with you. It's hard to tell if the behaviour of the ingenious woman has something to do with a cultural misunderstanding or if the woman has some issues, like being a racist.

  • That the Spanish word for black is negro is a good example I think, of a thing that could lead to a troublesome misunderstanding.

  • Hi everyone!

    I would definitely be very puzzled when experiencing this quick change in behaviour of the ingenious lady. I would apply intercultural curiosity by asking colleagues about this woman's behaviour. If I'd have known some people from the same country and culture as the ingenious woman, I'd definitely ask them.

  • @Bolanle(@Stereogoddess) I like that too.

  • I totally agree with you. The key words is indeed "suspend judgement". I also think, that in real life it's almost impossible not to come to different conclusions about people, despite which cultures they belong to. But like you wrote, this doesn't necessarily mean that you will have any problems during intercultural interactions.

  • Hi everyone!

    I would say that I am somewhere between stage 3 and 4. In my work, as a teacher in adult education with mostly immigrants, I'm on stage 4. But in my private life I'm a bit more reserved, hence placing myself on stage 3.

  • I think that your last sentence sums it up very well. We're all citizens of the world.

  • Sounds like a good summary.

  • Hi everyone!

    1. It was a real short summary, but it covered the most important things I think.

    2. That we're all human beings at the end of the day and that we can achieve intercultural openness by having an open mind and by letting go of our prejudices.

    3. Despite differences in cultures and languages, we can interact with one another if we are open...

  • Hi everyone!

    1. It was very interesting, but also depressing, that the imbalance of power, when it comes to culture, economics, education etc. strongly decreases the variety of cultures.

    2. Well, he spoke about the importance of trying to even up the imbalance of power when it comes to e.g. education. You must realise the value of ingenious cultures....

  • I agree on the fact that many cultures through history have been severely oppressed by dominant cultures, due to their thirst for natural resources, power and, like you wrote, pure satisfaction. Very sad indeed.

  • Yes I totally agree with your argumentation about that the younger generations and the future generations will continue to shape and modify cultures. Like you so accurately wrote, it's an irony that a person who points out the unfortunate fact about dying languages, also is totally dependent on a lingua franca as English. A very good observation :-)

  • Hi there!

    1. It was interesting but a bit sad knowing that thousands of languages will disappear in our children's lifetime. Then it's a little naive from Michael thinking that cultural openness has anything to do with using old treatments against malaria. The pharmaceutical companies want to make money. They don't care about native cultures.

    2. It's...

  • @BradD. Thank you.

  • I'm very pleased to hear that, sir.

  • @MicLaird Thanks for your reply. I don't you think you have to absorb them, if you're not planning to stay in a country for a long time. Many people in Sweden, both Swedes and immigrants only take part in some of the traditions around midsummer. Many don't like the excessive drinking that are too common around midsummer. Of course you don't have to like or...

  • You're a brave woman, I'll tell you that :-)

  • I feel the same way.

  • Hi everyone!

    1. "To what degree do you think Mahle was open to interacting with this woman who was an indigenous citizen of this particular community?" - I don't think that Mahle was looking for a new friend, so to speak. I think that Mahle was quite satisfied with just a quiet greeting, like a little nod now and then.

    2." What would you feel or think...

  • @NiassaAweeHarrisWazoua I feel exactly the same thing like you do. I also need to find a more progressive way to reach others. Very well put :-)

  • I agree with you that the first week really gave a good introduction. I feel that one got a good idea about the problems that might occur when different cultures collide.

  • Hi everyone!

    1. It feels good because this course is very interesting and rewarding.

    2. I learned about the importance of having an intercultural competence, in order to functon in societies and cultures that are different from your own. I especially liked the "INTERCULTURAL KNOWLEDGE AND COMPETENCE VALUE RUBRIC". It gives you an idea of which areas you...

  • @BradD. Me too.

  • I totally agree with you. Openness is indeed the strongest construct.

  • The example with the handshake is a really good one I think.

  • Yes, it's definitely openness for me too.

  • Hi everyone!

    a) I think that eveything starts with the attitude of openness. I don't think it really matters if you have lots of knowledge of your culture versus other cultures, and skills to communicate and to interpret intercultural experiences, if you're not allowing yourself to feel and absorb the other cultures in question. If you're not open, all you...

  • You summarised it very well. I feel exactly the same :-)

  • I thought about the same thing. Maybe the spreading of xenophobia in many countries worldwide can have something do to with it. I unfortunately think so :-(

  • Hi everyone!

    1. It was an informative and concise video about the importance of intercultural competence. I feel intrigued and I want to know more about the subject.

    2. I think that the most important message was that we all see things from our own cultural perspective.

    3. This perspective is filtering our views and our perceptions of cultures,...

  • I agree with you that Pellegrino is indeed a funny and enthusiastic lecturer and he do gets you interested. I also think that showing respect is important, even if it so happens that you don't agree with, or like, the culture in question.

  • I totally agree with you. I think you have clarified your views in a very good way.

  • Hi everyone!
    1. I've seen it before and this video is one of my favourites from Ted. Pellegrino can really deliver a message and I totally buy what he's saying. Beeing a Swede myself I can absolutely relate to what he says about the Nordic countries.

    2. I agree with the fact that your assumptions and your perceptions of a culture is strongly biased, due to...

  • Thanks for your reply. I agree, but at the same time - the sales woman must have respect for your culture and respect for you as a person. Maybe she can be angry with you for not shopping, but screaming racist words and being aggressive isn't ok I think. In a situation like this it's hard to know what can be related to culture and what things that are pure...

  • @ColleenB I totally agree. I would also think about if some other members of the community loathed me or something. Actually I would be very afraid of the risk of being physically attacked at some point.

  • Totally agree!

  • @NiassaAweeHarrisWazoua I agree on the fact that you would indeed be very puzzled when thinking about the rapid change in the sales woman's behaviour.

  • Yes, it can be hard to know if it's a cultural thing or if this fruit stand ladies is having some issues. But despite the cultural differences, I don't think that it's okay to be rude, threatening and racist. I think that defamation is a crime in most countries.

  • I think that, despite the cultural differences, no one has the right to behave in a racist, rude and threatening way. I can't imagine that this kind of behaviour is okay in any culture. Then maybe this lady in the fruit stand felt neglected when Mahle kept passing her without buying anything. But that doesn't give her (fruit stand lady) the right to misbehave...

  • Hi everyone!

    Well, I'd feel both angry and frightened and, on top of that, very concerned. I'd definitely try to avoid passing this lady any more. Not knowing what it was all about, I would be (very) afraid of being physically attacked at some point.

  • Hi everyone! I'm from Sweden and I'm working in the field of adult education. Most of my students are immigrants from Arabic and African countries like e.g. Syria, Afghanistan, Libanon and Somalia. Accordingly, this means that I meet people from different cultures with slightly or maybe very different values than mine. So I'm looking forward to this course...

  • Hi everyone!

    This was a very fine course. It was interesting, stimulating and rewarding. However, I wish that the lead educator will be much more present in future courses and that all the questions from the participants will be taken care of and properly answered. You were very much left to your own devices in this course I think.

  • Håkan Lindgren made a comment

    Hi everyone!

    Here's the flexagon, shown in the previous lesson 2.10, once again. It's a video where I describe and flex this fascinating flexagon, called a "cube kaleidocycle". Please follow this link: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=824879441246233&id=100011725538564

  • Hi everyone!

    I bought one of the books mentioned above, namely "Fantastic flexagons" by Nick Robinson. I fell for a really fascinating flexagon called "Cube Kaleidocycle".
    Please follow this link: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=824879441246233&id=100011725538564

  • Hi everyone!

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    2. 2<4,4>

  • Hi everyone!

    It was an interesting quiz. Before trying out the different types of strips I tried to figure out a solution for each one, but it turned out to be quite (or very) difficult I think.

  • Totally agree! :-)

  • Hi everyone!

    Very interesting, intriguing, fascinating and mind-boggling at the same time :-O

  • Hi everyone!

    Follow the link to my Magic Square Flexagon. It’s based on a tetra-tetra-flexagon with magic squares 4 × 4. I hope you'll like it. https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=817024628698381&id=100011725538564

  • Hi everyone!

    When seeing the Lo Shu square, I think about the popular puzzle game Sudoku. I don't know if Sudoku in any way is related to magic, but it do comprises of 3*3 squares, just like the Lo Shu square.

  • 1. The pat structure of the tetra-octa-flexagon comprises of 1+3+1+3+1+3+1+3 leaves. In the intermediate state, the two-coloured rectangle, the pat structure changes and comprises of 2 leaves for every pat.

    2. Yes, there are. For example you only have to do one flex when going from red(blue) to blue(green). On the other hand, you must execute three flexes...

  • Hi everyone!

    No, fortunately I don't have any questions about this one.

  • Hi everyone!

    1. When you're having dominant faces on both sides, you will have a pat structure of 2+4+2+4+2+4 (=18) leaves.

    When you're having a dominant face on one side and a hidden face on the other, you will have a pat structure of 1+5+1+5+1+5 (=18) leaves.

    2. Yes there are and the path lengths are depending on which colours that are visible...

  • Hi everyone!

    When following the Tuckerman diagram, you will pass 12 faces before returning to where you started. If you count all the colours when passing them, you will notice that the colours of blue, red and yellow will emerge 6 times each. On the other hand you will notice that the colours of orange, green and purple only will emerge 2 times each, hence...

  • The same thing happened to me. I tried to flex my way back to the original coloring, but the flexagon got ripped apart, so I had to do a new one ;-)

  • @NickyAllen From what I understand the tri-hexa-flexagon has three faces, but six states. This flexagon has 9 leaves (1+2+1+2+1+2). Due to the fact that the hexa-hexa-flexagon has a double amount of faces, I think it's logical that it also must have the double amount of leaves, hence 18 (2*9) in total.

  • From what I understand the tri-hexa-flexagon has three faces, but six states. This flexagon has 9 leaves (1+2+1+2+1+2). Due to the fact that the hexa-hexa-flexagon has a double amount of faces, I think it's logical that it also must have the double amount of leaves, hence 18 (2*9) in total.

  • Håkan Lindgren made a comment

    Hi everyone!

    A very interesting week indeed. However, I want to point out some contradictions.

    1. You say that the number of states = the first prefix. But when it comes to the tri-hexa-flexagon, I can see three faces, but six states (the lines going from the centre to the edges of the flexagon turning into a triangle when flexed). Using the logic just...

  • @YossiElran I have four questions for you at the top. I hope that you'll see them because I really want to know. Greetings Håkan

  • Hi everyone!

    No questions so far.

  • Hi everyone!

    Like the rest of you I get six various states when flexing the tri-hexa-flexagon.

  • Hi everyone!

    Making this hexa-tetra-flexagon went rather well I think, but unfolding the various faces was a completely different story for me. It took quite a while to learn how to flex it.

    The differences between the hexa-tetra-flexagon and the tetra-tetra-flexagon, the way I see it, are related to form and flexing. The hexa-tetra-flexagon is...

  • Hi everyone!

    I must begin asking why this flexagon is not called tetra-hexa-flexagon, due to the fact that each face has 6 squares, and not 4 ???

    The first notable difference I think, is that this one isn't cyclic. You can't unfold the faces forever. After just a couple of turns you must go backwards and flexing your way to the starting point.

    The...

  • Hi everyone!

    It was a fine and rewarding quiz and it went well :-)

  • Hi everyone!

    Since much in the scientific disciplines are already classified by using latin e.g. medicine, fauna, flora etc, I'll choose latin as the primary language. Then I'm not against the use of other languages when circumstances so require.

  • Hi everyone!

    1. Yes, I enjoyed it very much.
    2. Not really. I managed to glue the two stripes the wrong way around the first time, but I succeeded the second time.
    3. I tested those things that you mentioned. I liked what happened when I drew a straight line from the centre of the flexagon to the edge of each triangle. I was really surprised when seeing...

  • Hi everyone!
    One of the most famous examples is when the German scientist Wilhelm Röntgen discovered X-rays in 1895. He made his discovery by chance. His goal was in fact something quite different. Röntgen wanted to study the radiation of electrons. He wanted to see if this radiation could escape a glasstube wrapped in black paper. During the experiment he...

  • Hi! I'm 48 years of age and I'm from Sweden. I live with my wife and our two kids in a small town called Sölvesborg. Why do I want to take this course? Well, I've taken 7 courses here on FutureLearn and they were all very informative, interesting and well thought through, so I imagine that this course will have the same qualities. I don't know much about...

  • @YasminaContreras Hi! I was thinking about discussing the plasticity of the brain during ordinary lessons, but some kind of workshop sounds great also. I think we would use Swedish (I live and teach in Sweden) when discussing, due to the practical problems that would otherwise arise, when trying to use several languages during lesson.

  • Hi everyone!

    Thank for a very informative, pedagogical, highly relevant and truly amazing course.

    Greetings Håkan Lindgren

  • Hi everyone!

    1. I will alternate the content in my lessons more than I used to, first and foremost because I want to increase the engagement of my students.

    I will decrease the amount of new information during lessons, hence not overloading the working memory.

    I will start my lessons with a review of the recent lesson/lessons.

    2. Besides what I...

  • Thank you Konstantina :-)

  • Hi everyone!

    This course has taught me a lot about what to consider when planning, structuring and conducting teaching. If I only have to choose one thing that stood out from this course, I must say that it is the information about the limitations of the working memory. If I can add one more thing, I have to say that the course was very well structured and...

  • Wise words and very well put I think!

  • Hi everyone!

    In the very beginning of this course I wrote the following about learning:
    "It's about understanding and being able to reflect upon a subject. I think it's about having the ability to ask the right questions and to develop a sense of critical thinking. I think learning is about enthusiasm, engagement and curiosity."

    Well, I still think...

  • Hi everybody!

    Finally uploaded :-) You're most welcome to look at my Action Research Plan on the Padlet!

  • @MargaritaBeltran Thanks for your answer :-)

  • Wow! Very interesting indeed :-)

  • Hi Margarita!

    That's a very interesting question indeed. There are many teachers in Sweden who quit their jobs, due to very demanding working days, where they feel that they don't get the support and the guidance that they so desperately need. Is this a huge problem in your country also?

  • Hi everyone!

    My research question is as follows: "How are the study results affected, for adult immigrants studying Swedish, if they learn about the plasticity of the brain?“

  • Hi everyone!

    There are several very fine projects that the Education Endowment Fund is involved in and which I find useful. However, I want to be able to do a small scale action research project on my own, without having to spend money on software or having to involve therapists, other teachers or the whole school.

    Due to the fact that I'm teaching adult...

  • Hi everyone!

    The last time I changed something in my teaching was due to the knowledge I've gained in this course. In fact I've changed several things in recent times. I'm now trying to alternate the content in my lessons, in order to create engagement, avoid overloading of the working memories of my students and in order to facilitate...

  • Hi everyone!

    Unfortunately I don't have any resources to share with you. I sometimes read books about education and pedagogy. I will however look into some of the resources that were shared here above. They look very interesting and rewarding. I have already started to subscribe to their newsletters and follow them on Facebook.

  • Hi everyone!

    a) Engage: I do use strategies as praise and shared attention. I'm very aware of the importance of treating my students with respect. I always endeavour on having an open debate climate and I never make fun at someone's expense, hence trying to avoid fearfulness and anxiety.

    Build: I think that my body language communicate knowledge,...

  • @PaulHoward-Jones Thank you! You're too kind. Of course you have my permission to use my comments.

  • Hi Erick! I'm curious about in what way this course has changed the way you're seeing things in class?

  • Hi everyone!

    It will indeed have a huge impact. In fact, this course already made me change several things in my teaching. Most important of all I think, is that I'm now trying to alternate the content in my lessons a lot more than I used to, in order to create engagement, to avoid overloading of the working memories of my students (while building knowledge...

  • Hi everyone!

    I don't have any particular strategies in order to make the students feel good about themselves and to make them believe in their own abilities. But I do show them the deepest respect and I try to help them in the best way that I can. I ask them how they're doing and I encourage them frequently.

    The most important quality of a good teacher...

  • @PippaSimmons Very good suggestions indeed. Thank you!

  • Hi everyone!

    A very interesting and informative week indeed :-) I must indeed increase my rehearsal of the new content in the previous lesson/lessons.

  • Hi everyone!

    One activity that'll work for my teaching context is to have a mixed quiz about what we went through during the last lesson, the last week and the last month. This is a very good idea I think.

    It’s also a great idea to write down something wrong on the whiteboard, such as a sentence with an incorrect word or an incorrect form of a certain...

  • Hi everyone!

    This research isn't very applicable to my context, because I teach adult immigrants. But nevertheless I think that we would all gain from reducing our screen time. I must however point out, that the number of children is way too small in order to draw any conclusions.

    Another thing that concerns me is how computers, tablets and suchlike...

  • A very good point I think!

  • Hi everyone!

    Due to the fact that I'm teaching adult immigrants, I feel a bit awkward when it comes to telling them the necessity of sleeping. They are grown-ups and ought to know this thing by now one would imagine. But I will nevertheless tell them about what I've just learned. Many of my students have hectic lives, where sleep may not be a priority....

  • I couldn't agree more!

  • Hi everyone!

    I mostly teach Swedish to adult immigrants. After starting this course I've made several changes, in order to really improve my teaching.

    * When it comes to "apply the learning in new situations", I think that I'm on the right track. I try to alternate my lessons quite a lot, in order to engage and to improve the building and consolidation...