Learning by playing

Page 1 LEARNING BY PLAYING: an application of the process of embodying distinctions Alfonso Reyes Departamento de Ingeniería Industrial Universidad de Los Andes e-mail: areyes@uniandes.edu.co Roberto Zarama Manager Director COLNET S.A. Bogotá - Colombia... More

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LEARNING BY PLAYING: an application of the process of
embodying distinctions
Alfonso Reyes
Departamento de Ingeniería Industrial
Universidad de Los Andes
e-mail: areyes@uniandes.edu.co
Roberto Zarama
Manager Director COLNET S.A.
Bogotá - Colombia
e-mail: areyes@uniandes.edu.co
(June 1998)
“.... When I first began
To cut up oxen, I would see before me
The whole ox, all in one mass.
After three years I no longer saw this mass,
I saw the distinctions.
But now, I see nothing with the eye,
My whole being aprehends.
My senses are idle. The spirit
Free to work without plan follows its own instinct
Guided by natural line,
By the secret opening, the hidden space,
My cleaver finds its own way,
I cut through no joint, chop no bone....”
Chuang Tsu. C. IV - III B.C.
(As translate it by Thomas Merton)
Key Words: Knowledge, knowing, understanding, learning, teaching, distinctions, games.
Abstract
This paper is about learning and teaching. Our invitation is to distinguish between knowledge,
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