I. Existing patterns in emotions: The cyclical process of experiencing a set of emotions throughout a day, going to sleep, and waking up ready to begin a clean slate.
II. Accessing this pattern helps because: This is something that they experience in their own lives when they have a change in emotions throughout the day. Bringing light to this pattern allows learners to see the complexity of emotions and how versatile one’s emotions can be throughout the day as a reaction to their experiences.
III. Bringing light to this: Helps strengthen the skill of managing emotions and reactions due to emotions. This pattern also acknowledges the human nature of cycling through many feelings and addresses the need to express these emotions in safe and smart ways, as well as the result of what can happen when emotions are expressed in ways that are not safe and smart.
This new pattern helps learners to see a visual similar to their own change in emotions throughout the day. Like the boy in the original cycle goes through a process of changing emotions throughout his day, the weather (especially in Michigan!) is another pattern of change.
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Reflection
I. My understanding of patterning is the identification of camouflage rules through a series of elements.
II. This new understanding impacts my topic area by encouraging me to identify the patterns of events which lead to specific emotional responses of myself or my students throughout the day.
III. Connections to the text:
The goal of this creation was to recognize a pattern through my topic– emotions– and to create a new pattern that expresses similarities to the original. In Chapter 6 of Sparks of Genius: The 13 Thinking Tools of the World’s Most Creative People by Robert and Michèle Root-Bernstein, the recognition of shape patterns of the continents led to the theory of Pangea by Alfred Wegener. The map was hiding a pattern in plain sight, which led me to consider the pattern present in the cycle of a day. Assembling the change in emotions throughout a day can lead to various new patterns providing a glimpse into triggering experiences that took place. This led me to create an example of a cycle of emotions.
When having to create a new pattern with the same idea, the weather (especially in Michigan) provided a solid foundation. Like the various range of emotions one experiences within a day, the weather can constantly change from sunrise to sunset. The pattern there lies in the promise of the sunrise and the sunset, just like after a long and stressful day one can look
Root-Bernstein, M. & Root-Bernstein R. (2001). Sparks of genius: The thirteen thinking tools of the world's most creative people. Mariner Books.
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