Synthesis Week 9/16

本周主要训练技能：洞察力、支持力、可靠性。在本周的Synthesis课上，学生们在“比邻星”的比赛中将使用新的“认可”功能，对这些重要品质进行实践。他们思考团队成功的核心技能，通过为队友的洞察力、支持力或可靠性给予认可，不断提升自我认知与团队协作能力。同时，在悖论讨论中，孩子们接触费米悖论等，探索如何同时持有矛盾观点，培养更加灵活多元的思维方式，开启充满挑战与成长的学习之旅。
The primary skills trained this week: insight, support, and dependability. At Synthesis, students can use the new “endorsement” function in the “Proxima” competition to practice these important qualities. They think about the core skills for team success. By giving endorsements to their teammates for insight, support, or dependability, they continuously improve self-awareness and teamwork ability. At the same time, in the paradox discussion, children are exposed to Fermi’s paradox and others, exploring how to hold contradictory viewpoints simultaneously and cultivating a more flexible and diverse way of thinking, embarking on a learning journey full of challenges and growth.

游戏 | Play
比邻星 | Proxima

让任何团队获得成功的核心技能是什么？这是我们每周在Synthesis团队让学生思考的一个问题。并且，学生们首次有了一种系统的方法来认可彼此的这些技能。在特定课程结束时，学生们将能够为他们的队友给予认可——认可他们具备的洞察力、给予支持或值得信赖。在接下来的几个月里，您将看到您孩子获得的这些认可不断累积。这是因为Synthesis不仅仅是一个游戏，它是培养最重要技能的训练场。
What are the core skills that make any team successful? It’s a question we ask students to think about each week at Synthesis. And for the first time, students have a systematic way to recognize these skills in each other. At the end of select sessions, students will be able to give endorsements to their teammates for being insightful, supportive, or dependable. Over the next months, you’ll see how those endorsements stack up for your child. That’s because Synthesis is more than a game. It’s a training ground for the skills that matter most.

反思 | Post-play

以下是一些后续反思问题，如果您希望与您的孩子讨论这次经历的话。
Here are some follow-up reflection questions, in case you’d like to discuss the experience with your child.

• 在有洞察力、给予支持和值得信赖这些品质中，您认为哪个对团队的成功最为重要？
  Between the qualities of being insightful, supportive, or dependable, which do you think is the most important for a team’s success?
• 在这三个品质中，您觉得哪个最符合您？哪个是您最需要提升的？
  Of those three, which one do you feel best matches you? Which one do you need to grow in the most?

任务简报 | Mission Brief

感兴趣的家长可以点击此视频，观看本周学生们在课程前看到的任务简报：
For the curious parent, you can watch the pre-session Mission Brief the students see this week by clicking on this video:

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讨论 | Discussions

悖论 | Paradox

对于习惯了明确答案的孩子来说，费米悖论可能会让人感到困惑：如果宇宙广阔，外星文明存在的可能性就很高；但如果可能性很高，为什么没有任何外星文明的证据呢？两个相互对立的观点怎么可能同时成立呢？本周，我们创造了六个适合学生的悖论，让孩子们熟悉如何同时持有相互矛盾的观点。我们预期：一些学生仍然会倾向于在每个悖论中找到 “对与错”。我们希望：一些学生将达到 “既对又不对” 这种神秘的清晰境界。
For kids accustomed to clear answers, the Fermi Paradox can be confusing: if the universe is vast, the likelihood of alien civilization is high; but if the likelihood is high, why has there been zero evidence of alien civilization? How can two opposing viewpoints be equally valid? This week, we created six student-friendly paradoxes to familiarize kids with how to hold contradictory ideas simultaneously. What we expect: some students will still lean towards finding “right and wrong” in each paradox. What we hope: some students will achieve the enigmatic clarity of “both and neither.”

讨论介绍 | Discussion Intro

对于好奇的家长，您可以点击观看本周学生看到的讨论简报视频：
For the curious parent, you can watch the pre-session Discussion Brief the students see this week by clicking on this video: