[Year 12 IT Apps] RE: WHO IS 'Gung Ho'?
Stephen Digby
digby.stephen.p at edumail.vic.gov.au
Thu Jun 21 08:56:17 EST 2007
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For other uses, see Gung-ho <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gung-ho_%28disamb=
iguation%29> (disambiguation)
Gung-ho is a phrase borrowed from Chinese language <http://en.wikipedia.org/=
wiki/Chinese_language> , frequently used in Chinese <http://en.wikipedia.org=
/wiki/Chinese_language> as an adjective meaning enthusiastic. The original=
Mandarin Chinese <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandarin_language> phrase i=
s G=C5=8Dngh=C3=A9 (=E5=B7=A5=E5=90=88), a standard abbreviation for g=C5=8D=
ngy=C3=A8 h=C3=A9zu=C3=B2sh=C3=A8 (=E5=B7=A5=E6=A5=AD=E5=90=88=E4=BD=9C=E7=
=A4=BE), meaning industrial worker's cooperative, first established in Baoji=
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baoji> by Rewi Alley <http://en.wikipedia.or=
g/wiki/Rewi_Alley> and his comrades and later spread to other parts of Chin=
a during the WW2 years. (It is true that g=C5=8Dng means work and h=C3=A9 me=
ans together, but g=C5=8Dngh=C3=A9 by itself is not a standard Chinese term=
and serves only as an abbreviation for g=C5=8Dngy=C3=A8 h=C3=A9zu=C3=B2sh=
=C3=A8: an English-language analogy of a not-fully-comprehensible abbreviate=
d phrase would be "IndCoop"; in some contemporary English texts, "Indusco" h=
ad been used.)
The phrase entered the American vernacular when it was picked up by then-Maj=
or Evans F. Carlson <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evans_F._Carlson> , USMC <=
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USMC> . According to Carlson, it was used as a=
slogan <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slogan> by the WW2 <http://en.wikiped=
ia.org/wiki/World_War_II> -era Communist Party of <http://en.wikipedia.org/=
wiki/Communist_Party_of_China> China's 8th Route Army <http://en.wikipedia.o=
rg/wiki/8th_Route_Army> , led by Zhu De <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhu_De=
> .
The phrase was originally coined by Rewi Alley <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki=
/Rewi_Alley> , a New Zealander who went to China in the 1920s and whose cont=
ribution to the country was later recognized when he became modern China's f=
irst honorary citizen. The industrial workers co-operatives that were formed=
as part of the Gung-ho movement stemmed from Helen Foster (Peg) Snow, wife=
of American journalist Edgar Snow <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Snow>=
. Peg Snow suggested to Rewi Alley that China needed widespread industry th=
rough the establishment of a movement (Alley, 1987).
Carlson traveled with the 8th and with Rewi Alley. Later he used gung ho dur=
ing his (unconventional) command of the 2nd Marine Raider <http://en.wikipe=
dia.org/wiki/Marine_Raiders> Battalion. From there it spread throughout the=
Marine Corps (hence the association between the two) and into American soci=
ety as a whole. It is now often used in the ironic sense of excessively enth=
usiastic, overzealous.
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On Behalf Of Kent Beveridge
Sent: Thursday, 21 June 2007 8:46 AM
To: Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List
Subject: WHO IS 'Gung Ho'?
Is he chinese, or tasmanian?
Kent Beveridge,
I.T. co-ordinator
St. Brigids Catholic Sec. College
Horsham
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From: itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au on behalf of Charmaine Taylor
Sent: Wed 6/20/2007 11:57 PM
To: Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] Gantt in U4O1
Hi Jock,
I'm using a project plan, just as Adrian is. Because it is good practice lea=
ding up to the exam and it does reinforce the value of planning a job rather=
than going in gung ho.
Charmaine Taylor
Sunbury Downs College
Jock Garnsworthy wrote:
Hi all,
Please correct me if I am wrong, but I can=E2=80=99t seem to find any eviden=
ce to suggest that students need to complete a project management plan in U=
4 O1.
Have I missed something ?
Jock
On 19/6/07 9:50 PM, "Roland Gesthuizen" <mailto:rgesthuizen at gmail.com> <rge=
sthuizen at gmail.com> wrote:
Rockets! .. cool :-)
I have a dusty old Gantt chart that I whip out with my technicians every tim=
e I need to do a major equipment rotation at our college. Here is a nice one=
that I use in the classroom. it is an instructable that explains "How to Or=
ganize and Cook Holiday Dinner for a Crowd" .. planning people, time and res=
ources using a coloured spreadsheet to stick on the fridge. As an example, I=
like its appeal for girls, especially those doing something similar for our=
year 12 formal.
http://www.instructables.com/id/E7YI0IFN8XEV2Z4ZPX/
<http://www.instructables.com/id/E7YI0IFN8XEV2Z4ZPX/?ALLSTEPS#> <http://ww=
w.instructables.com/id/E7YI0IFN8XEV2Z4ZPX/?ALLSTEPS#>
Regards Roland
PS: the Instructables is a very addictive website with oodles of hands on te=
chnology projects. Enjoy!
On 17/06/07, Laurie Savage <mailto:sav at pvgc.vic.edu.au> <sav at pvgc.vic.edu.a=
u> wrote:
I started using project management and simple Gantt charts with year 8
students in a rocketry unit. In a group they build a small
working rocket (with real chemical motors and a parachute).
In the planning stage they have to allocate tasks and sequence them.
I.E. they work out roles and precedence. Using this tool I cut the
project's time in half and kept the kids honest!
Laurie
On Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 08:28:48PM +1000, Mark Kelly mentioned:
> It's quite artificial to get kids to produce Gantt charts for a project
> they are undertaking alone (because the VCAA demands all unit 3+4 tasks
> must be done solo).
>
> That's why I get my kids to invent 2 hypothetical colleagues so their
> Gantt chart can use them to incorporate concurrent tasks.
>
> Finished reports! hehehehe!
>
> Adrian Janson wrote:
> >Hi all,
> >
> >It's ironic that we are discussing not wasting time with project
> >management????
> >
> >Is it just me who thinks that's quite funny? (must be Friday).
> >
> >On a serious note though, don't underplay the importance of project
> >management. Although students can't see the relevance often, it is a ver=
y
> >valuable and important ICT skill.
> >
> >Cheers,
> >Adrian
> >
> >
> >Adrian Janson
> >VITTA President
> >Director of ICT, Melbourne High School
> >
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> >On Behalf Of Antonia Caridi
> >Sent: Friday, 15 June 2007 2:09 PM
> >To: ITA
> >Subject: Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] Gantt in U4O1
> >
> >I'll take this on board Brendyn - when I wrote the tasks for the CD we we=
re
> >still awaiting Assessment Handbook and we were still working through
> >everything ourselves, as you know, you get better as you do the course an=
d
> >it was quite difficult to write tasks when one hadn't actually taught it.=
> >
> >So, no, project management is not required and I have amended my tasks to
> >reflect this. You are right - don't waste too much time on things that
> >aren't required.
> >
> >Antonia - attached is a reworked task that I will use for a practice. It
> >is
> >very similar to the one in Study Design (yes I wrote that too).
> >
> >Antonia Caridi
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