“Teaching as a Subversive Activity”: The Theory of Political Indoctrination
May 04, 2012 by Zombie |
Teachers have a "moral imperative" to shape students' beliefs and make them "agents for change," declared a lanugage professor at a recent Berkeley lecture.
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Liberal Education Needs More Disruptive Technology
Apr 04, 2012 by Jason Fertig |
Why can’t we decouple liberal learning from college degrees?
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Education vs. Training at Community Colleges
Mar 29, 2012 by Jason Fertig |
Jeff Anderson, dean of humanities, fine arts, and social sciences at Illinois Valley Community College, argues for the many benefits of great books courses, even for community college students.
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Oxford and Columbia: Depth and Breadth
Mar 14, 2012 by Thomas Dineen |
Thomas Dineen compares his education at Oxford with that at Columbia and finds that the universities represent two systems with separate sets of values and attitudes.
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Professors Also Need to be Students
Mar 13, 2012 by Jason Fertig |
When you spend the bulk of your time driving, it's easy to forget how the car looks from the passenger seat.
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Who Teaches College Professors How to Teach?
Mar 08, 2012 by Jason Fertig |
I have a dirty little secret. No one has ever taught me how to teach - and that's the single biggest reason I still love teaching today.
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Wall-Chart Wisdom
Jan 17, 2012 by Peter Wood |
Peter Wood praises vintage illustrated botany and zoology wall charts as reflecting an antidote for postmodern epistemological malaise.
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Socially Constructed Mathematics—That Will Make All the Difference!
Sep 26, 2011 by George Leef |
The University of North Carolina is hosting a professor from the University of Illinois who maintains that what “minority” students need if they’re going to understand math is for it to be presented as a “social… Continue Reading | 2 Comments >
Is Teaching a Team Sport?
Mar 14, 2011 by Jason Fertig |
Students learn better when their courses fit together and build on one another. Jason Fertig counsels professors in each major to see themselves as teams united by overarching education goals.
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Series Answers “How Should Ethics Be Taught in College Today?”
Jan 20, 2011 by Ashley Thorne |
Over at NAS.org is a new series of essays by three professors on how to teach ethics in college today.
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How Writing a Sonnet Helps Students Learn English
Jan 18, 2011 by George Leef |
In today's Pope Center piece, Troy Camplin explains the benefits of giving students a seemingly outmoded and irrelevant writing assignment -- composing a sonnet.
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The Folly of Team Projects
Jan 18, 2011 by Jason Fertig |
Stick to individual assignments, counsels Jason Fertig. Group work often produces shoddy results and unfair grades, and rarely does it create "synergy."
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“Educating for Wholeness, Social Justice and Liberation”...No Comment
Dec 08, 2010 by Ashley Thorne |
A CSU-Chico faculty book club will read a book by an Iowa State professor who advances a pedagogy "that encompasses wholeness, multiculturalism, and contemplative practice, [...] and helps students to become social change agents.
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Test Drive a Hybrid College Course
Oct 29, 2010 by Jason Fertig |
A combination of online and in-class instruction can help restore academic rigor in college courses.
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Reading Pages, Reading Screens
Oct 19, 2010 by Ashley Thorne |
NAS published articles on both sides of the debate over the future of reading. One held up the merits of traditional books and asserted that we have much to lose as human beings if we abandon the printed word, and the other defended… Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >
