Higher Education in a New Era
Thanks to a comment by Jay, a series of edifying articles in Washington Monthly about the current state of U.S. higher education, appearing in the September 2006 issue of that magazine. The Washington...
View ArticleAnother Point for Wikipedia: Rousseau's Citizenship
Compare the following two articles on Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Jean-Jacques Rousseau — Britannica Online Encyclopedia Jean-Jacques Rousseau – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia At the onset of the first...
View ArticlePlanting Landmines
The ever-thoughtful Carl Dyke graciously provided me with this expression as a way to talk about edubloggers might call “lifelong learning.” Part of teaching is about exposing students to some notions...
View ArticleActively Reading: OLPC Critique
Critical thinking has been on my mind, recently. For one thing, I oriented an “intro. to sociology” course I teach toward critical skills and methods. To me, it’s a very important part of university...
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