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23 juillet 2017

America’s Borderline Personality

By Tracy Mitrano. Along with a developmental approach to history, I warm to a notion of societies having traits associated with individual personalities. Given that societies are made up of people, it is not too much of an intellectual stretch, although I caution myself with the understanding that psychology in general and the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) in particular are, themselves, historicized. More...

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23 juillet 2017

The Broken Internet

By Tracy Mitrano. For so many reasons I remain deeply grateful to Cornell University’s College of Human Ecology, Department of Human Development, for hiring me. In part, I am grateful because while teaching there I learned to incorporate a developmental model into my thinking. More...

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23 juillet 2017

Cal Needs A Bailout

By John Warner. At some point, the University of California-Berkeley is going to need a bailout.
Writing at Deadspin, and using a vulgarism for the condition California’s flagship university finds itself in, Patrick Redford outlines the albatross that has become the California Golden Bears’ football stadium. More...

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23 juillet 2017

The Education Writer Gospel of 'Academically Adrift'

By John Warner. As one becomes deeply involved in an issue – becomes expert, if you will – it’s hard not to see all the ways that the broader public discussion of this issue with which one has become conversant gets distorted and developed in unproductive ways. More...

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23 juillet 2017

Algorithmic Assessment vs. Critical Reflection

By John Warner. So the University of Michigan is going to be experimenting with a “text-analysis” tool added into their existing M-Write digital/algorithmic writing pedagogy initiative, which is meant to integrate more writing into large courses, particularly in the sciences. More...

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23 juillet 2017

The Necessity of Looking Stupid

By John Warner. When anthropologist Lauren Herckis tried to figure out why new teaching strategies developed at Carnegie Mellon were not being widely adopted, she found that one of the reasons instructors were hesitant was because their “No. 1 challenge was to make sure that they were not an embarrassment to [themselves] in front of students.” More...

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23 juillet 2017

Why I Am Not Enthusiastic About Ed Tech

By John Warner. Writing at EdSurge, Jason Palmer, a General Partner at an outfit called New Markets Venture Partners, has declared himself “optimistic about the next wave of education technology.” More...

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23 juillet 2017

Competitive Failure?

By John Warner. Smith College is giving students certificates of “failure” as part of a program called “Failing Well,” which aims to “destigmatize failure.” More...

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23 juillet 2017

In Search of 'Best Practices'

By John Warner. I’d assigned Cormac McCarthy’s The Road in a gen ed literature class at Clemson. Class had around 45 students, and while the bulk of their grades were based in essays, I used reading quizzes as I always had, as a way to incentivize getting the reading done in time for class so we could have a robust discussion. More...

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23 juillet 2017

But Who Is Going To Pay For It?

By John Warner. This seems to be the first question to arise when anything is proposed in the education space. More...

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