Human beings did not evolve by reading books. They evolved by manually creating and handling tools. For example, we have evidence of early humans from the arrow heads or sewn-shoes they've left behind. See my entry on the Paisley caves near …
The Case for Liberal Arts Education
In an article on Inside Higher Ed entitled Disappearing Liberal Arts Colleges, Scott Jasik quotes Victor E. Ferrall, Jr., regarding the challenges facing liberal arts colleges and by extension liberal arts education. "The problem is not that some …
The War on Boys. The Quiet Crisis
The quiet crisis in today's culture, flying almost entirely under the radar. "The war on boys: Young men losing ground in education, emotional health and jobs". Key quotes: "We can't still keep thinking that it's always girls who get the short end …
Do schools kill creativity? Sir Ken Robinson TED Talk
Sir Ken Robinson argues in his TED Talk "Do Schools Kill Creativity?" that the industrial assembly line approach to our current educational system kills creativity. Our educational system was devised in the 1800s and deeply influenced by the …
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Doctoral Qualifying Exams: Part 2 – Language Exams
In Humanities-based doctoral programs that have language components, before you take the content-based qualifying exams, you must first pass all the language requirements. The languages required and the level of proficiency vary from program to …
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Breaking Rules for Learning
Some days ago I was vacuuming. Rachel (2 yrs. old) wanted to help. Sometimes in the past I have told her “no” for a variety of reasons (I don’t want to supervise, I don’t want her to break things, she isn't capable, it's not her role, it's against …