Ethnography of seminar discussions?
This is a stab in the dark, because my normal routes for searching aren’t leading me anywhere, and I want to get this query out there before I forget (and I don’t have a “fleeting thoughts” category for the blog): If you know of a good ethnography of seminar discussions in higher ed (either undergrad […]
You can write a very nice article describing train wrecks
The budget situation for Florida is pitiful and deteriorating. I’m on the Florida Education Association‘s governance board, and we’re meeting this weekend. I think the students in the Florida Student Education Association and the occasional younger teacher were probably among the few who were truly partying last night at the reception. Part of it is […]
Is the blind spot on higher-ed accountability that big?
In all the kerfluffle over the senior theses of Hillary Clinton and Michelle Obama, I hope I am not the only person asking the other question that I think is obvious and to the point: What do the theses tell us about the state of undergraduate education for Princeton and Wellesley students at the time? […]
Sometimes selfish evenings…
Sometimes selfish evenings,when you serve your own needs.When you serve your own needs and find some energy… Yes, that scans to “Some Enchanted Evening.” One of the risks of both blogging and being overly committed to various tasks is that those who would like you to address their current requests (many of which are overdue) […]
Human tendencies to think in hierarchies
By Sherman Dorn on February 27, 2008
This is the follow-up to my earlier entry on Bloom’s taxonomy of educational objectives and our very human tendency to think in hierarchies, even where inappropriate or misleading. (The great chain of being or evolutionary ladder metaphors are other examples.) It’s frustrating to me as a teacher, but as an academic, it’s a fascinating phenomenon. […]
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