By Sherman Dorn on July 10, 2013
Warning: this is the last evening of a weeklong vacation. My sense of humor is thus a little warped. Paul Bruno correctly observes this evening that bad sports metaphors are rife in education policy discussions, and he urges us to avoid them: But what purpose do most of these analogies serve? Are education issues really […]
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By Sherman Dorn on July 9, 2013
Despite the recommendation of a friend, I will not purchase this book. Shortly into the first chapter of the sample I downloaded, I found the following constipation: The seeds for this book were sown [trite trope] when, [let’s interrupt this clause with] several years ago, I was invited to teach a course on higher education pedagogy […]
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Sharknado of the status quo
By Sherman Dorn on July 10, 2013
Warning: this is the last evening of a weeklong vacation. My sense of humor is thus a little warped. Paul Bruno correctly observes this evening that bad sports metaphors are rife in education policy discussions, and he urges us to avoid them: But what purpose do most of these analogies serve? Are education issues really […]
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