Tag Archives: teaching

What is a Sylllabus?

Posted on February 20, 2013 by

At the beginning of every college class, I hand out a syllabus. What is the purpose of this document? What is in it? How do I plan it? How do I design it? I thought it might be useful or … Continue reading →

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Don’t Just Click There, DO Something

Posted on January 4, 2013 by

There is a predictable uproar about the latest installment, in Forbes this time, of our national conversation entitled: Golly Aren’t Academics Living Lazy Leisurely Lives (GAALLLL, for short). I don’t have much to say but I want to remind people … Continue reading →

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Sandy Hook and Useless Common Sense on Guns

Posted on December 19, 2012 by

As a parent and a human being, I am horrified and terrified by the events of last week in Newtown, Connecticut.  I have hugged my kids, I have sat and cried upon reading notes sent by six year old best … Continue reading →

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Myths Come From Values, Not From Ignorance

Posted on November 18, 2012 by

Like many interested in how we apply basic cognitive science to education, I was interested in the recent finding that many teachers still endorse many myths and misconceptions about neuroscience and cognitive psychology. Here is the original paper, and an … Continue reading →

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A Failure of Imagination – Jonah Lehrer is “Nothing more than a schoolteacher”

Posted on November 2, 2012 by

I have followed with morbid fascination the downfall of Jonah Lehrer. I’ll admit to really enjoying Proust was a Neuroscientist, as well as How We Decide. I still see value in each of these books, and I will continue to … Continue reading →

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Kids These Days – My new class

Posted on September 6, 2012 by

I thought my readers might be interested in a description of a new class I am teaching. I am super excited about it, but it is very new to me, and I can tell there will be challenges ahead. The … Continue reading →

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Practical Wisdom and College Teaching

Posted on June 24, 2011 by

Twas love at first sight! (At the 6th grade science fair) My last post was a review of Practical Wisdom, a book by Barry Schwartz and Kenneth Sharpe, about how wisdom relies on dedicated practice, and how that practice is … Continue reading →

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