About my manuscript in progress, It’s Not About the Grades: Landscapes for Learning Beyond Schooling (memoir of a high school English teacher)
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Educating Human Beings or Human Doings?
What kind of learning do you value and why? I value the kind of learning that helps people live qualitatively well as authentic “human beings” not just as skilful and knowledgeable “human doings.” Unfortunately, our current American public schooling system continues to dedicate most of its attention, time, choices, actions, deeply-ingrained habits, and resources toContinue reading “Educating Human Beings or Human Doings?”
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Dear Efficient Utilitarian Student,
Dear Efficient Utilitarian Student, It’s not your fault that you were raised with the great American values of utility and efficiency. These values are enacted and followed by virtually everyone around you– your parents, your school, your government; they’ve been enacted throughout most of American history, especially in the Industrial Revolution, in the world ofContinue reading “Dear Efficient Utilitarian Student,”
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Just a thought…How Higher Ed. Can Help the Natural Landscape
After reading “Ending Extracurricular Privilege” by Olga Kahzan in December 21st issue of The Atlantic Monthly, I realize just how much influence higher education has on the values, beliefs, behaviors, habits, and choices of their incoming students as well as their parents and their high schools. (I mean, I know the competition among students overContinue reading “Just a thought…How Higher Ed. Can Help the Natural Landscape”
