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The Quirky Strengths of Finnish Education
If you enjoy puzzling over what makes for effective education, this story from Smithsonian magazine, entitled “Why Are Finland’s Schools Successful?,” will strike your fancy. As past stories referenced on this blog have shown, there is a major debate in … Continue reading
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“Learning to Be a Man”: Deodorant, Debating, and Same-Sex Classrooms
I found this NYT article by Jennifer Medina, “Schools Try Separating Boys from Girls”, interesting. The following are some of the highlights from this article on same-sex education: Different Approaches to the Sexes: “Michael Napolitano speaks to his fifth-grade class in … Continue reading
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“So What?”: The Chronicle Review on The New Educational Epistemology
From the most recent edition of The Chronicle Review comes a compelling and must-read article by Tim Clydesdale, “Wake Up and Smell the New Epistemology,” about how today’s students approach education (not available online): “For decades, we professors and administrators … Continue reading
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New Trends in Education That Really Aren’t New
Everything new is old again. So is the case in certain American schools, which are overturning sacred modern educational ideology by re-instituting special classes for below-average students. In “Holding Back Young Students: Is Program a Gift or a Stigma?“, Winnie … Continue reading
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What Kids Are Reading Nowadays, and How it Relates to the Greatest Commandment
Ninth-12th Grade 1. “To Kill a Mockingbird,” Harper Lee2. “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows”3. “Of Mice and Men,” John Steinbeck4. “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone”5. “A Child Called ‘It,’ ” Dave Pelzer –Source, Seattle Times This selection is … Continue reading
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The New York Times on My Alma Mater’s Food: And You Thought People Chose Bowdoin for the Academics
Actually, title of this blog aside, most people have no idea what Bowdoin College is, let alone why anyone would choose to go to this tiny school in Maine. But I, fair friends, am here to attempt to correct this … Continue reading
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What We Know About Self-Control, and What This Means for Students Who Check Their Facebook Page in Class
A couple of neuroscientists published an article in the New York Times today on the biology and effect of willpower. The article, “Tighten Your Belt, Strengthen Your Mind”, by Sandra Aamodt and Sam Wang, gives scientific verification to a principle … Continue reading
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