There is an old joke that says that those who can’t teach teach teachers. I recently received an illustration of this fact, in the form of an email message from a company that, supposedly, trains teachers. I get these email messages because I am in the process of getting my teaching certificate. Here is the … Continue reading Good golly, Miss Molly →

Calls for empathy that don’t segue into learning Esperanto ring as hollow as the rings of Saturn.

Here is the link to the source. keywords: [education] [training] [instruction] [designer’s point of view]

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A scientific career consists of discovering the timeless in a timely manner.

(“The acquisition of settled knowledge is easier to govern than a learning attitude centred in experimentation and critique.”) Here is the link. keywords: [education] [teaching] [training] [educators] [governance] [curriculums] [variously understood]

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(The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, by Agatha Christie) The Wikipedia article on this crime novel by Agatha Christie calls it ‘the best crime novel ever’. Here is the link to the Wikipedia article. keywords: [Language Arts] [murder mystery] [detective story]

control over distancing keywords: [mathematics] [logic] [equivalence relations] [ur-elements]

Mathematics is what enables you to receive a cow for an egg.