James M. Lang has the first in a series of posts about the danger of letting “common sense,” rather than research into cognitive neuroscience, dictate one’s pedagogical practice. (He also had some salutary words about trusting that research too much.)
I’ve been thinking recently about the relationship between my historical interests and my personal life. It’s a question that most historians get at some point in their careers, I suppose, and one that some must get quite often. Historians reading this blog will probably be familiar with some variant of the “Ah, you do [insert [...]
As someone with a strong interest in applying recent scholarship on teaching and learning in the classroom, I was heartened by this article from today’s New York Times. Note the appearance of Eric Mazur, a Harvard physicist who has collaborated with Harvard’s Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning, where I’ve also worked as a [...]
Normally, I try to keep this newsfeed relatively academic, but sometimes one has to make an exception for Wallace & Gromit … Happy Holidays!