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Small Furniture Big Imaginations
For some reason, it is the mention of the furnishings of the library that capture my attention in an article about the institutional recognition of children’s literature (Beverly Lyon Clark, “Kiddie Lit in Academe” in Profession 1996 published by the … Continue reading
Typology of Multimedia Activity
I found this passage from a 1999 posting to a discussion list of a fragment from an email message: See http://www.digitalhumanities.org/humanist/Archives/Virginia/v13/0246.html I’m concluding the online learning course for continuing studies. I’ve got a couple of additional pieces to add to … Continue reading
Teaching Tip
An entry in a small notebook dated September 96. Jill Scott was teaching a course at Carleton on postmodern theory and wrapping up her thesis. Jill asked for advice for the 1st time teacher. Told her not to be afraid … Continue reading
The Written Self and Writing
Two paragraphs from Sylvia Ashton-Warner Teacher presented in reverse order: You never want to say that it’s good or bad. That’s got nothing to do with it. You’ve got no right at all to criticise the content of another’s mind. … Continue reading
Gifts
Inventing Kindergarten by Norman Brosterman is a beautiful book. Design complements content. Which is fitting in a book devoted to Froebel’s system. […] the ultimate lesson of kindergarten was straightforward: the world (nature), mathematics (knowledge), and art (beauty) were interchangeable, … Continue reading
Kline on future values
Peter Kline The Everyday Genius (1988) Relieved of the burden of drill, repetition and boredom, teachers will then be able to help us enter a new age of excitement about learning […] For when machines handle the presentation of information, … Continue reading
Precious
What is prized, what is praised … They [disciplines in the humanities and social sciences] are indeed precious heritages. […] Like all responsible renovators, we should first check the foundations. Furthermore, we should realize that something of this challenge should … Continue reading
No 4 Y
From How to talk so kids can learn — at home and in school by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish Especially unsettling to a child is the question that demands the answer to why he feels what he feels. The … Continue reading
Debugging
In his 1970 Turing Lecture, “Form and Content in Computer Science” (Journal of the ACM 17.2 April 1970), Marvin Minsky makes a number of observations which I like to gather under the rubric “the social impact of the how”. It … Continue reading
More on Diversity and Moral Character
Norman Brosterman in Inventing Kindergarten No two days in the kindergarten week were exactly the same. Gifts and occupations changed, music and games were varied, nature walks and gardening were included, and daily themes rotated — unity in diversity was … Continue reading