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better living through pedagogy: May 2012
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Quotes (A to F). Quotes (G to Q). Quotes (R to Z). On the Quality of Higher Education in Canada. What Would Bertrand Russell Do? 10 Reasons to Ban Gay Marriage. On the Quality of Higher Education in Canada. A couple of interesting stories caught my eye this week. I probably would have been interested in them anyway, but I was particularly intrigued by their apparent contradictions (nothing piques my interest more than a contradiction! 160; The first, from University Affairs. Wait, are these compatible?
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better living through pedagogy: November 2010
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Quotes (A to F). Quotes (G to Q). Quotes (R to Z). The university and its commodities. The university and its commodities. Recently I read an interesting article by Russell J. Rickfords in the Chronicle of Higher Education. Entitled, Are We Commodities? Im going to quote extensively from the article here, because Rickfords writing is much better than mine. Ill cheapen his ideas if I try to paraphrase him. . Onward to enlightenment . . .). Chronicle of Higher Education. Of the event in a mere two days.
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better living through pedagogy: November 2011
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Quotes (A to F). Quotes (G to Q). Quotes (R to Z). Congratulations to UWinners - 2011 edition! Congratulations to UWinners - 2011 edition! Now UPDATED with photos by Tory James! Winner would involve far too much typing for my insomnia-addled brain. First, congratulations to winners of this year's GA/TA Awards. Second, congratulations to the 2011 graduating cohort of Fundamentals of University Teaching. The first level of the University Teaching Certificate (UTC) Program. Honestly, I was so excited to see...
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better living through pedagogy: December 2012
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Quotes (A to F). Quotes (G to Q). Quotes (R to Z). However we try to memorialize her, our efforts will be inadequate. So I finally returned to work, an absolute wreck, ready to give up on everything, and there was Sue. She had just arrived as the new Visiting Fellow in Educational Development. And what a force of nature she was: bold, unshakable, determined, compassionate, intelligent, utterly human. Sue's death comes close to the first anniversary of my dear grandfather's death, another person who had a...
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better living through pedagogy: Quotes (R to Z)
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Quotes (A to F). Quotes (G to Q). Quotes (R to Z). Quotes (R to Z). NOTE: I began collecting quotations when I was in high school, and for the first few years was utterly useless at keeping track of where they were from. Bit by bit, I’ll be clarifying sources. If you spot any errors, please feel compelled by the hands of gods to let me know. I will be neither shocked nor ungrateful. Humankind cannot bear very much reality. The inherent baselessness of physical and mental objects is called reality. Those ...
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better living through pedagogy: May 2011
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Quotes (A to F). Quotes (G to Q). Quotes (R to Z). Humanities, faith, and the wilful embrace of arati. Humanities, faith, and the wilful embrace of arationality. Still . . . Onward to enlightenment . . .). Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Gentle heifer of the sea. What's hot (relative to absolute zero). Conference shenanigans - register now! Are narcissists capable of evil? Fidelity in assessment: a juicy rope of sand. Frolicking with Fallacies 6: Red Herring. On the Quality of Higher Education in Canada.
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better living through pedagogy: Quotes (G to Q)
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Quotes (A to F). Quotes (G to Q). Quotes (R to Z). Quotes (G to Q). NOTE: I began collecting quotations when I was in high school, and for the first few years was utterly useless at keeping track of where they were from. Bit by bit, I’ll be clarifying sources. If you spot any errors, please feel compelled by the hands of gods to let me know. I will be neither shocked nor ungrateful. Genius is more often found in a cracked pot than in a whole one. If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.
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better living through pedagogy: Quotes (A to F)
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Quotes (A to F). Quotes (G to Q). Quotes (R to Z). Quotes (A to F). NOTE: I began collecting quotations when I was in high school, and for the first few years was utterly useless at keeping track of where they were from. Bit by bit, I’ll be clarifying sources. If you spot any errors, please feel compelled by the hands of gods to let me know. I will be neither shocked nor ungrateful. How is it possible to find meaning in a finite world given my waist and shirt size? The Tao Te Ching. The Tao Te Ching.
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better living through pedagogy: March 2011
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Quotes (A to F). Quotes (G to Q). Quotes (R to Z). Conference shenanigans - register now! Conference shenanigans - register now! I'm coordinating this year's annual teaching and learning conference, co-sponsored by the University of Windsor and Oakland University, entitled Moving Beyond the Traditional Classroom: Engaging Students through Experience. For an even better look at what's in store for lucky registrants, check out the conference word cloud. Hope to see y'all there! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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better living through pedagogy: October 2011
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Quotes (A to F). Quotes (G to Q). Quotes (R to Z). The Globe and Mail calls for HE Reform. How Do You Know That? On The Reliability and Cr. Are Teaching and Research Distinct? Remember Your Humanity and Forget the Rest. The Globe and Mail calls for HE Reform. The present employment situation in Canadian Higher Education, though marginally better than that in the United States, is, as a new Globe and Mail editorial. Onward to enlightenment . . .). Relevant Tags: educational development. Remember Your Huma...
