- More on classroom observations (see also last week): What if all observations were only formative? | Pragmatic Education and reflections on suddenly being found wanting, and recovering Observational ramblings by Graham Gibson | UKFEchat.
- Towards a manifesto for higher education | Joanna Williams | spiked "The current pressures on universities are symptomatic of a society that has lost faith both in the importance of knowledge and in the next generation. We need to reclaim the importance of knowledge as a project for understanding, interpreting and changing the world; and we need to have confidence in today’s students to be up to the demands of this task. There has never been a ‘golden age’ of higher education: it is still to come."
- Cheating Lessons, Part 3 - Do Your Job Better - The Chronicle of Higher Education "A robust body of research shows that taking frequent exams improves learning more effectively than studying or reviewing notes".
- Silence as a pedagogical tool | Opinion | Times Higher Education Silence in classrooms offers the potential for more democratic forms of interaction. To use it, students must accept the need to remain silent for their own sake or for the sake of others. Over time, this can lead to a sense of teaching-based group intimacy that, ultimately, can enhance the discovery of knowledge.
- Sports, Complexity, and the Ten-Thousand-Hour Rule : The New Yorker Malcolm Gladwell tries to correct some misconceptions about 10,000 hours. Like, getting the story third-hand from him rather than going to the source?
- How consciousness works – Michael Graziano – Aeon Sorted--in 3,400 words!
- Barbara Fredrickson’s Bestselling ‘Positivity’ Is Trashed by a New Study - The Daily Beast Don't worry about not being familiar with the original disputed material--it's a good demolition of another silly bit of "positive psychology". And do read Barbara Ehrenreich's Smile or Die (London; Granta, 2010)
- The Real Neuroscience of Creativity | Beautiful Minds, Scientific American Blog Network "The latest findings from the real neuroscience of creativity suggest that the right brain/left brain distinction is not the right one when it comes to understanding how creativity is implemented in the brain.
- 3quarksdaily: Philosophy and Humour Not a philosophical treatise on humour, thank goodness--just philosophical jokes.
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