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02 Aug The Search for Method in STEAM Education

Posted at 18:02h in Education, Human Development, Learning Environments, Philosophy, Psychology of Becoming, Publications 0 Comments

Returning to my office this morning after a ten-day writing holiday, I found a delightful package waiting for me—several complementary copies of the new book, The Search for Method in STEAM Education by Jaime (Jim) E. Martinez. I’m sure I would have gotten one copy since I’m a close colleague...

01 Aug Roots of The Overweight Brain

Posted at 15:35h in Overweight Brain Mini Blog, Psychology of Becoming 0 Comments

Later this month I'll be posting the next and final chapter of The Overweight Brain. To whet your appetite (and maybe entice you to go back and read the book from the beginning), here's an interview with me by Janet Wootten—The Backstory of The Overweight Brain. Q: Lois, you’re about to post...

01 Aug The Social Creativity of Language

Posted at 15:15h in Creativity, Culture, Language, Learning Environments, Look and Listen 2 Comments

The latest issue of Idiom, the newsletter of New York State Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Language (TESOL) contains an article by my friend and colleague Gwen Lowenheim. Congratulations Gwen! The entire newsletter issue can be read here. Magic Yet Mundane: The Social Creativity of Language By Gwen Lowenheim As humans, we...

19 Jul Improvisation and the Unknowable

Posted at 16:07h in Creativity, Events, Philosophy, Play, Psychology of Becoming, Speaking Engagements 2 Comments

It’s a delight when things you’re involved in converge and feed one another. I’ve been working on another chapter of The Overweight Brain and got momentarily stuck (like two days’ worth of stuck) in the middle of writing a section on “the unknown” and “the unknowable.” I’ve also been preparing for...

14 Jul Musings on Ways of Being Human (and Empathy)

Posted at 15:16h in Culture, Philosophy, Psychology of Becoming 5 Comments

It’s been awhile since I wrote a post. It’s not that I don’t have anything to say—far from it! I could have written about the wonderfully developmental-for-all June residency and graduation of the East Side Institute’s 13th International Class. Or what it was like to be a panelist at the New...

14 Jul Words to Ponder #27

Posted at 01:19h in Culture, Language, Philosophy, What's New, Wittgenstein, Words to Ponder 5 Comments

These days, we could all use a a little Wittgenstein. Like this gem. One is often bewitched by a word. For example, by the word "know." Ludwig Wittgenstein ...

17 Jun Talking Madness with Robert Whitaker

Posted at 17:29h in Critical psychiatry, DSM-5, Events, Human Development, Philosophy, Psychology of Becoming, Social Therapy, Speaking Engagements 0 Comments

On Friday evening, June 9 I had the privilege and pleasure of creating conversation with prize-winning journalist and prominent psychiatry critic Robert Whitaker. Our topic was “Mad in America: Drugs, Diagnosis and Development” (an event sponsored by the East Side Institute). Aided by invitingly probing questions from moderator Janet Wootten...

20 May 28 Minutes on Play

Posted at 01:29h in Creativity, Culture, I Like This, Look and Listen, Play, What's New 0 Comments

Listen to this BBC radio show on play...

03 May Words to Ponder #26

Posted at 13:51h in Culture, What's New, Words to Ponder 9 Comments

A little Walt Whitman for early Spring, 2017 “This is what you shall do; Love the earth and sun and the animals, despise riches, give alms to every one that asks, stand up for the stupid and crazy, devote your income and labor to others, hate tyrants, argue not concerning God,...

01 May Can You Improvise in Higher Education?

Posted at 19:49h in Community Organizing, Creativity, Education, I Like This, Learning Environments, Look and Listen, Play 0 Comments

If you’ve ever taught or been a student (that's everyone, isn't it?), “Yes, and” as Teaching-Learning Methodology is a must read. It’s written by two University of North Carolina at Greensboro professors— Omar H. Ali, Dean of Lloyd International Honors College and Nadja B. Cech, Professor of Chemistry. In the article,...