I'm a big fan of Sugata Mitra. His work creating environments for and documenting self organizing learning environments (SOLE) is stunning. And here in his 2103 TED Talk about half way into the talk he raises the question, "Is Knowing obsolete?" And answers YES! I'm going to send him Fred Newman's...
Theatre and Improv with and for people with an autism or Asperberger's label are getting the attention they deserve. Check out these articles from American Theatre and the Huffington Post. The Curious Incidence of Theatre on the Autism Spectrum Teens With Autism Stretch, Grow And Laugh In Improv Classes At Second City ...
March 24, 2015 article in The Independent Finland schools: Subjects scrapped and replaced with 'topics' as country reforms its education system A step in the right direction...
Thanks to Saybrook University's The New Existentialists, for publishing my essay, "Emotional Distress and Diagnosis: Word on the Street." I'm really happy to reach its readers. Check out the site for many thoughtful essays....
Lois Holzman Lives What She Teaches About Play By Jamie Turner February 9, 2015 Lois Holzman doesn’t just talk about play—she lives it. From her work as Director of the East Side Institute for Group & Short Term Psychotherapy, organizer of an international movement of play and performance activists called Performing the World, her...
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"Are We Living in the Age of the Brain?" In Prospect magazine.science writer Philip Ball does a good job exploring what all the brain research that's going on might—and might not—mean. His reservations, in part, have to do with generating more and more data for our already overweight brains. "But the challenges...
The Sunday, December 21, 2014 New York Times feature article, "Raising their Sights," on inspiring students at community colleges. The piece features La Gaurdia Community College psychology professor, Eduardo Vianna. Eduardo is a long-time friend and colleague. Read about his inique and effective program, the Peer Activist Learning Community....
The recycled orchestra of Cateura Paraguay These kids make instruments from items in the trash—it's horrible and it's beautiful. "To view scenes from the landfill slum of Cateura in Paraguay is to look into the depths of extreme poverty. But within the contents of the landfill are glimmers of hope in the...
“Why Academics Stink at Writing,” an essay by Harvard professor Steven Pinker in the Chronicle of Higher Education (September 26, 2014). I found this essay both extremely helpful and extremely annoying. Pinker’s examples are terrific. His explanations for why academics write so badly are really fun to read, kind of like...