Summer Reading on the Human Mind
The New England Faculty Development Consortium Exchange, Spring 2010, includes a great list of readings about the Human Mind, put together by G. Christian Jernstedt: humanmind
The New England Faculty Development Consortium Exchange, Spring 2010, includes a great list of readings about the Human Mind, put together by G. Christian Jernstedt: humanmind
Some of the Quicktime videos and fonts did not come out quite like the original, but there is a lot of useful information here for review of the Summer Institute […]
Harvard Professor Ellen Langer has been talking about mindful learning for three decades. She is now applying her mindfulness research to the question of aging brains and bodies. Her new […]
A very concise version for quick classroom feedback: minutepaper
Here are some preliminary results of the Fall 09 faculty survey, more details to come. Thanks to all who contributed! Total respondents: 64 (Full time: 33; Part time: 31) = 33% […]
The New England Faculty Development Consortium (NEFDC) is now accepting registrations for its annual fall conference to be held on Friday, November 13th at the DCU Center in Worcester, Massachusetts. […]
This evaluation showed quite an interesting mixture of opinions. Most attendees liked the presentations by colleagues, but a significant minority would have preferred an outside speaker. Many noted the small […]
Think Again, A blog by Stanley Fish in the New York Times: What Should Colleges Teach? A few years ago, when I was grading papers for a graduate literature course, […]
If you open the link at the end of this post, you can view the graphic for the age group 15-24 (as well as other demographics), and then slide along […]
Even ultra-liberal Cambridge has vestiges of racism. Even internationally respected scholars can be treated as criminals. Profiling is something a white person will likely never experience. An Offering from Peggy McIntosh’s […]