Category Archives: What is Education?

The previous post was really a brief interlude. Let’s get back to the main thread. One of the things I learned in researching for my book is that all reading is not equal. I suppose I knew that, but I … Continue reading →

In the first post of this series I argued that learning is not merely the content of a text, lecture or other stimulus, but rather, what the student makes of that content. Here is perhaps a better example than the … Continue reading →

I am very, very behind in my blogging. Hopefully, I’ll get caught up over the next few weeks. I haven’t been able to reflect yet on last week’s Faculty Academy. I’m too afraid I’ll forget something if I do it … Continue reading →

When I attend professional conferences I almost always learn a few things useful for my teaching and research. In fact, that’s my definition of a successful conference–”one in which I learn something useful. Maybe it’s the way my mind works, … Continue reading →

In the last post, I wrote about Derek Bok’s recent book. A minor theme of Bok is the tension in academia between content and skills. This manifests itself in a number of areas, but most prominently in the discussion of … Continue reading →