“Chief Unlearning Officer” Jack Uldrich discusses why teachers may need to unlearning what they think they know about teaching and learning.
The Harder Part
June 2, 2011 By Leave a Comment
One of my favorite authors, Seth Godin, recently had an insightful post entitled "The Hard Part (One of Them)." I'll repeat it below for your reading enjoyment: A guy asked his friend, the writer David Foster Wallace, "Say, Dave, how'd y'get t'be so dang smart?" His answer: "I did the reading." No one said the preparation [...]
Being Wrong Feels Like Being Right
April 20, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Below is a wonderful talk by Kathryn Schulz, self described "wrongologist" and the author of Being Wrong: Adventures in the Margin of Error. I especially liked this statement of hers:"One of the problems with being wrong … is that it feels like being right." This is so true and it is one of the reasons [...]
Teaching Kids to Live in a Multiple Answer World
January 4, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Unlearning School
June 18, 2010 By 1 Comment
Zebras and Horses and Lions … Oh My!
February 25, 2010 By Leave a Comment
"When we hear the sound of hoofbeats, should we think horses or zebras?" So asks Gabriel Schoenfeld in her review of Robert Jervis' new book, Why Intelligence Fails. She ends her review by reminding us that "Those pounding hoofbeats might be horses or zebras — or zebras painted to look like horses." Or, as the [...]
