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I enjoyed reading (January)

Jan 31, 2013

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apartheid schooling, authentic learning, complexity theory, constructivism, cormier, earth as art, electronic medical record, health records, kozol, medical records, nasa, objectivism, positivism, rhizomatic learning, shame of the nation

Constructivism in the shadow of a dead god (Michael Potter). Potter discusses how academics have dismissed positivism and objectivism only on a superficial level and these concepts are alive and well in the language, course outlines and physical structures of universities. We won’t be able to truly embrace ideas like social constructivism until we start…