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Is violence in society decreasing over time?

Nov 19, 2012

in Curriculum, Ethics

ethics, psychology, society, steven pinker, violence

This weekend I came across an interesting TED talk by Steven Pinker, where he identifies a decreasing trend in violence, which is somewhat surprising when you think about how violent the world is. He supports the idea with some examples which seem reasonable, although some of the comments highlight that the evidence seems to have…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-12-13

Dec 13, 2010

in Digest

brain based learning, cellphones, College Students Admit To, dean, educational research, facebook, online comments, ple, research, RT, south africa, teaching and learning, text messaging, Thought Leader, twitter, violence, vygotsky, xwiki

Web 2.0: Reflective and Critical Practices http://ow.ly/1rXGcC. Its not a crusade, its about raising awareness # Research Examines What Motivates People to Comment Online http://ow.ly/1rXG9n. Emotion & negative opinion cause thread deterioration # College Students Admit To “Shocking” Text Messaging Habits in Class http://ow.ly/1rXG96. Ban phones, or integrate them? # Thought Leader » Why are…