Critical theory, critical culture, & postmodern humanism
In a nutshell: Might those modern goddesses of love, Pat Benatar and Bonnie Tyler, have a place alongside the Greek goddess Aphrodite in the classical mythology classroom? In the mythology classroom, we have a number of objectives. We want our Continue reading Teaching Mythology with Music Videos
In a nutshell: The musical number “A Spoonful of Sugar Helps the Medicine Go Down” from the film Mary Poppins helps students understand the Horatian principle of pleasure and didacticism in literature. We generally credit the Roman poet Horace (65-8 Continue reading The Mary Poppins Theory of Storytelling
In a nutshell: A daily low-stakes writing exercise is a good way to monitor attendance, incentivize students to keep up with the reading, and develop critical thinking skills all at the same time. From 2007-2009, I was a CUNY Writing Continue reading Give Us This Day Our Daily Write
In a nutshell: My attempt to introduce Bloom’s taxonomy and provide some pointers on how to use it to develop useful learning objectives. Introduction The issue of learning objectives connects with two other pedagogical issues that have become important in Continue reading Learning objectives
In a nutshell: Digital technologies offer exciting possibilities, but we need to use them responsibly, giving our students opportunities to practice all types of knowledge, not just the procedural knowledge that seems to predominate in play. Sipped my coffee this Continue reading Is gaming f-u-n-damental?
In a nutshell: I find it hard to believe that teacher education is the problem in public education today. UPDATE: Feb. 2, 2013 Two months after I posted this entry, Kevin Kumashiro published Bad Teacher!, taking aim at the current Continue reading Blaming teachers, again
In a nutshell: If it’s 2012, this must be Pedagogishness. If it’s 2012, this must be pedagogishness. Yes, in 2012, I am starting a pedagogy blog. I thought of calling it paedagogus (Latinate) or paidagogos (transliteration of the Greek), but Continue reading Welcome to Pedagogishness