A recently reported psychological research study by scientists at Indiana University shows that if we think our students cannot do something because they are female or because they belong to a minority group, that alone is enough to reduce their learning significantly. It has been known for some time that negative stereotypes affect adversely performance […]
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Documenting the Value of Education (February 2009)
Tuesday, January 13th, 2009 3:09 pm
Written by: John Moore
The 20th century is often called “The American Century”, reflecting the broad influence of the United States of America on world affairs during the past 100 years. Claudia Goldin and Lawrence F. Katz, authors of The Race between Education and Technology, argue that a major factor in America’s becoming the richest and most influential nation […]
Posted in Topics: Editorial, Education, General, Social Studies
Sustainability (December 2008)
Friday, January 2nd, 2009 10:23 pm
Written by: John Moore
One trillion dollars. That’s a lot of money. It’s what the U.S. government is likely to spend to shore up (bail out) financial institutions that got into trouble through their own excesses. European governments are likely to spend a similar amount in a similar cause. It is also what we owe to China in the […]
Teaching Thinking (June 2008)
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008 9:56 am
Written by: John Moore
If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be. Thomas Jefferson, letter to Charles Yancey, 1816
Thinking is hard. Writing is hard because it requires thinking. Both thinking and writing involve time and concentration-commodities that these days are hard to come […]
Posted in Topics: Editorial, Education, General, Social Studies
Posted in Topics: Education, General, Social Studies, Teaching
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