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Active Assimilation
Considering Piagetian theory, I’m intrigued by the notion of assimilation as an active, not passive component of the constructivist learning…
Two Business Legends: Urban Legends that Work at Work
Business legends are like urban legends; they are useful allegorical stories with questionable truths. I’m sure you have heard of…
“Don’t hide Broccoli in my Spaghetti Sauce…
…And don’t try to trick me into learning something!” This is my teen son’s line whenever I talk to him…
“What must I do, is all that concerns me, not what the people think…
My Epistemology: Dialectic Coherent Pragmatism
Dialectic Discourse: For Lakatos (1963), science is pure; It is not adulterated with human idiosyncrasies or agendas. To reach a…
James Paul Gee: Poor Writing exposes Racism
I am having a difficult time getting through this 2007 book by James Paul Gee because I am grossly distracted…
Games and Learning: Stay away from Content
I just finished reading about game-based learning (GBL), in: Gee, J. P. (2005). Good video games and good Learning. Phi…
Internal and External Approaches to Epistemology
Godfrey-Smith (1996) talks about three epistemological approaches: An “externalist” approach, an “internalist” approach, and interactionism. The epistemic ontology of those…
Education Agenda vs. Research
The act of creating public educational policies is political by default, because the whole of a democratic people are oblidged…
