pedagogy

Binaries and Teaching

From an Ars Technica article entitled YouTube University gets failing grade from prof, students. The original analysis is here

Juhasz breaks the issues down into a set of what she refers to as “binaries”—tensions between opposites that have to be balanced for proper teaching.

Those binaries were:

  1. Public/Private
  2. Aural/Visual
  3. Body/Digital
  4. Amateur/Expert
  5. Entertainment/Education
  6. Control/Chaos

Two stories on a theme

I recently had an idea for a story and upon going through my other drafts, realized I already addressed it, though differently. So here they both are. Also, the second story is not a criticism of the Buddha—though if you asked me, “Surgeon General” is a more apt description than “Great Physician”—or Jesus for that matter (or anyone else that calls themselves a physician).

The Disciples

A wanderer entered a town to find a most pious people living there. In the market center he found a man in simple dress surrounded by disciples.

“Who is this man that attracts such a following?” the wanderer asked. …read more