Giorgio Bertini
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The Paleo Guide to Parenting
She and Wolf belong to a subgroup of moms and dads who practice what they call “Paleo parenting.” Just as Paleo dieters assume a mismatch between human biology and the food culture of the post-industrial West, Paleo parents believe that … Continue reading
Posted in Hunter-gatherer, Paleolithic, Parenting
Tagged hunter-gatherer, paleolithic, parenting
The Moral Importance of Understanding Consciousness
Debating whether other beings are conscious can sometimes feel like an unimportant academic exercise. But it’s not. The conclusion we reach determines how we treat animals—our livestock, our research subjects, and our neighbors in cities and other places we live. … Continue reading
Posted in Consciousness, Moral, Moral consciousness, Morality
Tagged consciousness, moral, moral consciousness, morality
What Are the Proper Purposes of a System of Schooling?
Before one develops anything, one should have a pretty clear idea of its purpose. What is the thing you are building supposed to do? It makes no sense to talk about the structure of something without having in mind, first, … Continue reading
Posted in School system, Schooling, Unschooling
Tagged school system, schooling, unschooling
Differences Between Self-Directed and Progressive Education
As regular readers of this blog know, I’m an advocate for Self-Directed Education. My research and that of others convinces me that Self-Directed Education works, is eminently practical, and is far less trouble to everyone than the coercive educational system … Continue reading
Mend the Gap Between Rich and Poor in School Achievement
Our compulsory public school system is supposed to be “the great equalizer.” By providing the same schooling to everyone, it is supposed to promote equal opportunities for young people regardless of their socioeconomic background. In fact, however, the system has … Continue reading
Posted in Academic achievement, Achievement, Poor, Rich, Schools
Tagged academic achievement, Achievement, poor, rich, schools
Margaret Archer on Structural and Cultural Morphogenesis
Margaret S. Archer: Realist Social Theory: the Morphogenetic Approach and Culture and Agency. The Place of Culture in Social Theory. Revised Edition. With this revised edition of Culture and Agency and the publication of Reahst Social Theory, English sociologist Margaret … Continue reading
Posted in Morphogenesis, Morphogenic society
Tagged Morphogenesis, Morphogenic society
The Oxford Handbook of Thinking and Reasoning
Thinking and reasoning, long the academic province of philosophy, have over the past century emerged as core topics of empirical investigation and theoretical analysis in the modern fields of cognitive psychology, cognitive science, and cognitive neuroscience. Formerly seen as too … Continue reading
The Cambridge Handbook of Thinking and Reasoning
The Cambridge Handbook of Thinking and Reasoning is the first comprehensive and authoritative handbook covering all the core topics of the field of thinking and reasoning. Written by the foremost experts from cognitive psychology, cognitive science, and cognitive neuroscience, individual chapters summarize basic concepts and findings … Continue reading
Debating Humanity – Towards a Philosophical Sociology
Debating Humanity explores sociological and philosophical efforts to delineate key features of humanity that identify us as members of the human species. After challenging the normative contradictions of contemporary posthumanism, this book goes back to the foundational debate on humanism … Continue reading
Posted in Humanity, Philosophy, Philosophy of Social Science, Sociology
Tagged Humanity, philosophy, Philosophy of Social Science, sociology
Steps to complex learning
The subject of this chapter, ten steps to complex learning (van Merrienboer & Kirschner,2007), was recently published as a practical and modified version of the four-component instructional design (4C-ID) model originally posited by van Merrienboer in 1997. These ten steps … Continue reading
Posted in Complex learning
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