The Archive
Matthew Lee AndersonScience
Human Exceptionalism Undermined? (Updated)
Matthew Lee Anderson
Update: Check out this account from a student of Librescu’s. Librescu apparently had published more than any other professor in VT’s history. His academic page is here. From among the carnage of yesterday’s shootings comes this story: Israeli professor of […]
Matthew Lee AndersonDiscussion Leading
Sometimes when I advocate using discussion as a means of education, people hear me saying that I think they should only use discussion. I’m not. Discussion should be part of your overall educational strategy. An essential part, yes, but only […]
Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized
The Virginia Tech Tragedy
Matthew Lee AndersonPolitics
The Path of Least Resistance: the West's Response to Iran
Matthew Lee AndersonDiscussion Leading
Fostering Conversations that Count: Why Discussion? (Updated)
Keith E. Buhler
Easter is passed, and, like any Holiday, once it is gone, it is easily forgotten. (And, for those who celebrated lent, it is perhaps pleasant to forget!) Yet the significance of the Holy Day transcends its chronological passing. As one […]
Matthew Lee Anderson
A long time ago I announced that I was writing a book. I am still writing that book. Over the last two years, I have learned more about patience than I’ve ever cared to, as I have taken baby steps […]
Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized
Cheerful Solipsism
Matthew Lee AndersonDiscussion Leading
Fostering great conversations depends upon having a good understanding of the goal of the conversation. It is a simple principle, really: without a clear understanding of the end, the movement toward the end will be random and chaotic. If it’s […]
Matthew Lee AndersonDiscussion Leading
Fostering Conversations that Count: What is Discussion?
Matthew Lee AndersonDiscussion Leading
Fostering Conversations that Count: Becoming an Excellent Discussion Leader