Category: Education
Psychology in Education
I just read an expansive article by David Tyack, professor emeritus at Stanford in the history of education. In the article Tyack considers at length the different populations that have been neglected in the American education system. Any student of...
99 and 1
Hi, I’m a new contributor to Mere O. I understand you (“the reader”? How formal are we here?) have a civil but guarded relationship with new contributors, I get that. I’ll do my best to win you over. As a...
Great Books Colleges and Universities
The Modern educational experiment has run its course. It does not seem to be working. Illiteracy is at an all-time high. High school completion continues to lower, especially in areas such as the inner city of L.A., where completion rates...
Wheatstone Academy: A Promo Video Worth Watching
Some programs are so good, so powerful, and so important, that their impact is nearly impossible to describe to the outside world. The Torrey Honors Institute of Biola University is one such program. Wheatstone Academy, an offshoot, is another. Since...
Book Memed, Too!
The Book Meme from Brant from a few weeks back is much appreciated, and Matt’s list offers some unexpected books. I’ll throw in my list for added texture. After four years and about 60 volumes of reading habits in common, Matt...
Honor Flight: For Veteran’s Day
This Veteran’s Day, consider giving to Honor Flight, which provides free trips to the WWII Memorial for WWII veterans. WWII Veterans are dying at a phenomenal rate (1200 per day), and many of them lack the funds to go and...
Conversations that Count: The Body of Discussion
Improv theater, which encompasses comedy and dramatic theater, happens on a stage. That is, improve theater occurs within a defined space, and consequently within a defined time. As such, it is an “incarnational” media. Not surprisingly, discussion is equally embodied....
Book Memed.
Friend and fellow blogger Brant DeBow has tagged me in a meme about books that I have decided to take up. I won’t pass it along, but I thought some of you may be interested. Oh, and since the Bible...
Conversations that Count: How Leaders Lead Discussions
*Note: After taking a summer break from this series, I am returning to it and will finish it this fall. For other posts in the series, see the bottom of this post.* The flexible nature of discussion presents an inherent...
Revisiting the Canon Wars: Questions for Mere-O Readers
Rachel Donaio has recently reviewed the state of the canon wars in light of the twentieth anniversary of Allan Bloom’s explosive Closing of the American Mind. It is, it seems, a balanced piece that raises numerous interesting questions. I have...