Category: Philosophy
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Courses as Stories
Jon Becker brings out a key part of my experience and philosophy as a teacher. Courses are stories. They’re narratives. We do a disservice when we deny that. In her timeless TED talk on vulnerability,Brene Brown jokes about how taken aback she was when someone called her a storyteller. How dare someone call her a…
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If You Believe in “Intellectual Property”, How Do You Teach Others? – Answer: you can’t
An excerpt from Jeffrey Tucker nails it. To teach at a college or university is to engage in an ancient and very worthwhile endeavor: the teaching of others. To do so, one must be opposed to the concept of “intellectual property”.: …how do you at once enforce intellectual property and uphold the ideal of a…