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Interview with Michael Horn and Vox

March 8, 2021 By DegreeofFreedom in Filed Under: Critical Thinking, Philosophy

Interviews with Michael Horn on teaching critical thinking and some thoughts at Vox over the appropriate use of skepticism.

Welcome Partially Examined Life Listeners!

August 4, 2020 By DegreeofFreedom in Filed Under: Critical Thinking, Philosophy

Welcome to those of you visiting the site after listening to me hanging out with the Fab 4 of philosophy at Partially Examined Life.

Philosophy Catch Up

October 15, 2014 By DegreeofFreedom in Filed Under: Philosophy

It’s been a while since I posted anything dealing with that philosophy major I completed as part of my One Year BA project last year.  Fortunately, others working the field of popularizing the father of all disciplines have not been so idle. For example, the guys behind my favorite philosophical-discussion podcast, The Partially Examined Life, […]

Learning by Doing

August 25, 2014 By DegreeofFreedom in Filed Under: Online Learning, Philosophy, Testing and Assessment

Well my break from blogging was not accompanied by a break from thinking about the subject of learning, especially that mix of real world and virtual learning experiences that might ultimately lead to a genuine rewriting of the rules of education. The first experience which triggered this line of thought came from a visit to […]

Xena’s Paradox – The Partially Examined Life

April 18, 2014 By DegreeofFreedom in Filed Under: Degree of Freedom Project, Online Learning Sources, Philosophy

As a substitute for the Degree of Freedom podcast I didn’t have time to put together this week, I’d like to talk about an educational podcast that has become a favored learning activity since finishing my One Year BA. Last summer, I kind of drew a line with regard to what constitutes a course in […]

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Remote Learning Begs the Question:  Must Lectures Be So Long? (EdSurge – May 25, 2020)

It’s Time to Get Serious About Teaching Critical Thinking (Inside Higher Education – March 2, 2020)

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Is Education Entering an “Age of Alternatives”? (EdSurge – March 2, 2019)

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