Concerning the 1984 book Horace’s Compromise by Ted Sizer: “In it, he examined the fundamental compromise at the heart of allegedly successful American high schools. He suggested that the students agree to generally behave in exchange for the schools agreeing…
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New Books on Teaching, HTML5
I can’t really provide reviews for these books, I haven’t read most of them yet (they are just lying in my 10 year old amazon saved items queue), but I thought I’d share the list for future reference: Some new…
Review of Rushkoff’s Program or Be Programmed
Since at least the invention of BASIC and Logo in the 1960s, people, such as Seymour Papert, have made an argument that anyone can and should learn to how to program, and even make their own software applications. The argument…
Review of Shapiro’s Embodied Cognition
I’m giving a talk at AECT in a couple of weeks on embodied cognition and education, as well as working on some related writings (and here are slides from my previous AERA talk on the subject). One related book I…
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The Effects of Technology on Students’ Learning in Math: A Meta-analysis
A colleague of mine, Dr. Qing Li of the University of Calgary, along with Dr. Xin Ma, just had an article published in the journal Educational Psychology Review titled A Meta-analysis of the Effects of Computer Technology on School Students’…
Would Dewey, Piaget, Montessori, Friere get published today?
Imagine if Jean Piaget, John Dewey, Maria Montessori, or Paulo Friere were tenure track education or psychology professors today. They would probably not get their work published in education and psychology research journals, despite being some of the most highly…
Notes for a new open access educational journal
I had some thoughts for a new open educational journal last week, especially in light of the discontinuation of the Innovate journal. I even tested out Google Knol as a hosting platform. It allows for open peer review and more…
Embodied Cognition & Education Talks at AERA
I’ll be giving just one talk at AERA this year, and hosting a symposium session. Both are related to the applications of embodied cognition research and enactivism to education. Constructivism + Embodied Cognition = Enactivism: Theoretical and Practical Implications for…
Teaching IS Technology: A Little Philosophy of Technology & Media Theory
There often seems to be a tension between teachers and new technologies. It helps me to step back and think about technology more broadly. Almost 20 years ago I first ran across a book by Don Ihde, philosopher of technology,…
Reconsidering Cognitive Load Theory
Another item has been added to the debate between cognitive load theory, direct instruction, and worked examples on one side, and inquiry learning, problem-based learning, and game-based learning on the other (which I have covered before here and here). Wolfgang…
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