As my students work on their projects to improve General Education at UO, I am reminded by this post that they need to be really clear about what change they are trying to make and how people on the ground will actually make that change. This post by the Heath … Continue reading
Redesigning Education: Why Can’t We Be in Kindergarten for Life? Great Fast Company article on how our traditional models of education, from pedagogy down to classroom design, are outmoded given what students will need to be able to do to succeed in today’s world. We have all heard the phrase, … Continue reading
Redesigning Education: Why Can’t We Be in Kindergarten for Life?
Great Fast Company article on how our traditional models of education, from pedagogy down to classroom design, are outmoded given what students will need to be able to do to succeed in today’s world. We have all heard the phrase, “Everything I need to know I […] Continue reading
Simplicity in Presentations
This is a nice blog post on achieving simplicity in a presentation. Simplicity requires understanding the complexity of an idea first, not just presenting a dumbed-down idea to begin with. The author provides a clear exa… Continue reading
Daniel Pink, author of “A Whole New Mind”, has a new book out on motivation, “Drive”. In it, he argues that material incentives don’t actually provide effective motivation – in fact, they may hurt performance. This isn’t really new research (see Herzberg’s two-factor theory of the late 50’s early 60’s), … Continue reading
Daniel Pink, author of “A Whole New Mind”, has a new book out on motivation, “Drive”. In it, he argues that material incentives don’t actually provide effective motivation – in fact, they may hurt performance. This isn’t really new research (see Herzberg’s two-factor theory of the late 50’s early 60’s), but maybe a popular book […] Continue reading
Here is an article on Gen Ed Reform at George Washington. It focuses on the debate over foreign language requirements but also alludes to other changes. I encourage you to also read the “Comments” at the end – they represent some interesting perspectives and debate. Gen Ed Reform at George … Continue reading
Op-Ed Columnist – The Humble Hound – NYTimes.com This is a nice column on leadership. Brooks describes an effective leader as someone who is humble, engages in metacognition, is able to argue both sides of a point before deciding, understands his/her own biases, knows that navigating uncertainty is critical and … Continue reading
Op-Ed Columnist – The Humble Hound – NYTimes.com This is a nice column on leadership. Brooks describes an effective leader as someone who is humble, engages in metacognition, is able to argue both sides of a point before deciding, understands his/her own biases, knows that navigating uncertainty is critical and … Continue reading
Chip and Dan Heath – authors of “Made to Stick” – have a new book out on how to effect change. “Switch – How to Change When Change is Hard”, highlights some simple, yet powerful, rules based in solid research on the psychology of behavior and cognition about how to drive change. One of these […] Continue reading
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