Education Archives - Vincent Ryan Ruggiero Official website - Author https://mind-at-work.com/category/education/ Vincent Ryan Ruggiero - Author of books and essays Sat, 18 Feb 2023 16:24:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://mind-at-work.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/cropped-open-book-32x32.png Education Archives - Vincent Ryan Ruggiero Official website - Author https://mind-at-work.com/category/education/ 32 32 Insights from Our Ancestors https://mind-at-work.com/insights-from-our-ancestors/ Sat, 18 Feb 2023 16:23:54 +0000 https://mind-at-work.com/?p=5190 Bust of Socrates In the late 1980s I was invited to Singapore to help their Curriculum Development Institute develop a program in critical and creative thinking. I first visited classrooms to observe teachers and students at work and also spoke with students outside of class. I was impressed by their desire to learn [...]

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]]> Dangerous Developments in American Education https://mind-at-work.com/dangerous-developments-in-american-education/ Sat, 11 Feb 2023 16:08:58 +0000 https://mind-at-work.com/?p=5183 The concept of academic freedom is centuries old and has been modified over time. Since 1940 it has had these guiding principles: Teachers are to have “full freedom in research and in the publication of the results,” as well as “freedom in the classroom in discussing their subject(s).” Also, “when [college and university teachers] speak [...]

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]]> Welcome to Topsy-Turvydom https://mind-at-work.com/welcome-to-topsy-turvydom/ Sat, 21 Jan 2023 17:36:07 +0000 https://mind-at-work.com/?p=5156 Erika López Prater was an adjunct professor of Art History at Hamline University. Her course syllabus included a warning that the art to be discussed contained images of religious figures. She also advised students that if they had any concerns about the images, they should discuss them with her. (No student did so.) Furthermore, on [...]

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]]> Can Thinking Really Be Taught? https://mind-at-work.com/can-thinking-really-be-taught/ Sat, 30 Apr 2022 14:25:32 +0000 https://mind-at-work.com/?p=4887 My recent essay, “The Decline of Thinking in America,” included the recommendation that schools should change their emphasis from “telling students what to think to teaching them how to think.” After reading the essay, a friend of mine asked me about that statement, I answered, and an interesting discussion ensued. Here is how it went: Friend: Can anyone [...]

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]]> The Path of the Wandering Calf https://mind-at-work.com/the-path-of-the-wandering-calf/ Sat, 30 Nov 2019 15:03:00 +0000 https://mind-at-work.com/?p=3667 Many years ago, when I was a college professor, I came across a poem by Sam Walter Foss (1858-1911) that revealed how easily we can fall into habits that keep us from thinking critically and creatively. I shared that poem with my students and included it in the book I was writing at the time, [...]

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