Posted in Arts, Emotion, Math, Media, Natural Sciences, history on May 28th, 2009 1 Comment »
Although I realise that you might be ignoring my postings at this point (though you do still get a grade for commenting), I will continue to share. I don’t believe that knowledge and learning stop once a particular deadline has been met or a report card has been issued. Plus, some of these articles are [...]
Posted in Arts, Natural Sciences on Mar 23rd, 2009 4 Comments »
Not sure where they fit in, but these are too cool not to share: Inside Art
Posted in Arts on Mar 9th, 2009 No Comments »
TED is a cool place to check out. It’s an annual conference, full of ingenious ideas.
Last year we watched Sir Ken Robinson speak on how Schools kill creativity, lamenting, with a great sense of humour, how art, making mistakes and other creative endeavours are reduced to a minimum in our society.
We also watched a dance [...]
Posted in Arts on Feb 26th, 2009 No Comments »
An interesting article from the New York Times:
In Tough Times, the Humanities Must Justify Their Worth
A quote from the article:
Derek Bok, a former president of Harvard and the author of several books on higher education, argues, “The humanities has a lot to contribute to the preparation of students for their vocational lives.” He said he was referring [...]
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