The Adventures of High School English
The recent astroturfed flapdoodle over high school literature courses got me to thinking about Huckleberry Finn. I actually think that very few high school English teachers are equipped to teach the book. I hope I don ' t need to tell you that the protagonist and narrator is a teenage white boy helping a slave to escape. The problem teaching it today is that it depicts its setting realistically. The escaped slave, Jim, is illiterate, superstitious, and has little knowledge of the world. He is given a couple of opportunities to speak for himself but the main viewpoint is Huck ' s. There is no question but that we...
Source: Stayin' Alive - December 4, 2021 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
David Kemmerer's Cognitive Neuroscience of Language textbook (via David Kemmerer)
The 2nd edition of David Kemmerer's Cognitive Neuroscience of Language textbook is expected to appear in April or May, 2022. If you use the code DKE20, you can get a 20% discount when you order the book from Psychology Press. The preface is copied below. It describes which aspects of the 1st edition have been retained, and which aspects of the 2nd edition are new. In addition, note that an "eBook+" version will be available, as well as a website containing PowerPoint slides, test questions, and links to relevant videos. Preface: Welcome to the second edi...
Source: Talking Brains - November 30, 2021 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Greg Hickok Source Type: blogs
David Kemmerer's Cognitive Neuroscience of Language textbook (via David Kemmerer)
The 2nd edition of David Kemmerer ' s Cognitive Neuroscience of Language textbook is expected to appear in April or May, 2022. If you use the code DKE20, you can get a 20% discount when you order the book from Psychology Press. The preface is copied below. It describes which aspects of the 1st edition have been retained, and which aspects of the 2nd edition are new. In addition, note that an " eBook+ " version will be available, as well as a website containing PowerPoint slides, test questions, and links to relevant videos. Preface: Welcome to the second...
Source: Talking Brains - November 30, 2021 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Greg Hickok Source Type: blogs
RIP Rick Stroup
David BoazRichard L. Stroup, a longtime friend of the Cato Institute,died November 18. He will be remembered as a pioneer of “free‐market environmentalism” and as a teacher of economics, both to college students with his widely used textbook coauthored with James D. Gwartney,Economics: Private and Public Choice, now in its 17th edition, and to a broader audience withCommon Sense Economics: What Everyone Should Know about Wealth and Prosperity. His primer on environmental economics,Eco ‐Nomics: What Everyone Should Know about Economics and the Environment, was published by the Cato Institut...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - November 29, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: David Boaz Source Type: blogs
The Kids Aren ’ t Alright
By KIM BELLARD
America, like most cultures, claims to love and value children, but, gosh, the reality sure seems very different. Three recent reports help illustrate this: The Pew Research Center’s report on the expectation of having children, Claire Suddath’s searing look at the childcare industry on Bloomberg, and a UNICEF survey about how young people, and their elders, view the future.
It’s hard to say which is more depressing.
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Pew found that the percentage of non-parents under 50 who expect to have children jumped from 37% in 2018 to 44% in 2021. Current parents who don’t...
Source: The Health Care Blog - November 23, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ryan Bose-Roy Tags: Health Policy Public Health birth rate child care Children's Health health care Healthcare Kim Bellard Source Type: blogs
What ’s Not to Like about the Parents Bill of Rights? Well…
Neal McCluskeyParents are having a moment. With the Virginia gubernatorial race seen as having turned on Democratic candidate Terry McAuliffe pronouncing, “I don’t think parents should be telling schools what they should teach,” and parent indignation‐filled school board meetings making headlines nationwide, it feels lik e parents are mad as hell and not going to take it anymore. Enter the congressional GOP’s Parents Bill of Rights Act (PBORA).Apress release introducing the House PBORA – a Senate version is imminent – began:Over the past nearly two years, we have seen a troubling trend take root in th...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - November 18, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Neal McCluskey Source Type: blogs
Is Anatomy Finished? | A Review of New Discoveries | TAPP 105
Are there reallyno more discoveries in human anatomy? In this episode, I'll review some recent discoveries: the rise of thefabella, macrophage barriers, the interstitium, button and zipper junctions, lymph node micro-organs, new vessels in bones, andtubarial salivary glands.00:00 | Introduction00:41 | Is Anatomy Finished?03:44 | Sponsored by AAA04:16 | Rise of the Fabella11:52 | Sponsored by HAPI12:38 | Macrophage Barriers23:18 | Sponsored by HAPS23:55 | Interstitium27:48 | Button and Zipper Junctions35:28 | Lymphatic Micro-Organ40:05 | Free Update Newsletter41:05 | New Vessels in Bones44:44 | Tubarial Salivary Glands...
Source: The A and P Professor - November 16, 2021 Category: Physiology Authors: Kevin Patton Source Type: blogs
A Commentary on the Lord's Prayer
A Commentary on the LORD ’s Prayer Matthew 6:5-13 and Luke 11:1-4 version 2 Probably no prayer, in English or any other language, is prayed more often than the one Jesus taught his disciples to pray and use for modeling. Unfortunately, the prayer is too often recited mechanically, without the person saying it or those he aring it fully understanding what is being said. These notes on the LORD’s Prayer should give Bible readers some useful insights into the stylistic and literary aspects of the prayer. Preliminary Notes Jesus’ disciples asked him to teach them how to pray. And Jesus gave them this model, with so me co...
Source: The Virtual Salt - November 11, 2021 Category: Neurology Authors: Robert Harris Source Type: blogs
A Commentary on the Lord's Prayer
A Commentary on the LORD ’s Prayer Matthew 6:5-13 and Luke 11:1-4 version 2 Probably no prayer, in English or any other language, is prayed more often than the one Jesus taught his disciples to pray and use for modeling. Unfortunately, the prayer is too often recited mechanically, without the person saying it or those he aring it fully understanding what is being said. These notes on the LORD’s Prayer should give Bible readers some useful insights into the stylistic and literary aspects of the prayer. Preliminary Notes Jesus’ disciples asked him to teach them how to pray. And Jesus gave them this model, with so me co...
Source: The Virtual Salt - November 11, 2021 Category: Neurology Authors: Robert Harris Source Type: blogs
Could I be wrong? Exploring research on cognitive bias, curiosity, intellectual humility, and lifelong learning
A few years ago, I asked a sample of adults to think about all of the disagreements that they have with other people, from minor disagreements about relatively unimportant issues to major disagreements about important matters. Then, I asked them to estimate the percentage of disagreements they have with other people in which they are the one who is correct.
Only 4% of the respondents indicated they were right less than half of the time, and only 14% said they were right half of the time. The vast majority—a whopping 82%—reported that, when they disagreed with other people, they were usually the one who was right! (Paus...
Source: SharpBrains - November 10, 2021 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Greater Good Science Center Tags: Education & Lifelong Learning cognitive cognitive biases cognitive entrenchment curiosity disagreement intellectual humility Lifelong-learning meta-cognitive overconfidence bias Source Type: blogs
Upgrading the Healing Frame
One thing that seemed to keep me stuck for quite a while when I was younger was the healing frame, i.e. layering a desired area of improvement with the perspective that I needed to “heal” something within myself.
The healing frame remains a popular way to frame various aspects of self-development, addiction recovery, human relationships, and more. It also carries some major downside baggage though, so it can bey very risky to use it, not just for yourself but for others you interact with.
How the Healing Frame Slows Us Down
With healing physical wounds, the body largely does that for us, so healing bas...
Source: Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog - November 3, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Steve Pavlina Tags: Emotions Health Source Type: blogs
Great interview on bilingualism, sports, education and neuroplasticity — en español
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Álvaro Fernández Ibáñez: “La educación bilingüe ayuda a retrasar problemas cognitivos como el alzhéimer” (El Mundo):
PREGUNTA. ¿A qué se dedican los neuroconsultores? ¿Qué relación tienen con la educación?
RESPUESTA. En los últimos años ha empezado a aumentar el interés por mejorar la capacidad del cerebro. Al igual que las personas quieren estar en buena forma física, se preocupan también por estar en buena forma cognitiva. Se habla cada vez más de consultores del cerebro o entrenadores mentales y hay más actuaciones basadas en la neuroplasticidad. Esto se puede aplica...
Source: SharpBrains - November 2, 2021 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Brain/ Mental Health Education & Lifelong Learning Alzheimer Arrowsmith brain-development cognitive effort cognitive problems cognitive-reserve educación bilingüe esfuerzo cognitivo español mindfulness problemas cognitivos res Source Type: blogs
Should Students Change Answers? | Journal Club with Krista Rompolski | TAPP 104
Krista Rompolski joins us for anotherJournal Club episode —bringing us a study abouthow students change answers on their tests. Is it better for a student to change their multiple choice response or to avoid doing that?The answer may surprise you!00:00 | Introduction00:45 | Journal Club03:21 | Sponsored by AAA03:53 | Article Summary09:13 | Sponsored by HAPI10:00 | Should Students Change Answers?27:44 | Sponsored by HAPS28:21 | Standardized Exams, Test Anxiety, and Mindset53:14 | Staying Connected★ If you cannot see or activate the audio player, go to:theAPprofessor.org/podcast-episode-104.html🏅 Apply for your c...
Source: The A and P Professor - November 2, 2021 Category: Physiology Authors: Kevin Patton Source Type: blogs
