Good Reading for Children Updated
In 2019, I wrote the essay, below, explaining why literature for children needs to be carefully considered, especially these days, and recommending a number of books along with the reasons for them. I’d like to add to that list here. Human Progress First, I’m looking forward to a book that hasn’t been written yet! Tony […]
Intellectual Humility and an Open Mind
Open Minds? When I celebrate Thanksgiving, I always think of the intrepid travelers (pictured above) who came to the northeast of the New World in the month of November, for gosh sakes, of 1620. They were pious dissenting Protestants, and they came for intellectual freedom. But what they weren’t was intellectually humble. What I mean […]
Socratic Practice: A Powerful Method for Learning
Editor’s Note: This is the fourth part of the four-part series on an ideal university education; the first part is here, the second part is here, and the third part is here. Socratic Practice is a formidable discussion methodology that, when used properly, incorporates active listening at its best and nurtures reasoning skills and independence powerfully. Classrooms using Socratic […]
