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Edward T. Hall on education 0

From Beyond Culture
Citing Washburn (1973) on the importance of play in learning
“Through play (emotional, repetitious, from within) children prepare for the adult life of their culture.  Separation of education from life…is new in the history of primates.  In the American school there is no view of adult life…In schools discipline is substituted for the internal [...]

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July 20, 2009 – 9:05 pm
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By Adam

2010 Job Posting: Professional Reader 2

@JordanRaynor posted this on his blog and it reminded me of a conversation I had with some colleagues a while back when Bob Stein came and spoke at my university.  Bob was talking about the future of the book and naturally the conversation led to discussing how people would/should deal with being overloaded with information [...]

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July 2, 2009 – 9:36 am
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By Adam

Virtual communities of practice and reconceptualizing the Salon 0

Communities of Practice and virtual learning communities: benefits, barriers and success factors by Pat Gannon-Leary, Northumbria University, UK & Elsa Fontainha, ISEG – Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal.
This article discusses the factors important to the development and maintenance of virtual communities of practice, or  “network[s] of individuals who share a domain of interest about which [...]

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Published:
October 6, 2008 – 1:35 pm
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By Adam