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Pupil with Asperger's syndrome rejected by school | Life and style | The Guardian - 0 views

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  • anonymous on 04 Jun 09
     
    Alex Goodenough, 17, taught himself at home from textbooks after Hertfordshire and Essex high school and science college (H&E) rejected his application to study there.
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Slashdot | YouTube Breeding Harmful Scientific Misinformation - 0 views

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    As information becomes more and more viral, public educators have an ethical and moral obligation to teach our students skills of critical inquiry and multiple literacies.
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commonspace: Open everything unfolds - 0 views

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    "conversations about the art, science and spirit of 'open'. It gathers people using openness to create and improve software, education, media, philanthropy, neighbourhoods, workplaces and the society we live in: everything. It's about thinking, doing and
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Critical Pedagogy on the Web: Home - 0 views

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    This site has a dual focus, providing both a general overview of critical pedagogy--its definitions, history, key concepts, and major theorists--and links to other critical pedagogy resources on the web
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The Structure of Scientific Revolutions - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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  • a new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.
  • observations that are intended to falsify a statement will fall under one of the paradigms they are supposed to help compare, and will therefore also be inadequate for the task.
  • The majority of the scientific community will oppose any conceptual change, and, Kuhn emphasizes, so they should. In order to fulfill its potential, a scientific community needs to contain both individuals who are bold and individuals who are conservative.
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  • here typically follows a period in which there are adherents of both paradigms. In time, if the challenging paradigm is solidified and unified, it will replace the old paradigm, and a paradigm shift will have occurred.
  • anonymous on 07 Jun 09
     
    Thisi s a very good overview of the nature of paradigm shifts - and accurately describes our current moment of transition.
  • anonymous on 07 Jun 09
     
    a new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.
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