Process Thought's Challenge for Education and Life Change, progress, and stability, who does not support this unlikely triumvirate? The founder of process philosophy Alfred North Whitehead believes in all three. For him, the art of progress is to preserve order amid change, and to preserve change amid order. Whitehead's work, The Aims of Education, starts with its recipients.… Read More »
Having taught at pretty much all age groups throughout Taiwan’s educational spectrum, I believe that there are six axioms that pretty much inform ALL of Taiwan’s educational philosophy in the 21st Century. Whether any of these is relevant for Taiwan in the 21st Century is entirely another question. 1. To learn it you MUST memorize it. To memorize… Read More »
Student Graduates College in Only Two Semesters I came across this post on one of my favorite blogs of late, and I was quite shocked. The attitude was so different to when I was at school, and I don’t know what has changed. A sample is this: The article reports that David took 23 units his first semester… Read More »