Professional Libraries

Hypothesizing Exercises

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 07:22:00 -0400

A table of anecdotes linked to exercise sheets

Philosophy of Education: readings and related assignments

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:19:26 -0400

Readings and Related Assignments for: Distance Learning Projects , Independent Studies and Advanced Preparation of Intensive Study Seminar

No Biz Like Ed Biz

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:51:51 -0400

The droll, the absurd, the funny, the unbelievable -- and education is supposed to be so dull, so pedestrian, so unexciting!

Second Thoughts -- a blog of less heard perspectives

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:51:54 -0400

A number of short articles that bring up issues often overlooked by the purveyors of the obvious or the unexamined.

Preventing Plagiarism & Cheating

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:51:57 -0400

How widespread is academic cheating? How is it done? What can you do about it?

What is plagiarism? How can you recognize it? What can you do about it?

Writing a Dissertation

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:52:00 -0400

Instructions, suggestions and considerations

NewFoundations Bloglocus

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:52:02 -0400

Alternatives to the drivel usually promulgated about education.

What is Woman?

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:52:05 -0400

Famous and Infamous men, often with foot in mouth, weigh in on the "nature" of the female gender.

Charts, Diagrams, Illustrations and PowerPoint Presentations

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:52:08 -0400

Useful for organizing information in multiple dimensions.

Topic Pathfinders

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:52:11 -0400

Web Sources for Important Issues in Education and Related Fields

Ethical Issues in Education

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:52:13 -0400

Practicing educators reflect on professional concerns

Controversy Analysis

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:52:16 -0400

Introduces a procedure and gives examples of controversies analyzed via a standard interrogatory.

Ethical Argument, Practical Proposal

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:52:18 -0400

In each of the essays below, a proposal is presented. Each author undertakes a. to show that at root there is an issue of ethical import. b. to provide each proposal (the claim) with a supporting structure of justification according to Toulmin: evidence, warrants and bases. c. to provide a cursory cost-benefit analysis probabilized over the short and long run; and d. to address rebuttals related to Cue, Concern and Control.

Ethics in Educational Practice

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:52:21 -0400

Articles Addressing Morality or Ethics in Educational Practice

Gallery of Educational Theorists

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:52:24 -0400

Everyone analyzed in this gallery has had his or her theories investigated in eight areas of concern: What is Worth Knowing? What is Knowledge? What is the Human Being? What is Learning? How is Knowledge to be Transmitted? What is Society? Who is to Have the Opportunity? What is Consensus?

Misgivings & Reconsiderations

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:52:28 -0400

Second thoughts about some "bright ideas" in education.

Organizational Issues and Insights

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:52:30 -0400

Papers examinining various aspects of organizational functioning and culture.

Policy Issues and Analyses

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:52:33 -0400

Articles of critical examination of policy theory and practice.

Program Planning in a Competitive Environment

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:52:36 -0400

Proposals and curriculum developed  for presentation in an adversarial context