Monday, June 07, 2010

Feynman's Teaching Philosophy


Feynman's "teaching philosophy" from his self-notes in the Caltech archives (Brazil, 1952):
"First figure out why you want the students to learn the subject and what you want them to know, and the method will result more or less by common sense."
-- from "Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics Explained by Its Most Brilliant Teacher", Richard P. Feynman.
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Thursday, June 03, 2010

Kevin Bales on slavery


Kevin Bales explains the business of modern slavery:



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TED Talks


Although I have been a TED watcher for a long time, I have been watching a lot of them of late. I will probably end up linking the ones I enjoy here. That should compensate for the recent inactivity here!
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TED: Dr.Jill Taylor on brain and nirvana


Jill Bolte Taylor on brain and nirvana:



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