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Learning as Play
“It’s better to be wrong than boring.” So believes Andre Geim, the only scientist to win both a Nobel Prize—for isolating the highly versatile material graphene—and an Ig Nobel Prize—for his highly unconventional experiments levitating frogs. Geim is what art historian Sarah Lewis calls a deliberate amateur, someone driven by a restless spirit of exploration, Continue reading
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Student Engagement is Crucial. But Can We Measure It, and Should We Even Try?
I have a colleague who directs our university’s journalism program. She loves attending editorial meetings of the campus newspaper, where the students’ eagerness to find compelling stories and to receive feedback on their writing is palpable. Seeing students this excited to engage the process, to improve their skills, to work toward a collective goal … Continue reading
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