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Monday, February 24, 2014

2-24-14 the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness by P. L. Thomas, EdD

the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness (the public and scholarly writing by P. L. Thomas, Furman University):








True Detective: It’s Still a Man’s (Hostile) World, pt. 2
I started to say True Detective (HBO original series) is gold ore and then to pursue a metaphor of finding something of value in an impure original form. But one of the two main characters is named Rust Cohle (Matthew McConaughey) so I will say instead, True Detective is iron ore and we can find something of value—something tarnished, yes—in an impure original form. I want to start with the tarnis

Knowledge: Not If, but How (and Who Decides)

As I have posted before, progressivism and whole language have a long history of being blamed for failure when in reality neither has been practiced in any substantial way by teachers. While school policies and classroom practices have remained committed to traditional approaches and behavioral groundings, it is likely more accurate to describe schooling in the U.S. as dominantly bureaucratic—ofte


2-23-14 the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness by P. L. Thomas, EdD
the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness (the public and scholarly writing by P. L. Thomas, Furman University): remnant 56: “thus I, for example, in the midst of my unhappiness”remnant 56: “thus I, for example, in the midst of my unhappiness”.by plthomasedd / 6min   2-22-14 the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness by P. L. Thomas, EdDTHE BECOMING RADICALRadical Sc