Several people have asked me backchannel to post a bit about teaching in India.
I have not gotten around to it because basically I am always too overwhelmed by
just about everything to get around to posting something.
So I thought I'd post a bit about Euro/American-centrism in teaching and
Thanks for sharing those experiences, Annette. I bet you have enough material
to publish a case study or memoir.
As the number of foreign students continue to grow in US and European countries
and as studying and teaching abroad become more widespread across institutions
who wish to gain a
Mike, having helped construct a classroom in southern India, I can tell you
that drywall was never a consideration. The building was bricks that were
made down the road. In the cities, the buildings were made from concrete
with steel support beams. Again, no drywall on the inside. Thus, tacks
Hi
-Original Message-
From: Mike Palij [mailto:m...@nyu.edu]
(1) Regarding robins: Whenever I cover Eleanor Rosch's work on the structure
of categories, I emphasize that the prototype is the most representative
example of a category or the modal instance of the
category (i.e., the
A few points:
(1) Regarding robins: Whenever I cover Eleanor Rosch's work
on the structure of categories, I emphasize that the prototype is
the most representative example of a category or the modal
instance of the category (i.e., the instance that one has experienced
most often) and THAT
Dear Colleagues,
As you may recall, I have been running an online game where users get to rate
the impact of historically significant psychologists (as well as related
scholars and scientiists). In the current standings, a number of key
behaviorists (and fellow travellers) are dominating the
On Fri, 20 Nov 2015 08:13:24 -0800, Jim Clark wrote:
Hi
Howdy
-Original Message-
[snip]
JC: Here I have to disagree being very familiar with modern building
techniques
in Greece (and perhaps same holds in India?). Cement columns are filled
in with
bricks that are directly plastered
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