Category Archives for Citizen Learner
The 4 Known Pillars of a Long, Healthy Life
There are no guarantees in life, particularly when it comes to life itself. Genetics, environment, or random accidents are just a few of the factors that can disrupt the best laid plans. Leaving these
Continue readingAre you epistemologically modest?
“Epistemology” is one of the big, fancy worlds I encountered in graduate school and have rarely encountered since. You’ll usually see it defined as something like “theory of knowledge,”
Continue readingResearch says …
Never totally trust this phrase or any of its variants – “a study shows,” “scientists claim, ” etc. Who did the research? How much experience did they have, and what biases
Continue reading10 Ways to Exercise Your Human Right to Learn
How deeply do you appreciate – and take advantage of – the freedom you have to learn and grow continually? This post was originally written for Blog Action Day (which, alas, no longer exists)
Continue reading5 Key Benefits of Lifelong Learning
If you are like me, you probably take it for granted that consciously engaging in lifelong learning is worth it, well, just because. You are intrinsically motivated to learn and therefore don’t need
Continue readingImagine. Just Imagine.
We’ve still got a lot to learn, eh? Rest in peace, John. (John Lennon, October 9, 1940 – December 8, 1980) (Click through if you don’t see the video)
Continue reading4 Essential Attitudes for Successful Lifelong Learners
A guest post by John Dewey Some attitudes may be named…which are central in effective intellectual ways of dealing with subject matter. Among the most important are directness, open-mindedness, single-mindedness
Continue readingPutting Civic Literacy to the Test
I was reading a Hal Crowther‘s article on how America is losing its conscience, brain, and heart when I noted mention of a study by the National Civic Literacy Board. A few Googly-seconds later
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