Michele Pasin / Quotes

Principles are not practices

Principles are not practices. A practice is a specific activity or action. A practice that works in one circumstance will not necessarily work in another, as parents who have tried to raise a second child exactly like they did the first can readily attest. While practices are situationally specific, principles are deep, fundamental truths that have universal application. They…

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#principles #practice #parents

Effort separates high from low performers

What separates high performers from low performers is not some divine spark. It is, the most recent findings suggest, a much more boring—but ultimately more…

Brain Rules for Baby (John Medina) #practice #executive-function #attention

Enjoying children beats college theory

“When I hire those college students, they are full of theory but don’t know what to do in the classroom. I’d rather hire someone with no college but a true…

Theories of Childhood, Second Edition (Carol Garhart Mooney) #teaching #children #theory #practice

Epistemic practices in philosophy

In this paper, I wish to consider how some of these technologies are affecting the teaching and learning of philosophy, as integral aspects of what it is to…

Philosophy Engines: Technology And Reading/writing/thinking Philosophy #philosophy #epistemic-practices #practice #thought-experiment

Field study (hci research method)

Field studies or case studies are an attempt to study practitioners in a realistic environment. The goal is to evaluate actual performance in a precise…

Improving The Human Factors Aspect Of Database Interactions. #practice #issues

Gramsci's philosophy of praxis

Although in very poor health and initially forced to share a cell with five other prisoners, Gramsci’s brain kept working and he produced the posthumously…

The Book Of Dead Philosophers (critchley, Simon) #philosophy #ideology #culture #practice

Libraries and the digital revolution

UK libraries are currently experiencing a ‘perfect storm’ in which user expectations continue to rise and technological and licensing options become ever more…

Impact Of Social Sciences – Metadata Is The Key To Collaboration #expectations #practice #opportunities #implications