Are you ready for a change? As we welcome 2016, many of us make resolutions wanting to improve and change our lives. Change can be positive, but, sometimes, too many changes happening too fast based on too little information lead…
Transforming Education—December 2015
The only way to abolish war is to make peace seem heroic. —John Dewey Recently, Butler University alumnus Rob Goodwin came to campus to speak to Dr. Arthur Hochman’s and Professor Cathy Hartman’s undergraduate first-year course in teacher education. Rob…
Transforming Education – October 2015
What is extraordinary in the human mind is not only our capacity to move from one language to another, from one ‘intelligence’ to another; we are also capable of reciprocal listening that makes communication and dialogue possible. Children are the…
Transforming Education—September 2015
“The biggest mistake you will ever make is being afraid to make one.” — Author Unknown A new school year has begun and with it brings the opportunity to try new ideas and approaches, and to test our willingness to…
Transforming Education – March 2015
Reinventing “Rigor” in Education A Guest Column by Professor Cathy Hartman I have been troubled by the word rigor, often used today to describe something lacking in contemporary education. Standardized testing of students can supposedly expose and even correct non-rigorous…