[Xmca-l] Re: FW: New Book on Brain-Friendly Assessments is Here!

[mike cole]

Some relevant material here, Helen. Peter probably has a bunch more.

I am afraid that back to the future is the way things are going. Very nice
when you like that past as your future, not so nice when you don't......
makes it seems like you want to ask, a la Pete Seeger and "where have all
the flowers gone," "when will they ever learn."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1y2SIIeqy34

mike

On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 5:26 AM, Helen Harper <helen.harper@bigpond.com>
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> Speaking of which, can anyone point me to any recent sociocultural or
> cultural-historical-informed critiques of the current culture-free trends
> in educational neuroscience? I would be much obliged.
>
> Helen
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> > On 16 Mar 2015, at 9:39 pm, Andy Blunden <ablunden@mira.net> wrote:
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> > I think I'll send my brain along to one of these sessions!
> > Andy
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> > Peter Smagorinsky wrote:
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