>
>MnFamilyMan@aol.com writes:
>
>
>> Since Skinner introduced such a viable
>> product into academic discourse it appears to me that theorists who
>argue
>> against capitalism are complaining about the very idea that educators
>can
>> utilize capitalist ideas to structure their own classrooms.
>
>I would greatly appreciate any comments regarding my opinion.
>
>Eric
Eric, i've not got a clue what the above means - i don't understand the
notion of a viable product introduced into discourse, academic or not.
as an educator - i've taught 30 years now in elementary school - it is my
take that skinnerian behaviorism has been one of the most destructive
theories applied to education - yet, it thrives in standard educational
understanding of explaining children's behavior. it is an easy enough
answer, i guess.
phillip
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The English noun "identity" comes, ultimately, from the
Latin adverb "identidem", which means "repeatedly."
The Latin has exactly the same rhythm as the English,
buh-BUM-buh-BUM - a simple iamb, repeated; and
"identidem" is, in fact, nothing more than a
reduplication of the word "idem", "the same":
"idem(et)idem". "Same(and) same". The same,
repeated. It is a word that does exactly what
it means.
from "The Elusive Embrace" by Daniel
Mendelsohn.
phillip white
third grade teacher
doctoral student http://ceo.cudenver.edu/~hacms_lab/index.htm
scrambling a dissertation
denver, colorado
phillip_white@ceo.cudenver.edu
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