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According to Suzanne Gallagher, “problematizing [is] the process of grasping an assumption, that is, a taken-for-granted way of thinking, and turning it into a question” (1999, p. 70). It involves surfacing and identifying certain, often implicit, assumptions and beliefs and asking whether they really make sense and whether they admit of alternatives. Problematizing Gifted Education,…
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meinwelt: Christo Wrapped Snoopy House 2004 Project for Charles M. Schulz Museum Lithograph and collage
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christopherhiggs: Maciej Ratajski
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good: Why Supporting Your Local Library Is the Ultimate Homage to Ray Bradbury “When I graduated from high school in 1938, I began going to the library three nights a week,” said Bradbury. “I did this every week for almost ten years and finally, in 1947, around the time I got married, I figured I…
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My students resist the lack of topic structure because they are the children of structured learning and structured entertainment. John Stilgoe, Outside Lies Magic (via Thomas Steele-Maley (via robertogreco)
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No, and it’s fascinating. If you’re a kid in Texas, I gather, you think nothing of driving 300 miles in your school bus to go play a basketball game or something. It’s just the sense of how far you have to go to get places, even if all the places you’re getting to are actually…
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But Kearns isn’t the only person in town with constituents. Jones has gone to hers as well. “When it was canceled, I communicated to the public and encouraged folks to speak their minds. I asked, ‘What do you want to have happen here?’” She says, “We’ve had an overwhelmingly positive response. People who didn’t want…
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massurban: “Has South America’s Most Sustainable City Lost Its Edge? Flavia Halais. June 6, 2012 The southern Brazil metropolis of Curitiba built its reputation as an urban planning model thanks, in large part, to its innovative transportation system. But in recent years, the system has become overcrowded and expensive, pushing people into their cars. Curitiba…
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tedfromtheinternet: spiegelman: whitneymcn: Words fail me. It’s the incomparable Mr. Rogers, and it was produced by PBS Digital Studios. As god is my witness, I don’t know what else to say — just watch. This is serious. That clicking sound you hear is me Googling around for job openings at PBS Digital Studios. (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
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walkerartcenter: Going camping this Memorial Day weekend? Well, you’ll definitely need a map made of photocopies, dried holy basil, a boxed camp stove, a metal can opener in a plastic bag, dried red chili, and all the other items in Rirkrit Tiravanija’s Without Title (Rucksack Installation) from 1993. (via Walker Art Center | Collections and Resources)…