Author: Kieran

Shullenberger, G. (2022). The Corruption of the Best: On Ivan Illich. American Affairs, 6(2), https://americanaffairsjournal.org/2022/05/the-corruption-of-the-best-on-ivan-illich/ Review of Cayley, D. (2021). Ivan Illich: An intellectual journey. The Pennsylvania State University Press. https://doi.org/10.1515/9780271089140 Header image: ﻼF (here) Paradoxical Counterproductivity This was a dynamic that took hold “whenever the use of an institution paradoxically takes away from society […]

Möbius, K., Plato, M., & Savitsky, A. (2022). The Möbius Strip Topology: History, Science, and Applications in Nanotechnology, Materials, and the Arts (1st ed.). Jenny Stanford Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003256298 Header image: Adam Pekalski & Antonio Toga If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, and don’t assign them tasks […]

Sacasas, L. M. (2024, November 27). The Enclosure of the Human Psyche. The Convivial Society, (5)13. https://theconvivialsociety.substack.com/p/the-enclosure-of-the-human-psyche Header image: ﻼF in Dall-E [HHH idea…] Review: https://email.projectliberty.io/six-takeaways-from-project-libertys-summit?ecid=ACsprvslTJ1HgvC3XH_PxHnmWzZlC0u-ySonTMqUDubBkJo7TCpdllkY7ZJk_WupQHoZBXPu7RSd Takeaway #3: Your data is you. A central theme of Project Liberty’s Summit was the role of data in empowering individuals to reclaim control over their digital identities. Audrey […]

Zimmerman et al. (1998). A Complexity Science Primer: What is Complexity Science and Why Should I Learn About It?https://uwaterloo.ca/waterloo-institute-for-social-innovation-and-resilience/sites/default/files/uploads/documents/4._primer_on_complexity-from_edgeware-adapted_for_website_0.pdf Header image: KF in Gimp Complex Adaptive System (CAS) “Out of nothing, nature makes something. How do you make something from nothing? Although nature knows this trick, we haven’t learned much just by watching… [Life’s] reign of […]

Leggo, C. (2005). Pedagogy of the Heart: Ruminations on Living Poetically. The Journal of Educational Thought, 39(2), 175-195. https://www.jstor.org/stable/23767223 Header image: ﻼF Human beings are really human be(com)ings constituted in the play of language. “Teachers need to love the people they aspire to teach. Therefore, they need to know their pupils. They need to enter […]

(Feb 12, 2024) AI Could Actually Help Rebuild The Middle Class https://www.noemamag.com/how-ai-could-help-rebuild-the-middle-class/ Header image: ﻼF Although artisanal expertise was revered, its value was ultimately decimated by the rise of mass production in the 18th and 19th centuries. Mass production meant breaking the complex work of artisans into discrete, self-contained and often quite simple steps that […]

Naloxone (pronounced na-LOX-own) is a fast-acting medication used to temporarily reverse the effects of opioid overdoses, also called an opioid poisoning. [source] Header image: Darryl Dick/The Canadian Press (Dec 13, 2024) B.C. pharmacist who dispensed 28,400 naloxone doses to single person fined, suspended https://bc.ctvnews.ca/b-c-pharmacist-who-dispensed-28-400-naloxone-doses-to-single-person-fined-suspended-1.7145665 (Sept 27, 2024) Naloxone, AED’s to be added to Richmond schools, […]

Header image: ﻼF in Dall-E Nathan Gardels interviews Yuval Noah Harari about his new book Nexushttps://www.noemamag.com/al-will-take-over-human-systems-from-within/ the truth is a very rare and costly kind of information. If you just flood the world with information, truth is bound to lose. If you want truth to win and to acquire knowledge and wisdom, you must tilt […]

Header image: ﻼF in Dall-E Seemann, K. W. (2009). Technacy education: Understanding cross-cultural technological practice. In J. Fien, R. Maclean & M. Park (Eds.), Work, learning and sustainable development (pp. 117-131). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8194-1_9 Header image: ﻼF in Dall-E Technology studies are both highly visible but rarely valued in almost every national curriculum. It is often […]

Some Knowledge is Sacred and Only Shared With Permission and/or in Certain Situations “Exploring Indigenous knowledge in the classroom was challenged and struck down in the court case Servatius v. Alberni School District No. 70, where it was deemed that a smudging ceremony which took place in a Port Alberni, BC school was not a […]

Header image: Screenshot of home page of Indigenizing Shop Jeremy O’Shea is a Tech Ed teacher at Edward Milne Community School, SD#62 Sooke. In 2021, he completed his MEd at UVic, submitting the following project: The project was to create “an online website that will act as a resource for technology educators to guide in […]

Header image: Foundation for Economic Education A charming story which explains how something as apparently simple as a pencil is, in fact, the product of a very complex economic process based upon the division of labor, international trade, and comparative advantage. [source] The pencil details the complexity of its own creation, listing its components (cedar, […]

Header image: KF – personal pic [in progress] Kahlil Gibran: Sand and Foam (1926) I have learned silence from the talkative,tolerance from the intolerantand kindness from the unkind.I should not be ungrateful to those teachers. Remembrance is a form of meeting.Forgetfulness is a form of freedom. One may not reach the dawn save by the […]

Professional Autonomy Lens (2023)https://www.bctf.ca/classroom-resources/details/professional-autonomy-lens “Autonomy refers to thinking for oneself in uncertain and complex situations in which judgment is more important than routine. For teachers, the nature of their work and its social context complicates this definition. Teaching involves placing one’s autonomy at the service of the best interests of children.”—Anne Phelan and Alice Pitt. […]

Meaning in context: is there any other kind? (Mishler, 1979) “knowledge is personally constructed, socially mediated, and inherently situated” Vignette #1: ‘study over-runs’ Vignette #2: ‘key information absent ‘‘the critical issue is not the determination of a singular ‘truth’ but the assessment of the relative plausibility of an interpretation’’ (Mishler, 1986, p. 112) five points […]

Header image: Screengrab from YouTube Video Babakiueria (Barbeque Area) is a 1986 Australian satirical film on relations between Aboriginal Australians and Australians of European descent. BabaKiueria https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BabaKiueria Notes below video: ∞ KF Lesson ideas Paired with / preceded/ succeeded by Recall…🤦🏻‍♂️

Header image: KF photo – Alex Janvier’s Morning Star Coulter, D., & Wiens, J. R. (2008). Prologue: Why do we educate? Renewing the Conversation. Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, 107(1), 5–18. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7984.2008.00126.x The Educated Person Exercise {DFN} [People] who wonder about the world they inhabit [KF: Roy]. Many are voracious […]

Byung-Chul Han’s Burnout Society: Our Only Imperative is to Achieve https://philosophybreak.com/articles/byung-chul-han-burnout-society-our-only-imperative-is-to-achieve/ Hyperattention Self-exploitation.  Auto-exploitation is more efficient than allo-exploitation [i.e. external-exploitation] because a deceptive feeling of freedom accompanies it. The exploiter is simultaneously the exploited. Exploitation now occurs without domination. That is what makes self-exploitation so efficient. The capitalist system is switching from allo-exploitation to […]

Poetter, T. S. (2024). Curriculum Fragments: A Currere Journey through Life Processes. Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/Curriculum-Fragments-A-Currere-Journey-through-Life-Processes/Poetter/p/book/9781032595771 Foreword [BP] The past is never dead. It’s not even past. All of us labor in webs spun long before we were born, webs of heredity and environment, of desire and consequence, of history and eternity.” (William Faulkner, Requiem for a […]

David Whyte (2014) – Consolations: The Solace, Nourishment and Underlying Meaning of Everyday Wordshttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24108839-consolations Hiding is a way of staying alive. Hiding is a way of holding ourselves until we are ready to come into the light. Hiding is one of the brilliant and virtuoso practices of almost every part of the natural world: the […]

Header image: Screenshot of Discipline Outcomes page Starting in 2024, I’m making a list of “teacher stories” here for reference. ∞ (Dec 16, 2024) ‘Unsafe conditions’: Surrey falling behind on inclusive education, advocates warn https://globalnews.ca/news/10920609/surrey-inclusive-education-safety-support/ (Dec 6, 2024) Teacher Resignations Are on the Rise in BC https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/12/06/Teacher-Resignations-Rise-BC/ (Dec 5, 2024) Several Burnaby schools to adopt […]

Header image: KF “DALL·E-2022-09-29-08.11.45-A-painting-in-the-style-of-Rubens-of-Sisyphus-rolling-his-boulder-uphill-while-Albert-Camus-smokes-a-cigarette-watches-from-afar” Connell, R. (2009). Good teachers on dangerous ground: towards a new view of teacher quality and professionalism. Critical Studies in Education, 50(3), 213-229, https://doi.org/10.1080/17508480902998421 Part 1: the changing idea of the good teacherFrom servant to scholar-teacher In an admirable study called The Good Teacher, Moore (2004) finds three competing discourses in […]

Header image: Justice Laws Website The Criminal Code (Cr.C )https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_Code_(Canada) 318 – Hate Propaganda Re: Bill C-19: the Budget Implementation Act (June 15, 2022) Paula Simons: We cannot fight hate by criminalizing speech, no matter how vile https://nationalpost.com/news/paula-simons-we-cannot-fight-hate-by-criminalizing-speech-no-matter-how-vile Ernst Zündel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Zündel Malcolm Ross (school teacher) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_Ross_(school_teacher) James Keegstra https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Keegstra

BCIT visit: May 1, 2024 Melanie Mark: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanie_Mark Melanie’s LinkedIn ⬇: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melanie-mark-95598b97/recent-activity/all/ Provincial Tuition Waiver Program https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/education-training/post-secondary-education/pay-for-school/provincial-tuition-waiver-program ∞ Provincial Tuition Waiver Program and Learning for Future Grant brochure ⬇

Header image: DALL·E 2024-01-03 – a sci-fi image of an Ouroboros I had been using the the term LLM (large-language model) and refraining from using the somewhat misleading term “Artificial Intelligence” (AI). Going forward, I will use Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). Generative AI in K-12 Education | November 5, 2024 https://educ.ubc.ca/generative-ai-in-k-12-education-november-5-2024/ Chris Kennedy start: 10:04-28:55 […]