Daring to be dumb in educational practice and scholarship

Like some of my other posts, I decided to leave this post title without a clarifying subheading. It refers to a suggestion made by Brad Heckman, an educator and specialist in conflict resolution with a background in international peacemaking who now leads an organization that provides conflict mediation training for police working in urban communities. …

Mindfulness and the music of the world

“It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.” -- Jiddu Krishnamurti Tonight, in the biweekly lecture series we have at CUNY, one of our guest speakers told us about mindfulness in education, from teachers accessing the stress reduction techniques derived from Buddhism and reinvigorated as a secular practice nowadays, …