Let's talk about an issue that no doubt has surfaced in many other areas around the globe but for the purpose of this article will be narrowed to a local scene, that I have witnessed first hand. The recent opening of a safe consumption site within this city has caused quite a stir among the … Continue reading
Jean Piaget on education
This article is going to be looking at education through the theoretical lens of the Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget. After learning about many of the various issues that surround modern education through many hours of conversations and collaboration with a professor and now colleague, who had taught in a fashion quite similar to what is … Continue reading
Experiences from inside the classroom
This is a personal experience blog post of things I have noticed during my time in post-secondary education. There is an implicit method within modern education that covers up the fact they are not really teaching critical thinking. Part of this is class participation being the bare minimum, encouraging maybe a small amount of class … Continue reading
Relevance, recommendations, and expected outcomes
The next industrial revolution is going to disintegrate many jobs while also creating new ones in its wake. The skills that are going to stand out, and to a large extent be required, in the workforce of the near future, are detailed in an earlier post and are what we at Socelor are aiming to transfer to learners … Continue reading
Stagnant wells
Going through modern education after actually learning what it is missing and being one of the initiators of this institution, has pushed me to actually really dig into the issues that surround the field I have chosen to work in, that of psychology and education. One of the main problems that has bothered me is … Continue reading
Grade inflation
The nature of grading has stuck with us despite many findings that it does not seem to be as productive as it is made out to be, with much of the literature pointing to the practice as something that hinders motivation to learn, not being an accurate measure of actual skill as well as promoting … Continue reading