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Online Learning Manifesto
Old Hierarchy–in the micro, the macro, and the everywhere in between-o A centuries-old capitalist agenda has long made itself manifest in every single hierarchy of human relating. From the unparalleled intimacy of household relationships, patriarchy crouched in dimly lit corners whispering of roles, whose literacy was eligible to earn coin or sign land contracts, of…
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Oppression
I took a class at USF once titled Feminist Digital Humanities. Seeing it on my schedule when I’d registered for Feminist Critical Theory, I was initially a big disappointment. I imagined someone had decided we literature students needed a hefty dose of analyzing literature specifically written for or on the most modern delivery systems and,…
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Silent Steps: what ADHD learners don’t get to hear
When I set about trying to zero in with absolute precision on what I, as a learner with ADHD, have been unable to access–and have witnessed my own children with ADHD being likewise unable to access–my discovery amused me. Because as I zoomed in and in and in–bringing into crisp focus the–as I said, precise–deficit,…
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Behaviorists Vs. Everybody (but in this case, I’m with Everybody)
“Two Sides” For as long as I can remember, I’ve witnessed–on a local and national level–a political war. The two waging sides, aptly represented in terms of learning theories by exclusive behaviorists versus everyone else, are now as they have always been, fighting on the battlegrounds of public school classrooms. As we witnessed in 1954’s…
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