Decay of Discourse

Mar 12 2021 30 ep. 57 mins 825

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Decay (v.) • Decline in quality, power, or vigor Discourse (n.) • Written or spoken communication or debate

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E59: Battle of the Classics

Mar 12 2021 57 mins

What are Classics? • On Justifications for Studying the Humanities • The Humanistic Tradition • Humanistic Aims and Humanitarian Aims • The Humanities in Crisis • A Social Darwinist Curriculum • Character Development as a Curricular Aim • Responding to Various Arguments • On Irving Babbitt For suggested readings and links to other resources visit our website decayo

E58: Digital Tools, Games, and Historical Empathy (A Conversation with James Diamond)

Feb 26 2021 60 mins

Fundamental Practices in the Art of Teaching • Tool Affordances and Human Effectivities • On Classrooms as Constrained Environments • The Business of Education • Tools Can Support Motivation • Pitfalls of The Profit Motive in the Education Space • Distinguishing Between Game-Based Learning, Gamification, and Gameful Learning • A Game as a Logical System • Gaming and

E57: A Conservative Case for Liberal Education

Feb 08 2021 75 mins

Index Conservative Professors and Job Satisfaction • A Conservative Case for Liberal Education • Campus Cultures • Demands, Dialogue, and Scrutiny • What We Talk About When We Talk About Being Reasonable • On Yielding to Reason as an Authority • What Purposes Do Colleges Serve? • On Media and a Few Perceptions of Campus Cultures • On the Role of Shame on College Cam

E56: Pandemic U

Feb 01 2021 63 mins

Index On the Evolution of Normal Schools • Transformative Moments in Teacher Education • The Making of the Middle Class • On State University Funding • Imperiled Working-Class Colleges • College Competition • The Pandemic Bait and Switch • On Administrative Mismanagement • “they see the dorm, rec center, and food.” • The Gap Year Considered • What Are Studen

E55: Syllabus with William Germano and Kit Nicholls

Dec 01 2020 52 mins

Origins of the Term Syllabus • What Could a Syllabus Be? • Time and Permission to Think • Figuring out what the Questions Will Be • Learning How to Learn • Teaching and Storytelling • Telling Someone Something They Do Not Know is Not Teaching • Technology Altering What Education Means • Teachers, Students, and the Classroom: A Community • Syllabus as Social Contra

E54:"...but you're also a human," On Transformative Texts and the Liberal Arts

Nov 12 2020 38 mins

Liberal Arts in Decline • On the Value of a Liberal Arts Education • 2008 and the Diminution of Liberal Arts Colleges • What can the Humanities Offer Students? • Seeking a Remedy • The Five Themes of Cornerstone • A Thematic Approach to Gen Ed Requirements • Reading, Writing, and Presenting • "A career tailored major" • What is a Transformative Text? • Siddharta

E53: "Stream Unavailable" - Pirate Radio, Vinyl Junkies, and the Gonzo Disc Jockey of YouTube

Oct 29 2020 75 mins

In this episode of Dirty History, I sit down with Sam Pennacchio of Vinyl Junkies. At the time of writing this description, Sam has, for the past 230 days, broadcasted pirate radio streams 3-5 hours a night on Youtube and Twitch—no breaks, no gaps, no permission. -- Portuguese Nuggets • The Spirit of Discovery • On Humanizing Technology • An AM Radio Style • Algorithm Fat

E52: Education, Power, and Providence - The Concept of an Educated Consumer

Oct 12 2020 66 mins

On Being an Internet Based Business • The Concept of Bag Appeal • Initiative 71 • Education, Power, and Providence • The Concept of an Educated Consumer • Consumer Interest / Consumer Protection To learn more about District Derp follow them on Instagram @districtderp, or visit their website at https://districtderp.com/ Dirty History is produced by Muckraker Media. Dirt

E51: There's an Argument in There - On Critical Thinking with Jonathan Haber

Sep 30 2020 56 mins

Leverage the Power of Doubt • The Place of Critical Thinking in Education • On a Definition of Critical Thinking • Comparing Immersion and Infusion • The Application of Critical Thinking to Standing Curriculum • Knowledge, Skills, and Dispositions • John Dewey and Reflective Thinking • MOOCs • Online Resources in Education • Discourse in the Age of Disinformation

E50: Transmit, Don't Indoctrinate

Aug 19 2020 78 mins

“In Praise of Idleness” • Leisure in a Constructive Sense • Recreational Guilt • The Remembered Self • Productivity Bias • Instrumental Tasks • On the Value of Conversations • Shit Canning Street Epistemology • Mass Media and Critical Thinking • A Hypothetical Philosophy Curriculum • Making Sense • Defining Critical Thinking • Metacognition • Podcastin