Pedagogy and the Science of the Mind, 1798-1899

In the twenty-first century it is fairly common to discuss teaching as the application of psychological principles (as in Susan Ambrose et al.’s How Learning Works [2010]) or even the alteration of neural pathways (as James Zull does in The Art of Changing the Brain [2002]). This research is seen as something rather new: as

Mentors and Intangibles: Remembering Gary and Greg

As applicants and search committees look forward to the upcoming Modern Language Association convention in Seattle, Rosemary Feal has been listing “intangibles, not visible on CV”  on her Twitter feed. She means characteristics like integrity, maturity, honesty, and empathy, which while hard to glean from job materials are nonetheless very important to employers. I’ve been