The new newsletter of the (US-based) Prison Math Project is now published, featuring my ‘Learn Your Way’ column as a contributing writer-educator. In this column I discuss the nature and value of ‘self-talk‘ as a potent form of personal coaching. I first learned of self-talk through the book, The Inner Game of Tennis by counselor-author-and-tennis coach Timothy Galwey In […]
Well, dip me in mango ice cream (my favourite): I’ve just learned my PhD dissertation has been nominated for a Dean of Graduate Studies Convocation Medal at SFU, within the Faculty of Education. Evidently, each faculty holds this competition each year, with award winners also eligible to compete for a ‘Governor General’s Gold Medal.’ It’s […]
An article of mine: ‘Your story, your life, your learning: Autobiography reveals basis for supporting personalized, holistic pedagogy’ is now published in the (peer-reviewed) Journal of Contemplative and Holistic Education (Vol. 2, no. 1). Basically, the article summarizes my recent PhD research and links my findings – that learning is more subjective or personal than […]
A year ago the world of education was disrupted by the introduction of a new technology akin to Columbus docking the Santa Maria in Barcelona after his discovering the ‘New World’ in 1493. I’m referring of course to the release of (advanced) AI, which was soon followed by the convening of education authorities to discuss […]
The new newsletter of the (US-based) Prison Math Project is now published, featuring my second ‘Learn Your Way’ column as a contributing writer-educator. In this column I ‘unpack’ the learning strategies that helped PMP founder and inmate Christopher Havens as he engaged with mathematics while in solitary confinement (AKA ‘the hole’) and subsequently changed his […]
Here is a link to my PhD dissertation now uploaded to the Simon Fraser University thesis repository: ‘Insight-out: A phenomenological exploration of the nature and appearance of learning’ Below are a couple of pics from my convocation event at Simon Fraser University in early October. I enjoyed being (bag)piped into the ceremony and the First […]
It’s happening – I’m now scheduled to defend my PhD research dissertation on Tuesday August 22nd, starting at 9 am (PST). Yay! It’s taken a lot of work to get here and I endured some epic challenges along the way: major health injury and surgery, Covid pandemic, other personal-family issues, and still I completed it! […]
This spring I’ve joined the team of the (US-based) Prison Math Project as a contributing writer-educator. The PMP is an amazing project, the brainchild of inmate and math prodigy Christopher Havens. My initial contribution will be through a Learn Your Way column to appear in issues of the PMP newsletter, that publishes about three times […]
It was an interesting year – 1924. 99 years ago. Astronomer Edwin Hubble discovered the Andromeda galaxy, the tomb of King Tut was revealed in Egypt, and the first automated teaching machine was invented by Sidney Pressey, a young psychologist at Ohio State University. These three events share a thread linking to notions of human […]
In crafting a literature review for my PhD dissertation on the subject of learning, certain researchers and authors jumped out at me. I was fascinated to know about Frederick Winslow Taylor and his theory of ‘scientific management’ that girded the automation of modern education. ‘Taylorism’, as it was known, forged the way for standardized curricula, […]
Michael’s book, Learn Your Way! SelfDesigning the Life You Really Want, Starting Now is an ERAC-approved middle and high school textbook for career planning and health education courses (British Columbia), and it has received many endorsements. Contact Michael directly to obtain a pdf copy of the book.
