John Dewey on the True Purpose of Education and How to Harness the Power of...
Maria Popova, Brain Pickings, Sep 19, 2014 “While it is not the business of education … to teach every possible item of information, it is its business to cultivate deep-seated and effective habits of...
View ArticleWKU Honors College Scholars at IdeaFestival 2014 in Louisville: An Eclectic...
The motto and approach of IdeaFestival is very similar to Honors education understood as transdisciplinary and transformative global education that cultivates global competence. I am therefore very...
View ArticleIdeaFestival 2014 #2: Immortality: The Quest to Live Forever and How It...
Stephen Cave Session: Immortality Wednesday, October 1, 2014 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM (Kentucky Center) Dr Stephen Cave is a philosopher, writer and critic. He has worked both as an academic, studying and...
View ArticleIdeaFestival 2014 #3: Jazz Musician Wynton Marsalis on Art & Creativity in...
Wynton Marsalis Session: Wynton Marsalis Wednesday, October 1, 2014 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM (Kentucky Center) Wynton Marsalis is the Managing and Artistic Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center and a...
View ArticleIdeaFestival 2014 #5: Us vs. Them: How to move from commonsense morality to...
Joshua Greene Session: Us/Them Thursday, October 2, 2014, 9-10am, Kentucky Center Joshua D. Greene is Professor of Psychology, a member of the Center for Brain Science faculty, and the Director of the...
View ArticleIdeaFestival 2014 #10: Disruptive Thinking, Ideation & Art Creation:...
Sam Van Aken Friday, October 3, 2014, 10.30-11.30am, (Kentucky Center) Sam Van Aken’s approach to ideation and art making follows a highly disruptive process that interrupts, confuses and transforms...
View ArticleThe real value of a real education has almost nothing to do with knowledge,...
This is an opportunity to continue the conversation we started at H4. David Foster Wallace is widely considered one of the most creative writers of the last 20 years. He is the author of the novel...
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