exploring life and education in Central Asia
Noticing incongruities between sign and meaning became a sort of hobby as I entered college. I noticed things like the disappearing and reappearing “u” in words like “honour” by my immigrant friends. I noticed the way friends would seemingly unconsciously vary between “OK” and “okay.”
Good leaders need to be willing to learn and willing to trust. However, in some cultures or situations, good leaders need to act as if they know everything and do not trust anyone; they sometimes need to hide their humility and vulnerability.
The flaws in the Situational Model’s operational definitions, theoretical basis, lack of cross-cultural and psychological foundations, and foundational research all prevent me from embracing it as a model. However,…
Returning to the standard definition of extroversion instead of the Jungian definition should give hope to the 50% of the population who Myers-Briggs labels introverts. Standard-definition extroversion is correlated strongly with leadership because people tend to follow people who like them.
Not long ago, I tried to use a video clip from a popular American television comedy about a group of…
Digital badges allow an image file to be embedded with digital evidence of an accomplishment. This allows verification of non-institutionalized learning in ways that could be especially beneficial to the people from pastoralist cultures in developing countries.
Originally presented with Ross Perkins, Bose State University, at AECT 2018. @gwinrr, @DrRossPerkins.
One of the many storylines in Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina regards the diffusion of agricultural innovations to Russia from the industrial revolution in…
