This October, the Nobel committees honor the people who expanded what we know. But no prize for the science of how any of them learned to do the work in the first place. Pavlov won in 1904. Dewey, Thorndike, and Vygotsky never could. Why this should change

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What a dumb human being

Small progress still counts. You don’t have to rush everything

“Be satisfied even with the smallest progress” ~ Marcus Aurelius

He’s not even Argentine’s greatest.

I was listening to a Space about religion earlier and it took me back to secondary school in Nigeria. Boys-only Catholic school, from JSS1. Every midday we recited the Angelus and sang the Catholic hymns every morning. It was just part of school. What I remember more clearly now is the annual Catholic harvest back then. We were always excited. You paid a certain amount for harvest, your parents gave you the money, and you took part. Our Jehovah’s Witness classmates never paid and never joined. At the start, teachers and some of us would stress them, intimidate them, tell them to just pay, what’s the big deal. Sometimes it got angry. Some of them got beaten or punished for not paying, until the school settled on “bring a packet of chalk instead.” What makes me sad looking back is not the chalk. It’s how we saw them. Me and a lot of my friends treated them like they were just stubborn, like they were being difficult over something simple. We resented them. A lot of that came from how the teachers talked about them. We didn’t know better then. I called one of them recently and asked if he remembered. He got emotional. He said it affected his relationships with other people and his mental health in school. Nobody knew what he was going through. The way the school piled on them made him feel like he was doing something wrong, and at some point he even started questioning his own faith. Just thinking out loud. We can do better than that.

I’m just still living life like I have always done. Just in a better way now.

One of the most effective ways we determine if a learner has learnt something is if they are able to conveniently teach it to others/their peers.

Chief Obafemi Awolowo or Chief Adekunle Ajasin.

Edward Thorndike or John Dewey?

What is going on here?

I like it

Robert Ross made a colossal mistake. What were you thinking man?

USA left group chat.

Just insane speed. 🐆

Is this the only picture of Kash around that can be used? Aah!

Early in a PhD, you worry somebody will steal your idea. Later, you’d be delighted if somebody cared for it.

Happy Teachers Day. I come from a line of teachers. My great-grandfather on my father's side was a teacher. My grandfather on my mother's side was a teacher. My dad was a teacher. And here I am. So today means a lot to me. But it also hurts to see how teaching has been pushed to the margins over the years. There was a time when teaching was a respected when it was mostly a male profession. As the patriarchal society saw how well women did with children, and women asking for more economic opportunities, this patriarchal society of ours found a perfect opportunity to give women economic opportunity and marginalize them at the same time. The pay and respect for the teaching profession quietly went down. When a profession becomes "women's work," it tends to get devalued. That's probably why, almost everywhere in the world, teachers are underpaid and disrespected. People think anyone can teach once they pick up a marker or a piece of chalk. They think knowing the subject matter is enough. No! It isn't. Teaching is a professional skill. Some people may be naturally gifted to relate knowledge of something to others, yes, but understanding children, how they learn, and how complex they are takes real training. So today, think about the teachers who shaped you. The ones who taught you to read, to write, to speak, to think. Appreciate them. And let's push for teachers to be paid what they deserve. The idea that "a teacher's reward is in heaven" is nonsense and should never be said again. To every teacher out there who refuses to give up on any child who walks into that classroom, I see you. You are shaping the future of a nation. It's only right that we take care of you, the way countries like Finland and Norway do. Happy World Teachers' Day. 🍎