The Covid19 pandemic has initiated a seismic shift in higher education that is part of a radical re-shaping of systems… Read more An Earthquake in Education: Surviving and Thriving
Author: swoodill
Complexity is in the Eye of the Beholder
Trying to explain complexity theory is, well, complicated. It’s complicated because it is both a way of representing a world… Read more Complexity is in the Eye of the Beholder
Talking About Love. In Prison.
In June of this year, I began teaching a six-week program at the Central Florida Reception Center as part of… Read more Talking About Love. In Prison.
On Finding Common Ground in a Polarized World
I don’t usually talk about my own beliefs, and a big reason for this is that I try very hard… Read more On Finding Common Ground in a Polarized World
Education, Complexity, and Interdisciplinary Studies-Part 1
I have three points to make in this post (or perhaps over three posts): Education that focuses on information transfer… Read more Education, Complexity, and Interdisciplinary Studies-Part 1
What I’ve Read Thus Far
So, I haven’t done a great job keeping up with my writing plans for the year, but this falls in… Read more What I’ve Read Thus Far
Reason and Intuition
Chapter 3: The art of the kluge: On the haphazard construction of the mind This chapter expands on the notion… Read more Reason and Intuition
Reading in 2019
I do read a fair bit, though not nearly as much as I used to. I think this is true… Read more Reading in 2019
Disciplines and Reductionism: An Argument for Alt-IDS
Western epistemology has employed various strategies of reductionism such as logical positivism, dualisms, and absolute truth to capture and… Read more Disciplines and Reductionism: An Argument for Alt-IDS
Interdisciplinarity is not about knowing more: it’s about knowing differently.
Within the Interdisciplinary Studies literature, it is frequently asserted and/or implied that disciplines are the basis of interdisciplinarity, and from… Read more Interdisciplinarity is not about knowing more: it’s about knowing differently.