Thinking about how Little Thinking Goes into Teaching in Higher Ed

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The utterance and its relation to belief

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A few surprises already have hit me in 2023. One is that the government may not be that incompetent. I sent in my Passport renewal (it expires in March) on December 10th, roughly. I am pretty sure I remember the date because I had a couple of other things to drop in the mail that…

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Hey there audience, hope you are gearing up for a Merry Christmas or happy holiday whatever it is you are into celebrating. I’m deep in reflection on teaching as I often am this time of year so haven’t been publishing much here. But I hope to have some starting points soon. The biggest issue on…

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The mass tournament’s impact on debate’s potential

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Reflecting on attending the National Conference in New Orleans

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Now that I’ve written a bit about the ideal model of debate that should be taught and practiced, I thought I might criticize contemporary debate teaching and practice from the same perspective, that of the Lacanian discourses. Contemporary debate practices are the university discourse, or what Lacan would later call the discourse of fake science.…

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I cannot answer this question, but I can provide the conditions by which a debate model could be judged in relation to this question. In short, I know what I want the students to be able to do after participating in a debate program. In my own program efforts, I think I have accomplished this…

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Or We Need Actual Peer Review, not this Monstrosity

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This September is finally starting to feel like fall and I’m experiencing quite a bit of nostalgia for my old debating life. The smell in the air and the quality of the light on campus make me anxious that have not booked a bus or hotel yet; that I made plans on a Saturday to…

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