Kim Dej
@kimdej.bsky.social
Professor, mom, consummate doom scroller. Currently Vice-Provost, Teaching and Learning at McMaster University. kimdej.com Sometimes spotted with @lorenking.org
“Students … experience thinking as a process which takes time and demands the exploration of different points of view — similar to democratic decision-making.”
Johannes Steizinger (McMaster Philosophy) on the vital democratic functions of a humanities education.
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Johannes Steizinger (McMaster Philosophy) on the vital democratic functions of a humanities education.
bit.ly/3WOJh5W
Why should humanities education persist in an AI age? Self-development, to start
Through self-development, or ‘Bildung’ in German thought, salon culture sought to resist absolutism and foster democratic discourse. This shaped the modern Western university.
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February 6, 2025 at 3:30 PM
“Students … experience thinking as a process which takes time and demands the exploration of different points of view — similar to democratic decision-making.”
Johannes Steizinger (McMaster Philosophy) on the vital democratic functions of a humanities education.
bit.ly/3WOJh5W
Johannes Steizinger (McMaster Philosophy) on the vital democratic functions of a humanities education.
bit.ly/3WOJh5W
Wandering over from Threads. I'm Vice-Provost (Teaching and Learning) and Associate Professor in the School of Interdisciplinary Sciences at McMaster University. I work to make science accessible, building bridges within the academy and into diverse communities ... but mostly here to doom scroll.
November 12, 2024 at 10:58 PM
Wandering over from Threads. I'm Vice-Provost (Teaching and Learning) and Associate Professor in the School of Interdisciplinary Sciences at McMaster University. I work to make science accessible, building bridges within the academy and into diverse communities ... but mostly here to doom scroll.