philoclea

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The Professor(longreads.com)
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by philoclea 6y ago
Right. The funny thing is Ramsay talks about the years of work he did learning how to cook, studying Italian cuisine in Italy, etc. etc. I think the MasterClasses -- or other online instruction -- are mostly great for inspiration and motiva
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by philoclea 6y ago
I think it depends on the thing learned. In dance it's pretty important to learn the basics well from day one. If you learn wrong technique it worms its way into your muscle memory and is difficult to unlearn and replace with something
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by philoclea 6y ago
I'm going to take this question seriously. I worked for a project management company once in a support role. It seemed to me that a lot of what they were doing, and teaching in their courses, was basic common sense. I asked the VP if t
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by philoclea 6y ago
Other way around: the egg is so-so, but every time I hear the song I'm a teenager again (not that I'm that old, but that's when I was getting to know a lot of classic rock & similar), so it makes me feel young and full of
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by philoclea 6y ago
Yes, I love this! I try to convince my students to work on something they find interesting, even to take risks in doing so. My experience is that they tend to do better work when the topic reflects their own curiosity, obsessions. Unfortuna
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by philoclea 6y ago
This is a useful point. The beginning learner needs more straightforward instruction -- just knowledge transfer -- whereas the learner with a basis of knowledge can spend more time exploring, making mistakes. The issue comes in when a stude
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by philoclea 6y ago
Love this breakdown. And to josephg's post: When I was picking a dissertation topic I'd suggest things to my advisor and she'd say brightly, "Why don't you go do some research on that, come back in two weeks and tel
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by philoclea 6y ago
Hmmm... this has me wondering. I've been writing about teaching and learning for a while (my dissertation and book were on the topic in the early Middle Ages). MasterClass has only been around for five years though, and the Wintour cou
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by philoclea 6y ago
I didn't have space for this in the essay, but the mechanical egg also plays "The Final Countdown" when the eggs are supposed to be hard boiled. It's honestly not a great way to cook eggs, but don't underestimate
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by philoclea 6y ago
Author of the essay here -- I know they say you shouldn't read the comments, but the discussion on here was so thoughtful I just had to create and account and jump in. Two thoughts to this convo: 1. One thing it took a few years of liv