Missoula Not long ago we talked about the problems of training organizers and the importance of history in our tradition, and how they were all similar to the problems of training teachers, doctors, lawyers, and others. In doing so I mentioned some surprises over the years when organizers, even very good organizers, didn’t know who a …
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No Postal Code Envy
Missoula Traveling around the world, you are not exactly off-the-grid, as much as you are out of touch or in a parallel universe. In India or Indonesia or Kenya the 8, 10, 12 hour time differences produce a funny “of the moment” focus on matters at hand, when you are on the day side …
Rethinking Training for Teachers, Doctors, and Even Organizers
New Orleans The old saw that went something like, “those that can, do; and those that can’t, teach,” is getting a beating about the face and arms now, as serious thinkers – and practitioners – in multiple fields are thoroughly beating down both the “nature versus nurture” mythology of the argument, as well as heavily …