
Cabinet 39: Learning
Jeff Dolven(Author)
Sina Najafi(Editor)
Cabinet (Publisher)
Published on 30. November 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
112 pages
978-1-932698-37-4 (ISBN)
Description
What is learning? An excruciating struggle with techniques and facts? A sensation of joyful encounter with the hitherto unknown? The very notion of the pedagogical conjures a whole range of emotions, and its implications are evident throughout society--for what is culture, after all, but the transmission of knowledge? The thematic section of Cabinet 39 features an interview with John Haynes, pioneer of the modern instruction manual; Jeff Dolven outlining the theater of pedagogy; Elaine Traub tracing the history of distance learning; Sina Najafi tracking the development of the A-F grading system; and an interview with Zoë Readhead, principal of Summerhill, the world's first "free school." Elsewhere in the issue: Michael Shipley on voice experts used by the police and security services; Emily Walters on boots and colonialism; Suzanne Scott on the history of suntanning; Kris Lee on Kierkegaard and the promotional blurb; and Katrin Arnardottir on the sex lives of Icelandic elves.
More details
Series
39
Language
English
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
sewn/stitched
Illustrations
Illustrations, color
Dimensions
Height: 249 mm
Width: 203 mm
Thickness: 9 mm
Weight
435 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-932698-37-4 (9781932698374)
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