Bandwagons (629 hits)
Category: GeneralRating: 0.9 on 12 reviews (Rate this item) (V)
Submitted by <ACIDTRIP> (View user info) at 2005-01-14 12:02:23 EST
The field of uber bandwagons changes rapidly, and this change occurs as well in the introductory curriculum. Formerly stupid topics filter down to the first post; some topics disappear completely. These changes are good--they indicate a dynamic discipline and a still-emerging picture of uber's fundamental principles. But we must not let our revolutionary zeal blind us to the pedagogical need and conceptual value of time-tested material. Many topics and approaches that are well understood and now unfashionable should retain their place in uber-space, where they serve as intellectual ballast, foundation, and motivation for the more current and trendier content. We argue here for balance: that radical change be tempered by an appreciation for the place of long-standing approaches and underlying fundamentals. Those advocating curricular change must articulate their goals fully and consider explicitly what effect on those goals they expect the change to have; they must not throw the baby out with the bathwater.
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Submitted by Vomit (user info) at 2005-01-23 15:56:03 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
brain...hurting...think...can't
Submitted by ACIDTRIP (user info) at 2005-01-17 13:09:49 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
How 'bout some headlamp...yum!!
Submitted by yermom (user info) at 2005-01-17 12:28:31 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
I love lamp!
Submitted by Rawrg (user info) at 2005-01-14 17:43:33 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I ate a lava lamp once...
It wasn't lava.
Submitted by Hadooken (user info) at 2005-01-14 13:21:23 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by loki (user info) at 2005-01-14 12:32:19 (#)
Ranking: 0
LOUD NOISES
Submitted by ACIDTRIP (user info) at 2005-01-14 13:01:10 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
hell, i just love bandwagons (brick tuesday especially)
Submitted by loki (user info) at 2005-01-14 12:32:19 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
LOUD NOISES
Submitted by satchel (user info) at 2005-01-14 12:10:03 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
English degree, followed by teacher's college and an administrative post in the school board?
Holy bureaucratese, Batman!
Submitted by lucid (user info) at 2005-01-14 12:08:40 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
" my thought-meats hurt "
Ahaha
Submitted by Adamdidit2u (user info) at 2005-01-14 12:07:12 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
i love lamp
Submitted by The_taste_of_Monkeys (user info) at 2005-01-14 12:04:43 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
my thought-meats hurt
Submitted by polyamorousaj (user info) at 2005-01-14 12:03:27 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
hahahahahahahaha
You think too much.