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The Atlantic A popular theory that some people learn better visually or aurally keeps getting debunked. China Stringer Network / Reuters In the early ’90s, a New Zealand man named Neil Fleming decided to sort through something that had puzzled him during his time monitoring classrooms as a school inspector. In the course of watching 9,000 different classes, he noticed that only some teachers were able to reach each and every one of their students. What were they doing differently? Fleming zeroed in on how it is that people like to be presented information. For example, when asking for direc...

Business calendar: Upcoming events in the Houston area FacebookTwitterEmail Monday Job-Search Survival Workshop: Online workshop hosted by Sugar Creek Baptist Church. March 1 and 2, 5:45-8:30 p.m. Day one: Social and Learning Styles, Networking, Mindset for Job Search, Job-Search Process Flow. Day two: Accomplishment Resumé, Interviewing, Hiring - Manager’s Perspective and Building Your Own Action Plan. The workshop is free and open to the public. Registration: https://sugarcreek.net/event/job-search/. Information: E-mail jobhelp@sugarcreek.net or call 281-242-2858, ext. 1083. Tuesday Free...

 E-Mail IMAGE: A university lecture but could the standard of teaching be improved if a different approach was taken by educators? view more  Credit: Swansea University Millions of students around the world could benefit if their educators adopted a more flexible and practical approach, say Swansea University experts. After analysing the techniques current being used in higher education, the researchers are calling for a pragmatic and evidence-based approach instead. Professor Phil Newton, director of learning and teaching at of Swansea University Medical School, said: "Higher educa...

Reginald Wilson: A Black American Socialist (1927-2020) Reginald Wilson, the prominent African American psychologist and educator, civil rights activist and socialist, and a member of the New Politics board, died on December 13, 2020 at the age of 93. His was a quintessentially Black American story of the twentieth century, if a particularly illustrious one. From his role as a Tuskegee Airman to his activism with C.L.R. James’ Correspondence group, to his founding of the first Black ski club, to his academic career he was a remarkable individual. A socialist for 75 years, he serves as a m...

" Tanning beds are easily questionable malarkey: It's not hard to wonder whether they may be more dangerous than sunlight. Nicholas Eveleigh/The Image Bank/Getty Images Malarkey comes in many forms. There's the laughable malarkey, like "this electronic belt can make you lose weight;" there's the easily questionable malarkey, like "tanning beds are safer than sunlight;" and then there is the malarkey that seems so reasonable, so highly probable, many of us just don't question it. This malarkey is believed so widely, it might as well be true. And yet, it's not. Advertisement Some of the...