Decay of Discourse

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E59: Battle of the Classics Mar 12, 2021

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What are Classics? • On Justifications for Studying the Humanities • The Humanistic Tradition • Humanistic Aims and Humanitarian Aims • The Humanities in Crisis • A Social Darwinist Curriculum • Character Development as a Curricular Aim • Responding to Various Arguments • On Irving Babbitt For suggested readings and links to other resources visit our website decayofdiscourse.com

E58: Digital Tools, Games, and Historical Empathy (A Conversation with James Diamond) Feb 26, 2021

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Fundamental Practices in the Art of Teaching • Tool Affordances and Human Effectivities • On Classrooms as Constrained Environments • The Business of Education • Tools Can Support Motivation • Pitfalls of The Profit Motive in the Education Space • Distinguishing Between Game-Based Learning, Gamification, and Gameful Learning • A Game as a Logical System • Gaming and Performance-Based Assessments • Environmental Constraints • Simulations/Games • An Example • On Historical Empathy • On Edutainment • Structural Values of Game-Based Learning • Historical Simulations and Inglorious Bastards Stay up to date! > Be sure to sign up for our mailing list for access to our blog, podcast, and other exclusive materials s they're released. > For works mentioned and suggested readings, visit decayofdiscourse.com

E57: A Conservative Case for Liberal Education Feb 09, 2021

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Index Conservative Professors and Job Satisfaction • A Conservative Case for Liberal Education • Campus Cultures • Demands, Dialogue, and Scrutiny • What We Talk About When We Talk About Being Reasonable • On Yielding to Reason as an Authority • What Purposes Do Colleges Serve? • On Media and a Few Perceptions of Campus Cultures • On the Role of Shame on College Campuses • “the culture of cool” • “call-out culture” • Reflections on Euthyphro • Cultivating a Culture of Reason • Intellectual and Democratic Virtues • Building a Bullshit Detector • An Examined Life • The Role of Shame in Learning • Inquiry and Reason on Universities Works Mentioned (links @ decayofdiscourse.com) > Let's Be Reasonable: A Conservative Case for Liberal Education [Amazon] > Euthyphro [Google Books] > Thinking Fast and Slow [Amazon] > Harvard Holiday Placemat for Social Justice [Business Insider] > Campus Reform [Twitter] Stay up to date! > Be sure to sign up for our mailing list for access to our blog, podcast, and other exclusive materials as they’re released. > Also, if you are on Clubhouse, follow the Decay of Discourse club to access our “Teacher Talks” every Wednesday at 2:00 PM EST.

E56: Pandemic U Feb 02, 2021

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Index On the Evolution of Normal Schools • Transformative Moments in Teacher Education • The Making of the Middle Class • On State University Funding • Imperiled Working-Class Colleges • College Competition • The Pandemic Bait and Switch • On Administrative Mismanagement • “they see the dorm, rec center, and food.” • The Gap Year Considered • What Are Students Paying For? • Teaching and Learning in a Global Crises • Revealing Internet Inequities • New Lessons for Teachers • The Role of Educational Technology • Multiple Tools and Modalities • Fewer Concepts Taught to Mastery • The Banking System of Education is a Form of Repression Mentioned Works > How the Pandemic Is Imperiling a Working-Class College - New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/28/us/college-coronavirus-tuition.html) > PISA - OECD (http://www.oecd.org/pisa/data/) **************************************************************** Stay up to date! Be sure to visit our website (decayofdiscourse.com) to access our blog, podcast, and other exclusive materials as they’re released.

E55: Syllabus with William Germano and Kit Nicholls Dec 02, 2020

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Origins of the Term Syllabus • What Could a Syllabus Be? • Time and Permission to Think • Figuring out what the Questions Will Be • Learning How to Learn • Teaching and Storytelling • Telling Someone Something They Do Not Know is Not Teaching • Technology Altering What Education Means • Teachers, Students, and the Classroom: A Community • Syllabus as Social Contract • A Design For Student Work • Syllabus and Administrative Policies • On Various Perspectives In Regards to the Syllabus • Syllabus and the Inquiry Method • On the Flexibility of the Syllabus I typically record an introduction to each episode, but my reflections on this discussion were entirely too long to serve as a suitable introduction to a podcast. Therefore, I will be releasing my introduction as a blog article and sent out as part of the Dirty History Podcast newsletter. Check out more @ dirtyhistorypod.com William Germano and Kit Nicholls' book, Syllabus: The Remarkable, Unremarkable Document That Changes Everything was released by Princeton University Press on October 20th. Check it out @ https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691192208/syllabus & https://www.amazon.com/Syllabus-Remarkable-Unremarkable-Document-Everything/dp/0691192200

E54:"...but you're also a human," On Transformative Texts and the Liberal Arts Nov 13, 2020

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Liberal Arts in Decline • On the Value of a Liberal Arts Education • 2008 and the Diminution of Liberal Arts Colleges • What can the Humanities Offer Students? • Seeking a Remedy • The Five Themes of Cornerstone • A Thematic Approach to Gen Ed Requirements • Reading, Writing, and Presenting • "A career tailored major" • What is a Transformative Text? • Siddharta • On Teaching Core Texts • Defining Liberal Arts • Generations of Women Historians • CV Wedgwood • Grand Narrative Histories

E53: "Stream Unavailable" - Pirate Radio, Vinyl Junkies, and the Gonzo Disc Jockey of YouTube Oct 29, 2020

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In this episode of Dirty History, I sit down with Sam Pennacchio of Vinyl Junkies. At the time of writing this description, Sam has, for the past 230 days, broadcasted pirate radio streams 3-5 hours a night on Youtube and Twitch—no breaks, no gaps, no permission. -- Portuguese Nuggets • The Spirit of Discovery • On Humanizing Technology • An AM Radio Style • Algorithm Fatigue • On Vinyl Junkies • Discovering Music in the Mp3 Era • The Return of Vinyl • On the Ritual of the Record • Duke Ellington at Newport 1956 • The Brill Building and Carole King • Modes of Music Discovery • “What’s over there?” • Music Communities and Inclusivity • The Broken Windows Theory • On Self Censorship • “It’s called pirate radio for a reason” • Get Behind the Mule Learn more about Vinyl Junkies @ https://www.youtube.com/c/VinylJunkies666/featured Dirty History is produced by Muckraker Media Dirty History Theme: Martial Law by Mephisto Felize Show Artwork by Woodrow Cowher

E52: Education, Power, and Providence - The Concept of an Educated Consumer Oct 13, 2020

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On Being an Internet Based Business • The Concept of Bag Appeal • Initiative 71 • Education, Power, and Providence • The Concept of an Educated Consumer • Consumer Interest / Consumer Protection To learn more about District Derp follow them on Instagram @districtderp, or visit their website at https://districtderp.com/ Dirty History is produced by Muckraker Media. Dirty History Theme: Martial Law by Mephisto Feliz Show artwork by Woodrow Cowher Thank you to our supporters on Patreon. This show would not be possible without your support. If you value this show, please consider supporting it at patreon.com/dirtyhistory

E51: There's an Argument in There - On Critical Thinking with Jonathan Haber Oct 01, 2020

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Leverage the Power of Doubt • The Place of Critical Thinking in Education • On a Definition of Critical Thinking • Comparing Immersion and Infusion • The Application of Critical Thinking to Standing Curriculum • Knowledge, Skills, and Dispositions • John Dewey and Reflective Thinking • MOOCs • Online Resources in Education • Discourse in the Age of Disinformation • Deliberate Practice of Critical Thinking • Preparing for Blended Instruction • Critical Voter Links to Works Discussed: Critical Thinking: https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/critical-thinking Critical Voter: http://www.criticalvoter.com/ LogicCheck: http://www.logiccheck.net/ Degree of Freedom: http://www.degreeoffreedom.org/ Dirty History is produced by Muckraker Media. Learn more at muckrakermedia.org

E50: Transmit, Don't Indoctrinate Aug 19, 2020

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“In Praise of Idleness” • Leisure in a Constructive Sense • Recreational Guilt • The Remembered Self • Productivity Bias • Instrumental Tasks • On the Value of Conversations • Shit Canning Street Epistemology • Mass Media and Critical Thinking • A Hypothetical Philosophy Curriculum • Making Sense • Defining Critical Thinking • Metacognition • Podcasting’s Role in Public Discourse • The Merits of Long-Form Podcasts • Transmit, Don’t Indoctrinate • The Role of the Mentor • The Costs of the Democratization of Media • YouTube as a Learning Platform • Catastrophizing • An Obligatory Plug for Muckraker Media Dirty History is produced by Muckraker Media. Dirty History Theme: Martial Law by Mephisto Feliz Show Artwork by Woodrow Cowher Thank you to our supporters on Patreon. This show would not be possible without your support! If you value this show as an educational resource, please consider supporting it @ Patreon.com/dirtyhistory

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