Author Archives: franrossone

Every week, the same story… I spend hours reading and preparing the recitations, I am excited to ask them questions and set the class on fire, but when I arrive in the classroom, I find those blank faces sending me the message: ‘ok, whatever you have prepared for us today… deliver!’ In addition to these […] Continue reading →

This last Friday and Saturday, we had an amazing Conference organized by ASPECT Department. Listening to so many different and interesting ideas made me realize how much I like to listen. After the presentations, I was not only inspired, but also exhausted. This indicates that listening, at least in this case, was not a passive […] Continue reading →

Two weeks ago, Latin America lost a leader – Hugo Chávez. I will not defend his regime in this post, neither do I want to discuss his wrongdoings or good deeds here. What I want is to invite you to think about the way our Western liberal societies associate equality to low quality. Take a […] Continue reading →

      “I would therefore propose, as a very first definition of critique, this general characterization: the art of not being governed quite so much”. (Foucault – The Politics of Truth, 1997, p.29) The literature on problem-based learning encourages us to ask ourselves: What do we know about the problem and what we do not know […] Continue reading →

“Global citizenship” thus is an appropriate image to frame our aims and goals in educating our students. The set of items reflect all three domains of student development—thinking, seeking a sense of self, and relating to others. It relates to both knowing—how one decides what is important and true—and knowledge about different cultures” (p.2) *. […] Continue reading →

It is very intriguing the way science and market are so tied together. Is is a bad thing? Not necessarily. It would be silly to suggest that the knowledge produced by scientists and academics in general should be isolated from our daily lives. I think the argument I would make is quite the opposite. Knowledge […] Continue reading →

educate (v.) mid-15c., “bring up (children), train,” from Latin educatus, pp. of educare “bring up, rear, educate,” which is related to educere “bring out, lead forth,” from ex- “out” (see ex-) + ducere “to lead”. Meaning “provide schooling” is first attested 1580s. The etymological definition of the verb ‘to educate’ reveals the inadequacy of the […] Continue reading →