Language advisory as to the below video:
From intellectual hubris by barely literate intellectuals, may the Lord preserve us.
Burn of the Day
- Donald R. McClarey
Donald R. McClarey
Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 43 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.
PhD – Piled Higher and Deeper.
See what 900+ Federal Reserve economics PhDs did to us this time.
That made me laugh.
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ot8XzJsAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=sra
Here’s a partial bibliography of Rocha’s work. Scraping away the book reviews, letters, replies, and short commentaries, there are several books (one of which looks like a teaching text) and roughly 20 items which he’ll pass off as research articles. He’s ensconced in the school of education, but he writes nothing about teaching methods or the psychology of learning. He doesn’t do empirical research, doesn’t appear to construct theoretical models, doesn’t produce historical studies. Here’s an abstract of one of his works:
“Can the syllabus constitute the curriculum? In this volume, Rocha explores curriculum theory through the lens of the syllabus. By critiquing curriculum studies and the entire field of education, overrun by the social sciences, Rocha provides an integrated vision of philosophy of education and curriculum theory, rooted in the humanities. Through an original reconceptualization, this text draws from a broad range of sources–ranging from Classical Antiquity to the present–offering a rich context for understanding curriculum as a philosophically salient concept, contained within the syllabus. The Syllabus as Curriculum features actual syllabi created and taught by the author in undergraduate and graduate courses at the University of British Columbia, Canada. These curated syllabi work as exemplars and media, supported by pedagogical commentary and context. Inspired by Augustine’s Confessions, each part of the book culminates in a metaphorical” garden,” which serves as a meditation on the syllabus in three senses: correspondence, essay, and outline. An original, powerful, and corrective contribution to the literature on curriculum studies, this work invites teachers and scholars from across the foundations of education, especially philosophy of education, art education, and those invested in curriculum theory, to see their contribution in more direct and integral ways.” Do you get the impression he’s paid to ruminate?
https://nypost.com/2023/04/26/biden-cheat-sheet-shows-he-had-advance-knowledge-of-journalists-question/
Off topic, an amusing proof that the Los Angeles Times colludes with the White House Press Office.