Learning, Creativity, & the Purpose(s) of Education
Michael GallagherCreativity: Assumptions and Materials This post all revolves around a few very debatable assumptions, so I am certainly open to being challenged on these. The explicit assumptions are as follows,…
The quantified self: charting navigation through time and interest
My relationship with numbers I should begin by saying I am not a very quantitatively-oriented person. I am not particularly good with numbers, but I do recognize their value in…
Learning trajectories and multimemberships: amoebas and not arrows
Amoebas and not arrows: trajectories and multimemberships In terms of our learning and identity and motivation, we are all amoebas and not arrows. We push on all sides, some more…
대안 교육(The Alternative) / 기존 교육 시스템을 변화시키다
대안 교육(The Alternative) / 기존 교육 시스템을 변화시키다 학업 성취도에 기반한 책무성 평가 및 교육 민영화에 대한 대안 (교육자 중심으로) 안녕하세요, 런던대학교 교육 연구소에서 박사 과정 중에 있는 한국외국어대학교의 마이클…
Vernacular mapping, psychogeography & biking: teaching to generated space
Mind mapping and psychogeography from Michael Gallagher on Vimeo. Schizocartography, vernacular mapping, psychogeography My once and perpetual supervisor/mentor, Dr. Sian Bayne at the University of Edinburgh, sent me this article…
Aesthetic literacy: emphasizing process over output in learning
Aesthetic literacy and learning in the open from Michael Gallagher on Vimeo. My colleague Pekka and I recorded a discussion we had the other day on ideas that came out…
Reflection on teaching (as identity) in 2013-2014
I am just finishing the second semester of my time at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in Korea and I wanted to take a moment to reflect on what I…