Author Archive for: Jaan Pill

A March 13, 2017 Guardian article is entitled: “Teachers must ditch ‘neuromyth’ of learning styles, say scientists: Eminent academics from worlds of neuroscience, education and psychology voice concerns over popularity of method.” An excerpt from the article reads: The letter, organised by Prof Bruce Hood, chair of developmental psychology in society at the University of Bristol, […]

A March 7, 2017 Brookings Institution article, which originally appeared in the Nikkei Asian Review, addresses the current situation in North Korea; the opening paragraphs read: Amid the sound and fury of President Donald Trump’s first weeks in office, the new U.S. administration has been widely castigated for policy dysfunction, an insurgent view of international […]

A previous post is entitled: Perceptions of warmth and competence drive our stereotypes: Cuddy et al. (2008) I’ve written a number of posts about stereotyping. Click here for previous posts about stereotyping > Gaslighting I have the sense that there’s a close connection between stereotyping and gaslighting. Below are links to three articles that describe […]

Please click here for details > Mimico Residents Association Annual General Meeting Date: Thursday March 30, 2017 Time: 8:00-9:30 pm Location: Mimico Centennial Library, Auditorium (lower level) Etobicoke-Lakeshore MPP Peter Milczyn will be attending to speak on OMB reform – please plan to attend! New and returning MRA Members welcome and can join/renew membership at […]

I have a strong interest in the work of Karl Polanyi. What he says makes sense to me. A blurb for Reconstructing Karl Polanyi : Excavation and Critique (2016) reads: Karl Polanyi was one of the most influential political economists of the twentieth century and is widely regarded as the most gifted of social democratic theorists. In […]