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Short Bursts from the Teaching Trenches by Dr PK (Chari) Rangachari
By PK RangachariEducation
Short Bursts from the Teaching Trenches by Dr PK (Chari) Rangachari episodes
- Episode 1 - Making Sense of the World
A conversation with Dominic Gangemi on making sense of the world. We start with a quote from Psalm 104 and discuss how science tries to understand the world we live in.
25 min - Episode 12 - Evidence-Based Mantra, Shibboleth, Whatever
An audio essay dealing with another fashionable academic term "evidence-based" using Shakespeare's Julius Caesar to consider the contrasts between assumptions and facts.
23 min - Episode 11 - Factoring Impacts
An audio essay dealing with the fashionable academic word "impact". A wry look at publications and citations, and a proposal to create a PIF (a personalized impact factor).
13 min - 11 min
- Episode 9 - Academic Catwalk
An audio essay dealing with the fashionable buzzwords prevalent in academia.
18 min - Episode 8 - Unnatural Selection
An audio essay looking critically at the ways courses/programs select their students, from recruitment to admissions.
19 min - 12 min
- 18 min
- Episode 5 - Testing Times
An audio essay dealing with what students suffer through—tests, tests and tests.
22 min - Episode 4 - Learning: Theme and Variations
An audio essay on the complexities of what learning really is.
18 min
About Short Bursts from the Teaching Trenches by Dr PK (Chari) Rangachari
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A collection of audio essays on teaching and learning in postsecondary education read by the author, Dr PK (Chari) Rangachari, Professor Emeritus of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster…
University.