Learning Empathy in the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. (Is Empathy a virtue, or a critical thinking skill?)
Empathy and Art Observation: Last week in the National Gallery of Art, an institution that allows individuals to make sense of art…
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Steve Jobs and Constantin Brancusi
Psychologists have long sought insights into how we make sense of the world, what drives our behavior, and they’ve made enormous strides…
Learning in the Making
Just this evening, my neighbor’s 7-year old came along with his dad to take a look at our flagstone walkway that we…
Terrorists? Or ‘Islamic’ Terrorists?
For quite some time now, the issue of referring to the killers of innocent people as Islamic terrorists, or just terrorists, has…
Learning to Think Scientifically
Thronged by visitors all year round, the Discovery Room Q?rius in the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History endeavors to unleash children’s curiosity…
Stepping ‘Stones’ to Thinking & Learning
Learning to Look In the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, three groups of four children each (ages between 5 and 6) hover…
Varuna’s Purple Trees
My friend’s daughter, a 3rd grader in a reputed school in Mumbai, painted purple trees in her art class. The idea of…