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Jonah Lehrer and the Crisis of Knowledge Synthesis

August 22, 2012 Cameron D. Norman 561 Views complex adaptive systems, complexity, Jonah Lehrer, journalism, knowledge translation, Malcolm Gladwell, science, science writing, Steven Johnson, tipping point

Jonah Lehrer is/was as big as it gets in science writing and two weeks ago proved the adage that the

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Back to School and the Lesson of Accumulation

September 8, 2009 Cameron D. Norman 532 Views accumulation, education, learning, resilience, school, social determinants of health, system dynamics, systems thinking, teaching, tipping point

As we go back to school it is time to consider how the stresses of teaching and education build up over time and why it might be worth re-thinking its impact.