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Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do Series
Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do Series
12 Lectures
Lectures curated around Harvard professor Michael Sandel's Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do? course, an introduction to moral and political philosophy.
Arguing Affirmative Action / What’s the Purpose?
Arguing Affirmative Action / What’s the Purpose?
Michael Sandel
November 8, 2009
00:55:00
Lecture Seventeen: "Arguing Affirmative Action" Students discuss the issue of affirmative action and college admissions. Is it "just" for schools to consider race and ethnicity as a factor in admissions? Does it violate individual rights?
What Does Good Work Look Like?
Ron Berger
March 3, 2005
01:17:47
Educator Ron Berger lectures on the study and research of student work, and how to improve the work produced by students by giving them models to to base their own works from. Ron Berger served as a public school teacher in western Massachusetts for 25 years.
El Sistema: Venezuelan Music Education Miracle
Jose Antonio Abreu
November 7, 2007
01:27:32
News of the monumental success of El Sistema, Venezuela's 32-year-old program of social action through music, is rapidly spreading throughout the world.
Journal of Henry David Thoreau
Edwin Frank
October 20, 2009
00:08:33
Edwin Frank, editor of New York Review Books Classics, talks about The Journal of Henry David Thoreau, recently published by NYRB Classics.
New Technologies Serving Educational Goals
Lisa Gordis
January 27, 2006
01:44:35
For collaborative technologies, Educational Technologist John Frankfurt presents Robin Kelley's Social Justice wiki followed by Barnard Professor Lisa Gordis, who shares the Reading and Writing Women
Whole Child, Whole Day: Keynote Speech
Terry Real
September 19, 2008
00:45:40
Terry Real, prominent family therapist, trauma specialist and author of best-selling books about the association between relationships and health, delivers the keynote speech at the PEAR conference.
A Positive Attitude Creates Altitude
A Positive Attitude Creates Altitude
Behnaz Rouhani
October 14, 2009
00:34:25
Georgia Perimeter College Professor Behnaz Rouhani delivers a talk on how a good attitude in life can lead to higher levels of success and satisfaction. Image