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What is learning? An excruciating struggle with techniques and facts? A sensation of joyful encounter with the hitherto unknown? The very notion of the pedagogical conjures a whole range of emotions, and its implications are evident throughout society--for what is culture, after all, but the transmission of knowledge? The thematic section of "Cabinet" 39 features an interview with John Haynes, pioneer of the modern instruction manual; Jeff Dolven outlining the theater of pedagogy; Elaine Traub tracing the history of distance learning; Sina Najafi tracking the development of the A-F grading system; and an interview with Zoe Readhead, principal of Summerhill, the world's first "free school." Elsewhere in the issue: Michael Shipley on voice experts used by the police and security services; Emily Walters on boots and colonialism; Suzanne Scott on the history of suntanning; Kris Lee on Kierkegaard and the promotional blurb; and Katrin Arnardottir on the sex lives of Icelandic elves.

Book details

• Full title: Learning
• Author: Sina Najafi
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 112
• EAN: 9781932698374
• ISBN: 193269837X
• ID: 12491908
• Publisher: CABINET
• Weight: 435 g
• Dimensions: 249 × 203 × 9 mm
• Date of publishing: November 2010

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