The Trolley Problem in Philosophy, In- vs. Out-groups, and Experiential Education Anna Wilga QC ‘15 and Jim Stellar This story begins with the trolley dilemma from modern philosophy. The trolley dilemma today is a two-part thought experiment, … Continued
College Price vs. Value and Experiential Education Allyson Savin NU’07 and Jim Stellar AS and JS wrote a blog post a few years ago on leadership – a natural topic as AS was a student leader.But AS was also a … Continued
The Insular Cortex, von Economo neurons, and awareness of feelings Ilyssa Monda-Loiacono, Golshan Aghanori QC’13, Jungyo Kim QC’13, and Jim Stellar Led by Ilyssa, who is a graduate student, Golshan, Jungyo, and Jim have been reading papers on the human … Continued
Knowledge fluency Marina Vazura QC ‘15 and Jim Stellar Marina is a Speech Pathology Major and met Jim at an honor society event at Queens College. The resulting conversation began with the general idea of taking knowledge from an internship … Continued
Self-Perception and Education Naomi Ducat QC ‘16 and Jim Stellar Naomi and I met last spring at an Honors function where she was on the classical “Dean’s List.” We began talking about experiential education and she pointed out recently that … Continued
Student Motivation to Succeed Paulina Smietanka QC’14 and Jim Stellar Paulina and I have written a number of blogs about internships, etc. You can find them by using the search window to look for her name. Now we want to … Continued
Positive emotional states lead to engagement, focused practice, and mastery Lauren Blachorsky QC ’15 and Jim Stellar In a previous blog post, we discussed a possible brain mechanism for mastering a skill that was partially based on activity-dependent structural changes … Continued
The higher education value proposition – co-creation with industry of an educated citizen by Jim Stellar As higher education continues to work on the basic vale proposition in terms of what the student gets vs. the investment of family funds … Continued
Love of Words Chloe’ Skye Weiser QC’13 and Jim Stellar “To read means to satisfy the philological drive, to make a literary impression upon oneself. To read out of an impulse for pure philosophy or poetry, unaided by philology, is … Continued
Mentoring and Being Mentored Catherine Nunez NU’08 and Jim Stellar Katie was a student with whom I connected at Northeastern. Recently, she wrote me this great e-mail which included the following key observations about mentoring: Personally, I credit collegiate peer … Continued