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Socratic Arts Articles / White Papers
Socratic Arts Articles / White Papers
Story-Centered Curriculum white paper: (44k PDF) Socratic Arts white paper explaining in depth the philosophy behind the Story-Centered Curriculum.
Customized Story-Centered On-line Master's Degree Programs brochure: (26k PDF) Socratic Arts brochure describing how companies can provide employees with master's degrees that build the skills needed by the company without leaving the office.
Press Release: (10k PDF) Release announcing the creation of Socratic Arts.
Educational Outrage: An Occasional Column by Roger Schank
Roger Schank's Knowledge Management Blog: Articles about the state of knowledge management in industry and about new, more effective approaches.
DA Magazine's Education Blog: Regular contributions from Roger on the state of education and related topics.
The Story-Centered Curriculum: Article in eLearn Magazine describing the SCC, why it's needed, and descriptions of where it has been implemented.
Extracurriculars as the Curriculum: A Vision of Education for the 21st Century: (35k PDF) An article by Roger Schank and Kemi Jona describing how schools will need to move beyond the traditional classroom model in the coming years.
Engines for Education: A "hyper-book" by Roger Schank and his student Chip Cleary about what's wrong with the education system, how to reform it, and especially, about the role of educational technology in that reform (opens a new browser window for the Engines for Education website).
Educational Technology: The Promise and The Myth: Roger Schank writes about technology as an opportunity to educate the world (from an article he wrote for the World Bank).
Ten Mistakes In Education: School systems are making a great many mistakes; here are Roger Schank's 10 favorites.
Roger Schank is featured on CNBC's The Business of Innovation: http://innovation.cnbc.com, with a video preview available at http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=182672650&play=1. Additional videos available here.
Read Roger's Schank's "The Story-Centered Curriculum" in eLearn Magazine.
Roger Schank part of "Leaders in learning" at Epic.com: http://www.epic.co.uk/content/resources/email_newsletter/schank.htm
Roger Schank first in list of "Top 10 US e-learning gurus": http://www.epic.co.uk/content/resources/white_papers/top10s.htm
Feb 12, 2004 (E-learning Guru): "Tilting at Windmills or Slaying Dragons? Every Curriculum Tells a Story": http://www.e-learningguru.com/articles/ezine/guru3_3.htm
March 16, 2005 (Redes): Crisis in education: http://www.rtve.es/tve/b/redes/semanal/prg351/entrevista.htm
May 23, 2005 (Business Week): "Trump University: You're Wired!" http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/may2005/nf20050523_2978.htm
May 25, 2005 (Chicago Tribune): "Trump wants to school you" http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/
chi-0505240058may24,1,7028138.story?coll=chi-nonmmxent-utl&ctrack=1&cset=true
June 23, 2005 (typepad.com): "Education gets the schank": http://heresmybyline.typepad.com/irina/2005/06/education_got_t.html
January 1, 2006 (Edge.org): Roger Schank responds to the Edge.org's annual question of 2006: "What is your dangerous idea?"
March 3, 2006 (Telegraph.co.uk): "Ban all schools?" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/01/03/
wedge03.xml&sSheet=/news/2006/01/03/ixnewstop.html
April 10, 2006 (NPR): Ben Merens of NPR interviews Roger Schank on the state of schools; listen to the archive (requires RealPlayer): http://clipcast.wpr.org:8080/ramgen/wpr/bme/bme060410m.rm
August 10, 2000 (New York Times): No Lectures or Teachers, Just Software
The Disrespected Student — or — The Need for the Virtual University: A talk with Roger Schank about the rush by universities to start delivering courses over the web.
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