Tag: Christopher Brown
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Christopher Brown featured on The Best of Our Knowledge
As always, host Bob Barrett selects an Academic Minute to air during The Best of Our Knowledge. Each week this program examines some of the issues unique to college campuses, looks at the latest research, and invites commentary from experts and administrators from all levels of education. For this week‘s edition (#1401), Bob has selected…
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The Academic Minute for 2017.7.3-7.7
Academic Minute from 7.3 – 7.7 Monday, July 3rd Michael Poulin – University at Buffalo Empathy Dr. Poulin’s research interests focus on understanding the resources that people use to adjust to stressful or traumatic events, as well as what motivates people to respond to the adversity of others. Both sets of phenomena have implications both…
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Christopher Brown, University of Texas at Austin – Playtime in Kindergarten
Kindergarten is now more structured with less time for play. Today on The Academic Minute: Christopher P. Brown, professor in the department of curriculum at the University of Texas at Austin, examines whether this is a good thing for kids. Christopher P. Brown is a Professor of Curriculum and Instruction in Early Childhood Education and…
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This Week On The Academic Minute (2017.7.3)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2017.7.3 Monday, July 3rd Michael Poulin of the University at Buffalo discusses empathy. Tuesday, July 4th Jay Zagorsky of The Ohio State University determines why the census is so important to our democracy. Wednesday, July 5th Bella DePaulo of the University of California Santa Barbara delves into why having more single…