Yep, I’m away from the home site. Friday and Saturday (CST, and the “C” stands for “China,” not “Central”) I was meeting with faculty and students at National Taiwan Normal University to discuss evidence-based education. It was a 12-hour workshop spread over two days. The topics were
- Essential Dimensions of Studies of Effectiveness
- Way of Integrating Reserach about Effective Methods
- Some Methods are More Effective
- Single-subject Research can Contribute to Effectiveness
- General Principles of Effectiveness
I was awed by the competence, thoughtfulness, and engagement of the members of the audience. I spoke in English and they were right there with me. They raised many of the same issues one hears in the US (e.g., defenses of case studies against my argument that such research, though valuable, doesn’t permit strong inferences about what practices produce better outcomes than others), but the discussion was remarkably civil and reflective.
Hi,
Sorry: I do not know how to email you, so I am posting this under a comment. You posted an entry on this website regarding my teaching and a roommate of mine. Specifically it was a blog entry from October 2005 about my roommate’s (Ms. Eng) experiences. I respect your comments, but could you please remove my name (Nirag Kadakia), and my roommate’s name (Cara Eng) from the entry itself. You can use a pseudonym or just asterisks or whatever, but for personal and professional reasons I would really appreciate this.
Thank you,
N Kadakia