In the heart of edu-babble : In the heart of education-babble

The author of this study has worked independently and the opinions expressed are therefore their own, and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the board of the Frontier Centre for Public Policy. [...] Once the initial introductions were out of the way, the professor proceeded to describe the course. [...] Each group was to go through one of the assigned readings for the day and then lead a discussion with the rest of the students. [...] The professor then showed the students a 60 minute video entitled “Ancient Futures: Learning from Ladakh.”27 Essentially, the video purports to show how the introduction of Western ideas and technology damaged the traditional culture of the people of Ladakh. [...] The format was different because the professor had summarized some of the main ideas from the articles on a PowerPoint presentation, which she reviewed with the students.