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Jim Stigler · npr · the value of struggle

Eastern education: a site of struggle

November 20, 2012 John

Readers of the blog will know that I keep my eye on the USA’s National Public Radio (npr) website for what people are talking about in the world of education. Last week, npr ran a piece on the work of Jim Stigler, a psychology prof at UCLA. As a graduate student back in the 70s,… Continue reading Eastern education: a site of struggle

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