Indoctrination in Linguistics Education
By KP Mohanan
The transmission of a body of knowledge from one generation to the next is an important function of institutionalised education. This function is usually satisfied by pedagogical texts, that is, the spoken and written text of educational instruction, found in classroom lectures and textbooks. This article provides a close scrutiny of the discourse of pedagogical texts in the language sciences.
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Indoctrination in Linguistics Education
By KP Mohanan
The transmission of a body of knowledge from one generation to the next is an important function of institutionalised education. This function is usually satisfied by pedagogical texts, that is, the spoken and written text of educational instruction, found in classroom lectures and textbooks. This article provides a close scrutiny of the discourse of pedagogical texts in the language sciences.
Photo by Mike Hindle on Unsplash
inquiry linguistics indoctrination
Validity and Soundness of Arguments
By KP Mohanan and Tara Mohanan
An argument may make a logical conclusion given a set of premises, but the premises themselves may not be considered acceptable. Similarly, an argument may happen to reach a logical conclusion, but the reasoning used to get there may be invalid. This article explores the notions of validity and soundness, concepts crucial to reasoning and arguing effectively.
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Validity and Soundness of Arguments
By KP Mohanan and Tara Mohanan
An argument may make a logical conclusion given a set of premises, but the premises themselves may not be considered acceptable. Similarly, an argument may happen to reach a logical conclusion, but the reasoning used to get there may be invalid. This article explores the notions of validity and soundness, concepts crucial to reasoning and arguing effectively.
exposition conceptual inquiry textbook chapter
Quantitative and Qualitative Research
By KP Mohanan
Various resources on research methodology make a distinction between Qualitative and Quantitative Research. This video seeks to clarify that distinction by looking at what is encoded into different kinds of data, and how these data can be used in subsequent analyses.
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Quantitative and Qualitative Research
By KP Mohanan
Various resources on research methodology make a distinction between Qualitative and Quantitative Research. This video seeks to clarify that distinction by looking at what is encoded into different kinds of data, and how these data can be used in subsequent analyses.
research quantitative qualitative data interpretation
Thinking Like a Chef
By KP Mohanan, Tara Mohanan and Madhav Kaushish
In this episode, we are joined by Suvir Saran. Suvir is a Michelin starred chef for his restaurant Devi in New York. The focus of this episode is on thinking like a chef. However, the podcast goes far beyond that.
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Thinking Like a Chef
By KP Mohanan, Tara Mohanan and Madhav Kaushish
In this episode, we are joined by Suvir Saran. Suvir is a Michelin starred chef for his restaurant Devi in New York. The focus of this episode is on thinking like a chef. However, the podcast goes far beyond that.
podcast transdisciplinarity inquiry thinking
