Pedagogy: O RLY?

A cherished didactic method in the academy is that of beginning the study of every topic with a brisk canter through the founding fathers and occasional founding mothers.  It is a method that has its apogee in the notorious Oxford University English curriculum that bewildered and bored generations of students with studies of Anglo-Saxon (taught by the inventor of Bilbo Baggins and Hobbitry, Prof. J.R.R. Tolkien).

Bloor et al. (2001). “Trends and Uses of Focus Groups”.  Focus Groups in Social Research. London: SAGE.  p.1.

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