Atena Bishka

Evidence-based learning consultant.

[Dr Jordan B Peterson @jordanbpeterson]

Soon in Albanian...

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Grads of LifeVoice: Skills Matter More Than Degrees In New US Chamber Of Commerce Foundation Report via @forbes https://t.co/k3QqfdMOz2

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Print and audio are not to be treated interchangeably. Knowing the differences is important to figure out how to make the best use of them. Listening to a Book the Same Thing as Reading It? https://t.co/E1cEHkIczF

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Alice - Prospettiva Nevski (Nevsky Prospect) by Franco Battiato. https://t.co/3Snaj9YvwQ

And the chamber pots under the beds
for the night and a film
by Eisenstein on revolution.

And locked inside a room we studied
the dim light candle and oil lamp

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@jordanbpeterson The Charterhouse of Parma - certainly, yes! But, Standhal is wondering (in dismay): how is it possible to leave out "The Red and the Black"?

[Roger Moorhouse 🇬🇧🇺🇦🇮🇱 @Roger_Moorhouse]

"The rubbish they publish is the counterpart of the rubbish they teach, and those they teach graduate with rubbish degrees" @nfergus brilliantly damning on the corruption of liberal academia in the Times today.

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@wodekszemberg Frightening... The interview with Buruma felt as if he was being interrogated. Feels like re-living the atmosphere of the 70s and 80s. I thought I had escaped from that time and place.

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Liking is NOT Learning... there are many strong claims for the educational value of computer games, but the evidence is weak.
https://t.co/h4cwszRiZs

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Are Textbooks Relevant in the Digital Learning Age?
https://t.co/DOb24Za9z9

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@jordanbpeterson @jordanbpeterson @madreplicant The Peterson 3-hour long discussions belong to another universe. Here on earth, the media engine & corporate industry subscribe to sound bite philosophy. No concept/idea longer than a paragraph will be read; no video longer than 90sec will be seen.

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Elina Duni & Rob Luft: The Wayfaring Stranger
https://t.co/xGQic91tUT

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Elina Duni and Rob Luft - Couleur Cafe from Songs of Love and Exile
https://t.co/pbantBB0hF

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Everyone talks about mindfulness and meditation. Do they work? What difference do they make? This study raises questions and doubts.
Mind they Hype: A Critical Evaluation and Prescriptive Agenda for Research on Mindfulness and Meditation https://t.co/WraRyuNlSh

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Can We Really Measure Implicit Bias? Maybe Not https://t.co/4NfLOpai0b via @chronicle

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Quoting Oscar Wilde, Stephen Fry said it well in the Political Correctness Munk Debate last night: "The ability to play gracefully with ideas is disappearing from our culture."https://t.co/Emw2Z6iTN9

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Starbucks (or any other company) and IAT. Is it a solution? "It appears to be the right thing to do, but this training has not been shown to be effective, and it can even be counterproductive" says Anthony Greenwald https://t.co/9olDa6J9Zd

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Mindfulness and Meditation Need More Rigorous Study, Less Hype
https://t.co/Yr1DnBxTwG

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Dispelling the Myth: Training in Education or Neuroscience Decreases but Does Not Eliminate Beliefs in Neuromyths https://t.co/la55ty8kx5

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Getting ready for #ISPI2018 in Seattle. Look forward to learning, listening and talking to colleagues.

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Meditation Need More Rigorous Study, Less Hype - It appears that mindfulness & meditation applications have largely been unsupported, according to major reviews of available evidence in 2007 and again in 2014.
https://t.co/PgMmsMnSeC via @psychscience