Category: Arts & Humanities
Teaching Poetry in Literature-Based Writing Courses
| May 16, 2013 | Posted by Josh Boldt under Arts & Humanities, Teaching |
This post begins a four part series that explores literature-based writing classes. In this series, we’ll explore the concept of literature-based writing courses and how we, as writing teachers, can use literature in our composition courses to teach writing. In order to gain a full perspective on this discussion, I’m going to break our exploration…
The Creative Work Conundrum
| April 24, 2013 | Posted by Josh Boldt under Arts & Humanities, Work, Writing |
The problem with creative work is it usually fails. Creatives spend hours and hours on projects that almost always crash and burn. Just about every project started by a creative professional will end in disappointment. It’s demoralizing. It’s depressing. It’s draining. Worse yet, when a creative doesn’t succeed, he doesn’t get paid. All those hours…
You Can’t Be Anything You Want to Be
| April 1, 2013 | Posted by Josh Boldt under Education, Teaching, Work, Writing |
You can’t be anything you want to be. Most of us grew up hearing a repetitive mantra: “You can be anything you want to be.” All through my childhood I can remember being told this in school by teacher after teacher. Even as a kid, I was skeptical of it. By the time I reached…
Teaching Without a Plan
| March 28, 2013 | Posted by Josh Boldt under Education, Teaching, Writing |
Teaching without a plan makes the classroom exciting and a little dangerous. In a good way. Dangerous because it’s a bit of a gamble. You never quite know for sure what will happen. Sometimes the house wins and you go back to your office and close the door, wondering what the hell just happened. These…
Order of Education Press Publishes Your Education Book
| March 20, 2013 | Posted by Editor under Education, Writing |
Do you want to share your experience and resources with others? The publishing branch of Order of Education–known as Order of Education Press–is now accepting book proposals from people involved in the field of education. The website has a dedicated education press that is designed specifically for previously unpublished authors. Order of Education Press can…
New Master’s Degree Book From Order of Education
| March 14, 2013 | Posted by Editor under Arts & Humanities, Book Reviews, Education, Graduate School, Writing |
Here at Order of Education we’re proud to bring you the first in our line of published books on the topic of education. This first book is written by the site editor, Joshua A. Boldt, and it is entitled Should I Get a Master’s Degree in English? In this first book publication by Order of…
A Financial Win for the Humanities, For Once
| March 7, 2013 | Posted by Josh Boldt under Arts & Humanities, Education, Graduate School, Writing |
Today, I’m bringing you the uplifting academic story of the week sponsored by the humanities. But first, if you’ve spent any time on Order of Education, you know good news about the humanities is rare. Political obsession with STEM fields (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) have pretty much squeezed the humanities into a tiny corner…
Two Big Problems With Graduate Education in the Humanities
| February 21, 2013 | Posted by Josh Boldt under Adjunct Professors, Arts & Humanities, Education, Graduate School, Politics |
“Graduate education in the humanities is in crisis.” Departing MLA President Michael Bérubé and I apparently agree on many things.1 Of course, he’s been in the academy a lot longer than I have, but you don’t have to be an industry veteran to recognize the precarity of graduate education in the humanities. Sure, humanities departments have been saying…
DIY U and a New Vision For Higher Education
| February 9, 2013 | Posted by Josh Boldt under Activism, Adjunct Professors, Book Reviews, Education, Teaching, Technology |
I read DIY U in about 24 hours. Anya Kamenetz’s book is only 163 pages, but I don’t think it contains a single skippable sentence. DIY U: Edupunks, Edupreneurs, and the Coming Transformation of Higher Education is one of the most interesting and exciting books I’ve picked up in the past year. I grabbed a…
On the Irrationality of Art
| November 26, 2012 | Posted by Editor under Arts & Humanities, Writing |
This piece on the Irrationality of Art was left as a comment on my post Why Did I Get a Master’s Degree in English? When I read it, I decided it was much too insightful and beautifully written to be buried in a comment thread, so I contacted its author, Mario Savioni, and suggested that…
Recent Comments