Robert McClintock
Professional Background
Educational Background
M.A., Columbia University, History Department (1963)
Ph.D., With Distinction, Columbia University, History & Education (1968)
Scholarly Interests
Selected Publications
biographical information
Here are a few links to my activities on the Web.
- You will find my recent book, Enough:A Pedagogic Speculation, raises lots of questions about the direction of education and public life and shows how we can improve them with serious and sustained effort.
- I contribute to Formative Justice, a blog "for the education and culture that all persons merit." I also write periodically at the Dewey Society's Social Issues blog.
- I tweet at @robmcclintock, although not too frequently as I am inclined to paraphrase Wittgenstein--"whereof one speaks in 140 char, thereof one should be silent."
- I have a 2.0 social presence, somewhat shy and reticent, on Facebook, on Google+, on LinkedIn, on Academia, on Goodreads, and on LibraryThing.
- To interact, person-to-person, try email--no bots please!
If you want information about me, the Web has lots of that too:
- In 2011, Joe Levine, a good writer working for Teachers College, did a profile about me as "The Accidental Technologist."
- A few years ago, I told my story in a few pages--what I anticipated then hasn't quite panned out, but it is true enough in spirit.
- You can get the details of my professional career from my myCV.
Currently, I'm trying to network colleagues through a Collaboratory for Liberal Learning, so we can make our scholarship and criticism more effective in education and public affairs. Previously I tried something similar through studyplace.org, a wiki for explorations in education, communication, and culture. And before that, I devoted a lot of energy to building up the Institute for Learning Technologies.
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curriculum vitae
A&HH 4078: Technology and education in Western history
An historical inquiry into the educational implications of technological change, particularly as it has affected cultural values and the capacities to organize action and to communicate ideas. Special fee: $30.
A&HH 4901: Research and independent Study
Permission of instructor required.
A&HH 6577: Topics in the history of American educational thought
Permission of instructor required. Prerequisite: A&HH 4070 or equivalent. Considers the origins of American education including international perspectives.
A&HH 6901: Research and independent study
Permission of instructor required.
Centers and Projects
Website: http://ccnmtl.columbia.edu
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