The LB Chronicles by Lawrence Burke, Ed.D

teaching

  • Artemis ll: Is Science still a Candle in the Dark?

    It was mesmerizing. Artemis ll soaring towards earth, some 400 miles above our planet, before it entered the mighty force of gravity, and began its perilous descent towards the Pacific Ocean. The statistics of the mission to orbit around the… Continue reading

  • A few thoughts on education purpose and schooling in New Zealand

    Everyone has an opinion on education and schooling. Out of all the professions (medical, legal, engineering, architecture etc.) teaching and learning is the most fought over in terms of its content, how that content is to be delivered, and how… Continue reading

  • Education, Power & Wealth

    by Lawrence Burke The subsummation of 21st century education into an advanced capitalist framework reaches its Zenith in Jose Ferreira’s recent polemic on The Hollywoodization of Education. Ferreira is CEO of Knewton, a self-described ‘adaptive learning company’. It’s actually a… Continue reading