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What happened to
unisex clothes for kids?
If you were a kid in the 70s, you may remember how hard it
was tell tell the boys from the girls on the playground -- overalls,
primary colors and everyone with the same Afro or shag haircut! Take a
look at today's children's fashions and it's totally different, right
down to the baby department. What happened and what does it mean?
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What happens when power is shared in the classroom?
This is really
about the reciprocal nature of teaching and learning. If I learn as I
teach, can my students teach as they learn? To what extent can a
classroom be "de-centered"? What happens when it is? How do age, gender
and race factor into my own construction of authority?
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Green fashion -- seas change or a bill of goods??
The phrase "green
is the new black" is the fashion press's newest darling cliche, and you
can buy organic cotton clothes as Wal-Mart? How do consumers navigate
the confusing terrain of sustainable style?
I blog on this
topic at Nice White Lady.
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How can undergraduates become better researchers?
New technologies
are changing the meaning of "authority" and making information -- and
misinformation available to just about anyone. What are the
implications for novice researchers and for faculty who teach research
skills?
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