• Short Bursts from the Teaching Trenches by Dr PK (Chari) Rangachari

  • Written by: PK Rangachari
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Short Bursts from the Teaching Trenches by Dr PK (Chari) Rangachari

Written by: PK Rangachari
  • Summary

  • A collection of audio essays on teaching and learning in postsecondary education read by the author, Dr PK (Chari) Rangachari, Professor Emeritus of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University.
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Episodes
  • Episode 1 - Making Sense of the World
    Aug 20 2024

    A conversation with Dominic Gangemi on making sense of the world. We start with a quote from Psalm 104 and discuss how science tries to understand the world we live in.

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    24 mins
  • Episode 12 - Evidence-Based Mantra, Shibboleth, Whatever
    Jul 16 2024

    An audio essay dealing with another fashionable academic term "evidence-based" using Shakespeare's Julius Caesar to consider the contrasts between assumptions and facts.

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    23 mins
  • Episode 11 - Factoring Impacts
    Jul 16 2024

    An audio essay dealing with the fashionable academic word "impact". A wry look at publications and citations, and a proposal to create a PIF (a personalized impact factor).

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    13 mins

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