A Response to Some of the Points of: When Academic Disagreement Becomes Harassment and Persecution

An error filled complaint was recently posted on the Stanford web-site of Professor of Mathematics Education Jo Boaler. It begins:“Honest academic debate lies at the core of good scholarship. But what happens when, under the guise of academic freedom, people distort the truth in order to promote the...

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Main Authors: Wayne Bishop, R. James Milgram
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nonpartisan Education Group 2012-12-01
Series:Nonpartisan Education Review
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Online Access:http://www.nonpartisaneducation.org/Review/Essays/v8n4.pdf
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spelling doaj-345f022d1797459c9b6ed7a25b23f63f2021-07-02T07:22:46ZengNonpartisan Education GroupNonpartisan Education Review2150-64772012-12-018414A Response to Some of the Points of: When Academic Disagreement Becomes Harassment and PersecutionWayne BishopR. James MilgramAn error filled complaint was recently posted on the Stanford web-site of Professor of Mathematics Education Jo Boaler. It begins:“Honest academic debate lies at the core of good scholarship. But what happens when, under the guise of academic freedom, people distort the truth in order to promote their position and discredit someone’s evidence? I have suffered serious intellectual persecution for a number of years and decided it is now time to reveal the details.”The irony of this claim of violation of honest academic debate - absolutely essential to academia - is overwhelming. Herein are addressed some of the more obvious points.http://www.nonpartisaneducation.org/Review/Essays/v8n4.pdfmathematics educationeducation researchcensorshipstudent achievementeducation policy
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A Response to Some of the Points of: When Academic Disagreement Becomes Harassment and Persecution
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student achievement
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title A Response to Some of the Points of: When Academic Disagreement Becomes Harassment and Persecution
title_short A Response to Some of the Points of: When Academic Disagreement Becomes Harassment and Persecution
title_full A Response to Some of the Points of: When Academic Disagreement Becomes Harassment and Persecution
title_fullStr A Response to Some of the Points of: When Academic Disagreement Becomes Harassment and Persecution
title_full_unstemmed A Response to Some of the Points of: When Academic Disagreement Becomes Harassment and Persecution
title_sort response to some of the points of: when academic disagreement becomes harassment and persecution
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series Nonpartisan Education Review
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publishDate 2012-12-01
description An error filled complaint was recently posted on the Stanford web-site of Professor of Mathematics Education Jo Boaler. It begins:“Honest academic debate lies at the core of good scholarship. But what happens when, under the guise of academic freedom, people distort the truth in order to promote their position and discredit someone’s evidence? I have suffered serious intellectual persecution for a number of years and decided it is now time to reveal the details.”The irony of this claim of violation of honest academic debate - absolutely essential to academia - is overwhelming. Herein are addressed some of the more obvious points.
topic mathematics education
education research
censorship
student achievement
education policy
url http://www.nonpartisaneducation.org/Review/Essays/v8n4.pdf
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