Program
STEPPE
Legacy-Refs
No-nonsense,
No-excuse
This is the webpage that confronts directly the ignorance-driven pernicious Silent
Curriculum
-- and Functional
Fixity.
This is where research and proof replace fiction and dogma; where myths are
replaced by science; where truth and fact replace fraud and fantasy. The Silent
Curriculum is a mix of popular wisdom, personal beliefs, attitudes, and
views that get passed along as "fact." Supported by bias and
prejudice, the Silent Curriculum consists of "dogma neither scientifically
based nor proven." Our challenge is to replace fiction with fact, fantasy
with research, myth with science. Otherwise, Functional Fixity results --
inflexible thinking unmoved by logic, fact, or research. Unopen to and
unaccepting of alternative views or ways of thinking, the unknowing 'FF mind'
reflects the adage that, "If all one has is a hammer, everything becomes a
nail." Such Hammerhead Thinking leads to "Misplaced
Precision" -- being into what isn't. Specifically, pseudo logic results in
the False
Authority
Syndrome
-- the Instant Expert who treats opinion as fact and speaks beyond his/her
proven level of competence or scope of knowledge. Vagueness, "well,
everyone knows that....", feigned indignation, and loud, fast-paced speech
characterize this Syndrome (again, generated by the empty-headed combination of
functional fixity, misplaced precision, and hammerhead thinking).
LegacyRefs
leads the fight against Hammerhead Thinking and the struggle against the Silent
Curriculum and Functional Fixity. False Authorities have no place on this site.
Join us in our struggle against ignorance -- now more than ever!
Click on 1 of the 6 options below to return/go back to different areas of this Program STEPPE/Dr Hedbring website.
Below are 32 major research categories,
each containing 15 to perhaps 100 or more of the most often-quoted publications
from the top 25 or so research journals, along with selective books and
chapters. Unless prototypic, few of the references involve animal studies. The
human condition itself seems to present ample and sufficient problems for study
these days, at least if the research cited in the major journals is any
indication. Such is the nature of zetetics....
P.S.: Please return to this Webpage and review all STEPPE/Hedbring
reference lists often. All categories are in constant
flux as new literature is uncovered, recommended, or encountered. Finally, we
are all in this together, so please be quick and eager to point out errors or
additional literature you find compelling. Thank you
and have a fine day.
(Remember: This is also Website for Special Education
programs at major universities in America. If you are interested in visiting
some 35 selected programs -- complete with a selected list of their
publishing professors -- this is the link!)
