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Stephen Dobson, The Conversation

Not ‘rote’ learning but focus on two principles that produces skilled, creative Chinese students

Research shows that common perceptions of Chinese and other Asian learners are wrong and that repetition and meaningful learning are not mutually exclusive.

Peter Yongqi Gu, The Conversation
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Stephen Dobson, The Conversation
· Nov 02, 2024 · 10:00 pm
How the great Russian writer Fyodor Dostoevsky overcame his gambling addiction

Gambling had been for Dostoevsky a ‘kind of obsession’, an experience defined by the thrill of ‘half-hanging over an abyss’.

Stephen Dobson, The Conversation
· Jan 28, 2024 · 05:30 pm