Teaching time; Disrupting common sense
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چکیده
In my course “Time” I set out to disrupt the connection between cognitive tools used represent time (clocks and calendars) experiences of time. This article documents some topics pedagogical methods use: using unusual due dates for assignments, making clock look strange, disrupting idea “now,” showing how clocks cultivate gullibility, exploring different hour systems past, criticizing clock-based logics in primatological research, explaining theory special relativity, political economic consequences sleep loss.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Time & Society
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['1461-7463', '0961-463X']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0961463x221138639