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Item Art, Politics, and the End of Education, Part 3(Daily Express, 2008-06) Khan, StevenPart 3 of this 4-part article argues that, through our education project, we must establish clearly the link between what is learnt and the responsibilities of individuals to other individuals, to their societies, and to other societies. It advises that we must find ways and means to link educative projects to the most basic of human desires as well as the most noble of human aspirationsItem Biophilia(Daily Express, 2009-03) Khan, StevenThis article reflects on the value of biology educationItem Business in Education(Daily Express, 2009-03) Khan, StevenThis article discusses the ideas advanced by Raymond E. Callahan in his 1962 book "Education and the Cult of Efficiency." The book presents an in-depth social-historical analysis of the personalities and sociocultural forces that influenced the actions of educational administrators in the first three decades of the 20th century, and through which business values, practices, and ideology had come to influence the culture of educational administrators and schools. The article argues that this analysis is relevant to Trinidad and Tobago and the CaribbeanItem Caring and Effective Classrooms(Daily Express, 2009-04) Khan, StevenThis article presents the core findings of a 2008 review of the international literature, which synthesized the best available evidence on how teachers create effective learning communities in mathematics classroomsItem Caring for Ourselves(Daily Express, 2007-12) Khan, StevenReflecting on personal experiences, this article argues that teachers have a responsibility to care for themselves in order to avoid burnout, and to teach their students, by their examples, how to care for themselves by nourishing healthy relationshipsItem Casting the Net(2009-04) Khan, StevenThis article describes an activity given to student teachers to illustrate concepts related to teaching and learning, and for providing meaningful opportunities to learnItem Catering for the Mathematically Gifted(Daily Express, 2007-06) Khan, StevenThis article examines the situation of mathematically gifted and talented students, who are typically misunderstood, bored, and frustrated in the regular classroom. It identifies some strategies for use with such students, and argues that such a critical resource cannot be ignored. The article concludes that more research needs to be done in the Caribbean to determine the needs of the gifted populations across all domains of accomplishmentItem Curriculum Interruptus(Daily Express, 2007-10) Khan, StevenThis article attempts to interrupt the heteronormative discourses surrounding curriculum. It argues that by interrupting our sometimes "corrupt" and "bankrupt" visions of what curriculum is, it might be possible to loosen the stranglehold of the "singularity of sameness" that drives many curriculum decisions towards imagining newer, more just possibilities of what curriculum might becomeItem Embodied Mathematics(Daily Express, 2007-06) Khan, StevenThis article addresses two questions: "What role, if any, does the body play in shaping the creation and understanding of the body of mathematics?" and "Can understanding the humaneness of mathematics contribute to the humane-ness of mathematics education?"Item Ethnomathematics, Part 1(Daily Express, 2007-06) Khan, StevenThe first part of this article seeks to answer the questions: "What is ethnomathematics?" and "How does one 'do' ethnomathematics?"Item Ethnomathematics, Part 2: Debates and Controversies(Daily Express, 2007-06) Khan, StevenThe second part of this article deals with the debates and controversies surrounding ethnomathematics within the mathematics education community, and discusses some of the implications for teaching, learning, and society that become possible through approaching mathematics and mathematics education through this perspectiveItem Ethnomathematics, Part 3: Wider Implications(Daily Express, 2007-06) Khan, StevenThe final part of this article examines the wider implications of ethnomathematicsItem A Few Good Men(Daily Express, 2007-06) Khan, StevenWhile acknowledging the concern about the "crises of masculinity," this article seeks to honour the men and masculinities that contributed to the author's formation as an educator, and, by extension, the diversity of men and masculinities in educationItem First Kiss(Daily Express, 2007-08) Khan, StevenThis article discusses the experience of novice teachers, and compares the first years of teaching to a first kissItem Healthy Mathematical Dispositions(Daily Express, 2007-05) Khan, StevenThis article notes that the goal of mathematics education is the development of a healthy "mathematical disposition," but that the beliefs, negative attitudes, and misconceptions about mathematics and its teaching and learning make the development of healthy dispositions a difficult task. The article makes suggestions on ways for educators to help students to develop more productive dispositions towards mathematicsItem A Kumbla Consciousness(Daily Express, 2008-11) Khan, StevenIn this article, the author describes how he arrived at appropriating the word "kumbla" from Caribbean and literary discourse to use as a metaphor for a mutating contested space--nurturing but potentially imprisoning--like school/education/Trinidad and Tobago. He notes his plans to use the concept in trying to articulate a theory for a Caribbean curriculumItem Learning to Read(Daily Express, 2008-01) Khan, StevenThis article reflects on the value of learning to read different textual forms, and notes that learning to "read" media is of urgent importanceItem Performing Ourselves Differently, Part 4(Daily Express, 2008-06) Khan, StevenThe final part of this article articulates the author's belief that a culture can only be dynamically transformed by performing itself differently. It asks the questions: "What if we take Holiness as an end for education?" and "What might it mean to perform Holiness as an educator?"Item Philosophy and the End of Education, Part 1(Daily Express, 2008-06) Khan, StevenPart 1 of this 4-part article reflects on the author's realization of himself as a philosopher, and asks the question: "To what end(s)/purpose(s) are education, national development, and, by extension, culture oriented?"Item Philosophy at the End of Education, Part 2(Daily Express, 2008-06) Khan, StevenPart 2 of this 4-part article begins to articulate a response to the question, "What is the purpose of education?"