What’s the difference between hearing and listening? Between looking and seeing? These are nuances that we rarely seriously consider, yet we should. In a day and age when people spend more time ...

What, exactly, is good listening, and why does it matter when it comes to learning? Is "close listening" a doorway to understanding that too many of us are keeping only half open? My story on Socrates ...

Listen and learn, the saying goes. But are students and teachers these days fully listening to each other? What, exactly, is good listening, and why does it matter when it comes to learning? Is "close ...