Quotes by David Edward Goldberg

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The emotional transformation of engineering education…is grounded in the real world and in the lives of the students we serve.
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[Olin] formed a culture of student ownership and engagement…students are not consumers but rather are partners in their education.
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The emotional transformation of engineering education…is based on a philosophy of education that is grounded in the real world and in the lives of the students we serve…In the right atmosphere, the change flows organically from the students themselves.
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Change flows organically from the students themselves.
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Our initial thinking about the keys to educational reform was wrong. The variables were deeply emotional and cultural.
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Genetic algorithms (GAs) are defined as search procedures based on the mechanics of natural selection and genetics, and we think we know what innovation is - at least in some sort of qualitative way - but what does one have to do with the other?
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We came to recognize that our initial thinking about the keys to educational reform was wrong. The key variables weren’t pedagogical. They weren’t financial. They weren’t curricular. They weren’t research. They weren’t any of the usual things we’ve always talked about as the engines of change. The variables were deeply emotional and cultural.