SteveStockdale

Resume

Steve — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:05:26 +0000

Steven E. Stockdale February 2012

Professional educator, experienced analyst and problem-solver, passionate about the intersection of Educational Psychology, Neuroscience, and Technology

Qualifications Masters degree in Educational Psychology with emphasis on research methods and analysis, neuroscience implications for education, and technology applications such as distance and interactive online learning management systems. Classroom teaching [...]

2011 Year-End Review

Steve — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 02:52:15 +0000

What to say about 2011?

A Crop of Enlightened Perspectives

Steve — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 14:13:10 +0000

from David Fairchild’s Memoirs, The World Was My Garden (1938)

[on his own home garden] ”I was appalled by my abysmal ignorance of practical agriculture when I started to create my own home. I soon discovered that through all my years of association with professors of horticulture, agricultural colleges, and experiment stations, I had developed a [...]

Quotes

Steve — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 13:27:31 +0000

Quotes Pertaining to an Informed Perspective

Regarding Learning General Wit and Wisdom Excerpts from Emerson’s essay Self-Reliance Excerpts from Thoreau’s Walden From Mahatma Gandhi A Crop of Perspectives from David Fairchild’s The World Was My Garden

Learning

He who learns and [...]

Here’s Something About General Semantics

Steve — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 23:23:19 +0000

A Primer for Making Sense of Your World, by Steve Stockdale

Available in eBook format (PDF) for immediate FREE download. FREE! ISBN 978-0-9824645-0-2; 290 pages. Accessible, well-written introduction to GS principles, plus more! Written from 13 years teaching experience. Filled with examples, demonstrations, and explanations; over 50 illustrations. Includes articles from the GS journal [...]

What I Learned in 2000

Steve — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 15:20:00 +0000

As we begin the year of HAL, I thought it would be worthwhile for me to recount a few of my “lessons learned” over the past 12 months. Your mileage may vary. Season as you go with chili. Don’t take your jeans right out of the dryer and tuck them under your chin to fold. [...]

Passages for Uncertain Career Journeys

Steve — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 14:36:55 +0000

My friend and former career adviser Helen Harkness was asked to edit a special edition of a journal for career development professional in 2010. She invited me to submit an article/essay, which was accepted. The theme of the special edition was Mid Life Career Crisis: How chaos theory and positive psychology can help.

The edition [...]

Stacy’s Graduation Tribute

Steve — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 12:59:00 +0000

From your first day of kindergarten
To your last day at Trinity
You’ve blessed our lives beyond these words
By being whom you appear to be.

We trust you’re ready for tomorrow
For the dreams that come your way,
While knowing you’ll remember
That there’s “no day but [...]

Jo Wanda Armstrong Stockdale

Steve — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 12:41:02 +0000

Mother died December 27, 1996, after succumbing to the devastating effects of scleroderma. She was registered with the Living Bank and donated her body to the University of North Texas Health Science Center. Since we didn’t have a service, I felt it would be appropriate to say a few things here.

Webster’s New Collegiate [...]

National Workshop on General Semantics

Steve — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 04:10:07 +0000

Reprinted with permission from: Centre for Contemporary Theory, Vadodara, Gujarat, India

Twelfth National Workshop Cognitive Language Skills for the 21st Century
3rd – 5th November 2007

A Report

One of the dominant concerns of contemporary social and political theory and one which has engaged if not captured [...]