David J. Smith

Designing a Paper Airplane, the Metaphor of a Lamp, and Other Models for Reflective Practice

By: David J. Smith, May 5, 2017 I am fortunate to have the opportunity to teach students working toward their certificate, master’s and PhD degrees at the School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution at George Mason University, where I received my MS. The past few years I have taught the course “Reflective Practice in ConflictContinueContinue reading “Designing a Paper Airplane, the Metaphor of a Lamp, and Other Models for Reflective Practice”

It is Time to Rethink the Meaning of Work, Rutger Bregman, World Economic Forum, 4/15

By: David J. Smith, May 5, 2017 In this essay originally published through the World Economic Forum, author Rutger Bregman discusses the changing nature of work, pointing out that many think their jobs are useful. He is the author of Utopia for Realists: How We Can Build the Ideal World. Click below for the essay.ContinueContinue reading “It is Time to Rethink the Meaning of Work, Rutger Bregman, World Economic Forum, 4/15”

College Freshmen: The Most Polarized in 50 Years, The Atlantic, 5/2

By: David J. Smith, May 3, 2017 We are more divided as a nation than ever before. This article by Hayley Glatter from The Atlantic seems to confirm data about the country as a whole. This is counter to what many have thought about millennials – that they try to reach middle ground andContinueContinue reading “College Freshmen: The Most Polarized in 50 Years, The Atlantic, 5/2”