Excellent article on education and magic

[Kitten]

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/27/nyregion/27magic.html

 

[Jyera]

Excellent news indeed.

It would be good news to know that the following topics in his course.
- Spoon bending trick.
- Cold reading.

 

[Eos of the Eons]

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I only get to read the first two sentences. I can guess as to what the article is, but can somebody snip out a couple of relevant sentences? It looks like some good news for once.

 

[Xeriar]

Apparently some teachers at Muhlenberg College are weaving magic instruction into their course load. No specifics as to what, really, just that it is getting taught during Religion, Psychology and Philosophy courses.

Not much meat to the article, in my opinion.

 

[kittynh]

Magic is a great tool for critical thinking.

Once you teach children, no matter what age, that what seems to be paranormal can actually be a "trick" you open their minds.

Actually, it's often quite hard to fool small children with some tricks! You almost have to learn to think, "that's impossible!"