Frederick (Fred, Skip) Goodman is Professor of Education Emeritus at the

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. He created the influential Master's of Arts and Certification (MAC) Program that pioneered the teacher training residency and full-year internship model in the early 1990s. Additionally, Goodman's work was foundational in the creation of th
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and was the foundation of the Interactive Communications & Simulations (ICS) Projects at UM as well as the non-profit Community System's Foundation. Goodman's research was deeply inspired by the work of the American Educational Philosopher

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, constructivism, and pragmatism (as exemplified by

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). Goodman specializes in experiential education, game design, authentic assessment and entrepreneurial education. Because he works to embody Dewey's idea that "experience is education" he did not emphasize publications but instead focused on doing and being in collaboration with others in service of learning. Notably, Goodman was the creator of

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's first (unsold) TV pilot, a gameshow called ''Decisions, Decisions''. He also traveled South America with

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and is thanked at the beginning of Illich's most famous book on education ''

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''.

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