Jeff Toney would like you to think differently about who’s doing the teaching at MIT. The visiting professor in the MIT Department of Linguistics and Philosophy piloted an ambitious Independent Activities Period (IAP) project, bringing together students from MIT and Wellesley College to explore the rich trove of knowledge each student already possesses as a cultural inheritance. “STEM education is rooted in a tradition of students mentored by masters and icons of their field,” says Toney, who is also the provost and vice president of research and faculty at Kean…
