From Content to Community
Relatable Content While I started out by trying to find an exciting and engaging way to present content from teacher…
From Theory to Practice: Practicum
The application from theory to practice that framed my philosophy and commitment to my student’s education was unsurprisingly an evolutionary…
Constructing Community
Eric Schaps in “Creating Caring School Communities” outlines succinctly the process, challenges, and outcomes of community building in schools, but…
Helping Students Find Relevance
Robin Roberson has an awesome quote from Deirdre Wilson Dan Sperber (co-authors on Relevance Theory) in her article “Helping Students…
Identifying opportunities to learn
In between the process of reflecting on my own inquiry question, completing a whirlwind of assignments, and almost becoming totally…
When education doesn’t relate to the learner and how to fix it: Paulo Freire Edition
In Chapter two of his book “Pedagogy of the Oppressed” Paulo Freire identifies issues in the paradigm of “Banking Education”…
My Pedagogical Creed and Process
“Education introduces us to worlds we might otherwise never encounter, thereby reshaping our vision of the world we think we…
My Mini Inquiry Question and Process
Student Engagement with material and the extent of the material’s potential scope of relevance is to me one of the…