Archive | March, 2007
Complex Social Situation
I had a very productive meeting with my thesis committee yesterday. They had read my latest draft of chapter four and made some very helpful suggestions. Here is why I need suggestions at this point: The sheer amount of data that I’m working with is overwhelming. The way I organized the chapter is not very [...]
Continue reading...Towards Passion-Based Conversations
13. March 2007
“The trouble with traditional education was not that educators took upon themselves the responsibility of providing an environment. The trouble was that they did not consider the other factor in creating an experience; namely, the powers and purposes of those taught.” - John Dewey, Experience and Education, 1938. “Can a Student Get Up and Leave?” [...]
Continue reading...- The Power of Feedback
- Assessment for Learning
- Learning Stories: Part I
- Downloading Evaluative Knowledge
- Britney: Where can I find examples of how you have used Lea...
- Britney: I am a Junior Kindergarten teacher in a play-based...
- Janet Bissett: Bravo! You make some excellent points. Feedback f...
- Jessica Boone: I enjoyed reading this post. I feel so strongly t...
- Lydia Parsons: This was a very insightful post! As a beginning te...
Asides 
Karyn Romeis responded to my South African reflection by linking to her own African tale. Her words struck a chord because I returned from Africa (South Africa and Kenya) only a few weeks ago, and my experiences there profoundly changed me as a teacher and a human being. Her entry took me back to many schools and classrooms that I visited in Kenya as part of the Teachers Without Borders-Canada project.
Here’s a link to Karyn’s entry and to a version I annotated using Diigo.
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15. March 2007
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