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Rob, I agree with what you said in your article, where you state that critical thinking does seem like critical pedagogy ‘lite’ in the manner that you describe. From my reading, I would agree with the fact that critical thinking is more of a high minded idea, while critical pedagogy encourages students to take action [...]
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In reading our Burbules article for this week, I would have to say that it was impressive in its analysis over these two concepts, although I have to admit that my formal education in this area has been lacking.
As many of you who have read my other articles may know, I think that a major [...]
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This article, from the Washington Post, has introduced a new aspect of teaching which I have yet to seriously think about, the parents of the “Millennial Generation.” These parents are hyper-involved in their child’s education, so much so that it has become a problem for some teachers.
Personally, I am surprised that this has even become [...]
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This past Friday, I arrived for my sixth tutoring session. Mrs. Smith asked me to work with the class as a whole, answering any questions that may arise as the students worked on solve for the variable questions. One student, Gregory* seemed like a simple case with an easy answer, but due to mismanagement on [...]
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I like how Ornstein leaves the philosophical question implied in her work open-ended. The entire time I was reading this work, I was asking myself, ‘How does this philosophy or theory apply to me?’ and ‘Do I fall into this category?’ By the end of the two sections, philosophy and theory, I was growing slightly [...]
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This article, entitled “Fla. To link Teacher Pay to Students’ Test Scores,” initially had me skeptical, but by the end of the three page article, it almost has me convinced.
Essentially, the plan is to introduce a new test, which will be assessed and then compared to the student’s past performance on the test. From the [...]
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Through my bloglines, I have discovered a new tool that could be used for educational or recreational purposes. It is a catalog of NASA images and animations of Earth. It includes day and nighttime satellite photographs. I personally find this sort of catalog incredibly interesting, as, during the nighttime photographs, one can [...]
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As I was reading Amy Burger’s comments on this article about today’s youth becoming increasingly rude, I couldn’t help but agree on most of the points that both Amy and the article made.
I would agree, wholeheartedly, that answering a cellular phone call while in lecture is an incredibly rude action on part of the student. [...]
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Today, in Mrs. Smith’s class, I was allowed to roam free among the students, as it was material they had already covered, and no student was seriously behind. Although the students had a few questions, one student, Freddie*, was an interesting episode.
Freddie did absolutely no work during the time that Mrs. Smith had allowed for [...]
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I have just read RJ’s comment on a personal reading comment made by Amy Bastarache. Even though I have made my own comments on this particular blog made by Amy, I feel the need to respond to RJ’s comments.
First, I would like to agree with RJ’s comment that it seems to me that Amy put [...]
