Thanks for the post. I thought reading her works this week was very interesting. It’s inspiring to read accounts of people who have overcome challenges to find incredible success. I think that there are great lessons to learn, even though I may not go through the exact challenges she went through. If we persevere and have confidence in ourselves, we can accomplish great things. Thanks!

Ditto to the benefits of learning your students names and, as a student, having a teacher know your name. Showing you care enough to do small, individualized things like learning someone’s name can go a long ways to building bridges and open discussions. I think, too, that you are more likely to listen people who you think of as individuals instead of as just one more of the crowd. I think that helps them enjoy and engage but also helps you as a teacher to find more enjoyment and engagement in the teaching experience. It’s fun to actually know those you teach. Thanks for the post!

Thanks for the post. I thought there were some great ideas about how to incorporate critical pedagogy into a variety of fields. I liked the comment in the civil engineering section about asking “what would happen if…?” What a great way to encourage people to think beyond our standard ideas on a topic. We find solutions to the world’s problems by thinking about change and possibilities. We do that by thinking :”what if?”

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Cool! I really liked the idea of making a whiteboard.

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Thanks for your post, I really liked it. I totally agree that we (as future teachers) need to encourage our students to “think”. We need to teach them how to critically think, instead of focusing on the materials to pass the exams. However, I think students also have an important role in this process. Teachers should create a comfortable atmosphere for everyone to participate and learn through thinking and discussion, however, it is students’ choice to utilize this opportunity or only care about their grades.

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Thanks for your post. I totally agree that we (as future teachers) need to be open minded and develop critical thinking. I have experienced similar situations when I suddenly understood something while I was explaining it to a student, or answering his/her question. So, it is important to encourage our teachers to be learners.

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I really enjoyed your visual! When I first saw it in class, I was like “how in the world can this represent critical pedagogy!” But after you all explained all the parts of the building, how they work together to make a unified structure, it made perfect sense. And in that, it is an excellent example of critical pedagogy! Thanks!

Nicely stated! I especially like the phrase “bovine educational system.” You are absolutely right — most teachers just transfer facts to students who only memorize information to obtain good grades. And because we cannot possibly remember everything we “learn,” we regurgitate these facts to stuff others in. I guess, I should say that we do remember the things we actually learn (no quotations here) — the things we care about and take the time to think about, discuss, and truly understand are remembered. As I was reading this, I realized that of the countless classes I have taken, I am ALWAYS happiest in the ones that are all discussion-based. Why ~ because I feel like I get to be involved in my education and the direction the class takes. In return, these are the classes I gain the most out of!

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I hear what you are saying. For me, if I do not know peoples’ names, I do not feel nearly as connected to them. I also make an effort whenever I talk to people I don’t know on the phone or in person to address them by their names (e.g., “Hi, thank you for calling X. My name is Erica. How may I help you?” “Hi, Erica, my name is Erin …..). To me, when someone uses my name, it makes me feel like they somehow CARE about me (even if I have never met them before) or at least that they paid attention to what I was saying when they introduced themselves! The power of feeling cared about and heard are very strong!