GEDI / Grad 5114 – Fall 2015
I have Attention Deficit Disorder, while some people don’t believe it actually exists I think that we can all agree that we can all agree that everyone displays varying degrees of its symptoms from time to time. I am wired to be distracted. When my medication wears off I am off the wall, impulsive, fidgety, […]
Read moreEducation can function to control and contain students and maintain the status quo. Or, it empowers students to be critically engaged and active participants in society. It is time to take education beyond the walls of the classroom. Focusing singularly on textbook problems and not applying them to a real context leaves students wondering “what […]
Read moreBefore we begin, I want to break down the differences between privilege, bias, and racism.Privilege Privilege (n): a right, immunity, or benefit enjoyed only by a person (or group of people) beyond the advantages of most. Below are a just a few examples – one of male privilege that I have encountered through my research […]
Read moreWhile trying to think about how I want to teach I happened to be on a Doctor Who kick. I realized that Doctor Who sends many great messages. There are a great number of things from Doctor Who that I would like to apply to my every day life as well as to my teaching […]
Read moreI enjoy the company of young people – they like to think. They have cool ideas, they’re off the wall, and down right hilarious. As I’m getting closer to the age of wanting to have a family of my own I find myself looking at the homework of my friend’s children and often times helping […]
Read moreWhy is examination the measure by which we judge an individual’s understanding of material? I have had this inability to take tests well since I was a child. It’s not to say I’m unintelligent or I can’t have a conversation about the material being covered, what it does say is I am a very poor … Continue reading How do we measure knowledge?
Read moreWorking in a bubble – your current situation is not representative of reality. Why we need to leave the bubble – we need to leave the bubble to work in a multidisciplinary environment, to work in an environment that is representative of the real world. Interaction with people who have different opinions and different views will … Continue reading Working in a bubble – not as awesome as it sounds
Read moreThis is a test of my blog for Pedagogical Practices in Contemporary Contexts
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