GEDI / Grad 5114 – Fall 2015
Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed is a constant exchange of arguments between reactionary and revolutionary positions. While I have long flirted with the reactionary nineteenth century society, I am most stimulated by some of Freire’s assertions regarding a revolution in education – and ultimately, in society. His statement “Education is suffering from narration sickness” summarizes […]
Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed is a constant exchange of arguments between reactionary and revolutionary positions. While I have long flirted with the reactionary nineteenth century society, I am most stimulated by some of Freire’s assertions regarding a revolution in education – and ultimately, in society. His statement “Education is suffering from narration sickness” summarizes […]
As a foreigner in the USA, I have always been very surprised with this nation’s obsession with race. Being myself a Western European –in Western Europe only the British Isles have a race/ethnicity section in their census – all this racial classification of society seems quite contradictory to me. I understand that the USA have […]
As a foreigner in the USA, I have always been very surprised with this nation’s obsession with race. Being myself a Western European –in Western Europe only the British Isles have a race/ethnicity section in their census – all this racial classification of society seems quite contradictory to me. I understand that the USA have […]
In “Finding my teaching voice”, Sarah Deel narrates her story of teaching, from being thrown into teaching undergrads as a graduate student, to finally accepting her teaching voice, which she considers freeing. I believe her story of teaching and the evolution of her perception of her own teaching is not very different than that of […]
In “Finding my teaching voice”, Sarah Deel narrates her story of teaching, from being thrown into teaching undergrads as a graduate student, to finally accepting her teaching voice, which she considers freeing. I believe her story of teaching and the evolution of her perception of her own teaching is not very different than that of […]
“I am myself and my circumstance” wrote Spanish philosopher José Ortega y Gasset (1883 – 1955). The circumstance is oppressive, which creates an interaction between the person and the circumstances, turning life into a drama that exists between necessity and freedom. This same struggle is present in almost every college student, who is most likely […]
“I am myself and my circumstance” wrote Spanish philosopher José Ortega y Gasset (1883 – 1955). The circumstance is oppressive, which creates an interaction between the person and the circumstances, turning life into a drama that exists between necessity and freedom. This same struggle is present in almost every college student, who is most likely […]
Pink’s video on motivation starts off by asserting that humans cannot be endlessly manipulated. I have to disagree with this statement. Mass media are unfortunately becoming, for the most part, a great machine for manipulation of people’s minds, keeping them busy at easy-to-reward mechanical tasks. And what does this have to do with grades in our […]
Pink’s video on motivation starts off by asserting that humans cannot be endlessly manipulated. I have to disagree with this statement. Mass media are unfortunately becoming, for the most part, a great machine for manipulation of people’s minds, keeping them busy at easy-to-reward mechanical tasks. And what does this have to do with grades in our […]
