Comments on: Purposeful blogging and the Grade http://teacherindevelopment.blogsome.com/2005/12/20/purposeful-blogging-and-the-grade/ The life and times of an English teacher in Mexico City Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:57:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Aaron Nelson http://teacherindevelopment.blogsome.com/2005/12/20/purposeful-blogging-and-the-grade/#comment-70 Fri, 23 Dec 2005 19:26:39 +0000 http://teacherindevelopment.blogsome.com/2005/12/20/purposeful-blogging-and-the-grade/#comment-70 Hi Ms.Pam, Thank you very much for your comments, and welcome to the blogsphere! I hope to see your blog up and running! I have heard of Paulo Freire, from reading other blogs, but I've never read his stuff. From what I've heard from others, his work seems like it will be mighty interesting. I would really enjoy learning more about how you are developing communities in your classroom. I am in the process of planning how to get something like that going in our Professional Development program. Would you mind sharing what you've done and more...of interest to me..how did you do it? And how much do you get involved? I am eagerly awaiting your comments, and I really hope to see you blogging soon! I bet you have a lot to contribute! Hi Ms.Pam,
Thank you very much for your comments, and welcome to the blogsphere! I hope to see your blog up and running!

I have heard of Paulo Freire, from reading other blogs, but I’ve never read his stuff. From what I’ve heard from others, his work seems like it will be mighty interesting.

I would really enjoy learning more about how you are developing communities in your classroom. I am in the process of planning how to get something like that going in our Professional Development program. Would you mind sharing what you’ve done and more…of interest to me..how did you do it? And how much do you get involved?

I am eagerly awaiting your comments, and I really hope to see you blogging soon! I bet you have a lot to contribute!

]]> by: Ms. Pam http://teacherindevelopment.blogsome.com/2005/12/20/purposeful-blogging-and-the-grade/#comment-69 Thu, 22 Dec 2005 13:54:56 +0000 http://teacherindevelopment.blogsome.com/2005/12/20/purposeful-blogging-and-the-grade/#comment-69 I am reading all your posts with much interest. I am a teacher of human development at a community college in California. I was wondering if you have ever read the work of Paulo Freire and liberation pedagogy. If not, go find Pedagogy of the Oppressed. I think you would like it. I am always trying to make my classes as student-centered as possible. Certainly the community-building I do and the open discussions we have makes this happen. At the same time, I do have to cover the material in the textbook during the course of the semester. It is heavy material, most of it developmental psychology. I find that, taking as much stress out of the class as possible to make it a positive affective learning environment really helps. I facilitate the students through applying the book material to their own lives, by giving assignments that encourage story-telling and probing into their own pasts and families. The learning is very personal and I share my own stories to illustrate concepts in the book. Even as little as (I think) I do, it is very liberating for my students to learn in this way. Have you read Ira Shor's books? I recently finished my master's thesis on "Healing the Wounds of the Banking System: Using Liberatory Pedagogy in the Community College Classroom" so I am very into this subject. This is my first post to a blog, so I'm feeling a little shy. I will keep reading, and post more myself. Thanks for the good work you are doing in the world. I am reading all your posts with much interest. I am a teacher of human development at a community college in California. I was wondering if you have ever read the work of Paulo Freire and liberation pedagogy. If not, go find Pedagogy of the Oppressed. I think you would like it.
I am always trying to make my classes as student-centered as possible. Certainly the community-building I do and the open discussions we have makes this happen. At the same time, I do have to cover the material in the textbook during the course of the semester. It is heavy material, most of it developmental psychology. I find that, taking as much stress out of the class as possible to make it a positive affective learning environment really helps. I facilitate the students through applying the book material to their own lives, by giving assignments that encourage story-telling and probing into their own pasts and families.
The learning is very personal and I share my own stories to illustrate concepts in the book.
Even as little as (I think) I do, it is very liberating for my students to learn in this way.
Have you read Ira Shor’s books? I recently finished my master’s thesis on “Healing the Wounds of the Banking System: Using Liberatory Pedagogy in the Community College Classroom” so I am very into this subject.
This is my first post to a blog, so I’m feeling a little shy. I will keep reading, and post more myself.
Thanks for the good work you are doing in the world.

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