Paulo Freire’s chapter, “Teaching is a Human Act,” from the book, Pedagogy of Freedom, provided me with a wonderful perspective of embracing an open-minded, authentic presentation of one’s true self when serving the role of a teacher. Freire writes, “I cannot be a teacher without exposing who I am. Without revealing, either reluctantly or withContinue reading “Teaching is a human act: Enhancing openness”
Group post by Chris Clements, Austin Garren, Jazmin Jurkiewicz, Andrew Knight, Malle Schilling, and Brittany Shaughnessy What do we mean by digital pedagogy? Digital pedagogy presents a unique set of issues that one may not think of when first stepping foot in the classroom. Digital pedagogy hosts a myriad of definitions for different people. AsContinue reading “The Trial and Error of Digital Pedagogy”
This week’s readings on project-based learning and case-based learning sparked a lot of interest in how I want to teach one day as a full professor or graduate student in charge of organizing my class content. I believe that problem-based learning objectives help students contextualize their learning into long-term application that can help prepare ourContinue reading “Long-Term Study Abroad as PBL”
This week’s readings on inclusive pedagogy provided excellent practices for creating an inclusive teaching environment that fosters positive, long-term values of openness and acceptance of others beliefs and ideas. Arao and Clemens’ article “From Safe Spaces to Brave Spaces” resonated with me personally, as I was a part of the activity described in the article’sContinue reading “Incorporating Brave Spaces Into Teaching”
Sarah Deel’s narrative on finding her true teaching voice provided a wonderful journey through her first experiences teaching and helped me think back to my first year (last year) and how much I have continued to adapt my own teaching style. As a public speaking teacher, we are given a weekly script and overview ofContinue reading “Discovering my authentic teaching self”
