The topic for Post 5 is Critical Pedagogy. However, any idea with pedagogy connections that you feel strongly about will be accepted as a blog post!
Bringing My Whole Self My mouth went dry as I looked out at my classmates. I hovered near the podium as my professor pulled up my slides. “Okay, you’re all set,” he said. I took a deep breath and…
“The climate of respect that is born of just, serious, humble, and generous relationships, in which both the authority of the teacher and the freedom of the students are ethically grounded, is what converts pedagogical space into authentic educational experience.” – Freire (1998). For this week’s blog post, I decided to summarize points that resonated […]
The readings this week felt eerily relevant after the tumult of last week’s election. All year, I have been thinking about the sins of omission committed by the leaders of our country. It has been exhausting (and frankly, disgusting) to watch these men repeatedly respond to various insidious statements, decisions, and policies of our president […]
The readings for this week’s topic made me think deeply about the teaching journey, particularly about it being a choice of how we carry our teaching practices. When we choose democratic, open-minded practices, there is always a risk involved. I reflected on the acceptance of students evaluation and how I think I should be committed … Continue reading Reflection on Critical Pedagogy
This week’s readings talked about critical pedagogy and brought forth a lot of different ideas and thoughts. For me, especially, the readings hit home in the sense that they made me look at some different aspects of my own teaching that may or may not need to be changed. (Freire) spoke about the ‘banking system …
Yes. This Tina Turner classic and all time hit in playing in my ears as I am, ironically, reading Darder’s Teaching As An Act of Love and I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to start my blog off this way! And yet… all humor aside, the song and readings pose an imperative question that isContinue reading “What’s Love Got to Do with It?”
I really enjoyed this week’s readings, as they got to the heart of why we should be teachers in the first place. In particular, I was drawn to Freire’s Teaching as a human act article. Something I have always believed is that teachers should be able to communicate their passion for the subject they are …
After reading Freire’s article, I realize different aspects of Critical Pedagogy that I have never thought about. Paulo Freire was a Brazilian educator, and he was seen as one of the founders of critical pedagogy. I just reflect from the readings some points could be helpful to understand the critical pedagogy. Changes the relationship between …
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I’m going to go on a tangent for my critical pedagogy blog post, thanks to this video and interview of Henry Giroux dredging up considerations that I’ve been mulling over for the past few years. In this video, Giroux talks about the importance in education’s development of agency in children. In fact, he proclaims that …
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If everybody blindly conforms to some role pushed upon them and accepts whatever narrative that is thrown their way, there would not be enough motivation for anyone to push the boundaries of science and philosophy. Living in a world that … Continue reading