This semester, I started to actively construct my PLN (personal learning network) in order to tap into a broader knowledge base than my immediate school and community and to aid in my professional development as …
This week, I was asked to watch this video and read this story from the New Teacher Book, both of which discuss standardized testing, and to respond with my thoughts and understandings. As I listened to Alfie Kohn and …
How might the changing nature of learning and the increased prevalence of technology be related to social justice and anti-oppressive education? What is made possible/impossible by these tools and this type of learning? Here are …
In Chapter 1 of Against Common Sense, Kumashiro describes three popular images of “good teachers” that inform the ways teacher programs are preparing teachers. He then critiques each image, attempting to illuminate the hidden ways …
In his book, Against Common Sense, Kumashiro defines “common sense” as assumptions that go unquestioned. He explains that at the core of “common sense” is the belief that a particular concept is the way things should …
