So what now? What does this mean for me? What am I going to take away from this class?
Well, this means that I actually know what I'm talking about. Even if nothing else changes about my pedagogy, I'M more aware of what I'm doing, and the first step to change is awareness.
It's been so fascinating to think over my practice and actually assign names to ideas or examples from my teaching experience. I look at early childhood development in a completely different way.
Some things I want to change:
I want to offer more real choice in my classroom in assignments, rules, etc.
I want to be more open about my personal theory of teaching and learning and discuss them with the kids
I want to share what I've learned with my PLC and make my department the best thing since sliced bread.
I want to help my students understand the silenced and misunderstood perspectives like Freire argued.
I want to make noticeable change in my pedagogy, not just sit on these thoughts.
And because we all need a little more Pink in our lives:
So what now? What does this mean for me? What am I going to take away from this class?
Well, this means that I actually know what I'm talking about. Even if nothing else changes about my pedagogy, I'M more aware of what I'm doing, and the first step to change is awareness.
It's been so fascinating to think over my practice and actually assign names to ideas or examples from my teaching experience. I look at early childhood development in a completely different way.
Some things I want to change:
And because we all need a little more Pink in our lives:
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