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Where’s the Line? Putting Democratic Teaching Ideals to the Test
The thing you should know about my writing is that I consider myself a student. With any given situation, I seek to learn, understand, and explain. Hence the title -- Sage Wonderings. It's me, Kris Sage, wondering about things that have to do with life.
I have to confess to... Lightening the Load
Erika M., Chicago IL - High School Teacher and Adviser
I have a few initial thoughts and also... Is Education Meant to Be Easy? And other ruminations on required assignments
Each week, I give students anywhere from 25 to 50 pages to read for class and I ask them to... Challenges and Opportunities of the Semester System
For example, I love getting to meet whole new sets of students each semester. I always get that "butterflies in the stomach" excitement of thinking about the possibilities of good things to come in terms of helping to create communities of engaged co-learning. But I also hate those butterflies, too,... Howard Zinn: One of the Great Democratic Educators
This week, the world said goodbye to Howard Zinn, an award-winning writer, activist, professor, and role model for democratic educators. He was 87.
Zinn dedicated his life to promoting true democracy and social justice through education and action. Although he spoke and wrote extensively on the injustices that humans have inflicted upon each other, throughout history and in the present, he never lost hope for a more peaceful world.
In one of his last interviews, Zinn said that he wanted... Can Democracy Be Disembodied?
This is a new teaching format for me and is one that I resisted for some time before capitulating. My main objection initially was that I could not see how... Union Institute and University’s Vermont M.Ed. Program
Posted on Nov 11, 2009 - 11:41 AM by Kristan Morrison in democracy.edu
In my efforts to model democratic practices to pre-service teachers, I ask my students at the beginning of each class, "Are there any questions, comments, concerns, suggestions, complaints?" Usually I am met with silence or with just basic housekeeping-type questions (e.g. when do we have to take Praxis II? etc.). Occasionally, though, a student will offer a concern or complaint about the work load or impending due dates, or they'll propose a change to a grading rubric item. For example, in the last month, I had students request to be able to pre-record their Pecha Kucha presentation (a sort of slam poetry form of powerpoint presentation -- 20 slides in 20 seconds each to explore an... Welcome to Sage WonderingsPosted on Nov 18, 2009 - 12:31 PM by Kris Sage in Sage Wonderings
My name is Kris Sage, and I'm a 16-year-old college student living in Portland, OR. My experience with democratic education is comprised of three and a half years at a democratic school, The Village Free School, and attendance at various conferences. I've waited a long time to see a wide, coordinated movement between individuals interested in democratic education, and I see IDEA as building that kind of movement.The thing you should know about my writing is that I consider myself a student. With any given situation, I seek to learn, understand, and explain. Hence the title -- Sage Wonderings. It's me, Kris Sage, wondering about things that have to do with life.
I have to confess to... Lightening the Load
Posted on Nov 25, 2009 - 10:03 AM by Jonah Canner in Got Questions?
I am a high school teacher and adviser and lately the students seem to be pulling away, into smaller groups or individually. Many of them are pretty stressed with college applications and some realities setting in. Some of them are also bringing a lot of negativity into our meetings. We want to get everyone back together, and more bonded together as a group, so that we can bring each other up and support each other more than spreading negativity. We tried the human knot activity at our last meeting for an hour and weren't able to get it done. I am open to any and all suggestions that you have.Erika M., Chicago IL - High School Teacher and Adviser
I have a few initial thoughts and also... Is Education Meant to Be Easy? And other ruminations on required assignments
Posted on Dec 04, 2009 - 01:51 PM by Kristan Morrison in democracy.edu
The semester is winding down for my teacher education students and me. We are all filled with that sense of anticipation that comes when you see hard work reaching an end. It is at this time each semester that I start gathering my thoughts about changes I want to make to my courses for the new semester, and it is at this time when I ask my students to give me advice and feedback on how things went for them in my class. Inevitably, the conversation comes around to the reading responses -- the weekly written assignments where students give evidence of having read and processed the assigned texts.Each week, I give students anywhere from 25 to 50 pages to read for class and I ask them to... Challenges and Opportunities of the Semester System
Posted on Jan 08, 2010 - 10:58 AM by Kristan Morrison in democracy.edu
Like Alison Bagg Brink (see her latest blog post), I, too, am gearing up to return to teaching after my university's winter break. Unlike Alison, though, I will be getting a whole new set of students this semester. Teaching at a university on a semester schedule in which classes start anew at least two times a year has both its challenges and advantages for a democratically-minded educator.For example, I love getting to meet whole new sets of students each semester. I always get that "butterflies in the stomach" excitement of thinking about the possibilities of good things to come in terms of helping to create communities of engaged co-learning. But I also hate those butterflies, too,... Howard Zinn: One of the Great Democratic Educators
Posted on Jan 30, 2010 - 03:10 PM by Melia Dicker in The Landscape
"The interchange between student and teacher, the free inquiry that is promulgated in the classroom, a spirit of equality in the classroom, to me that is part of a democratic education." - Howard ZinnThis week, the world said goodbye to Howard Zinn, an award-winning writer, activist, professor, and role model for democratic educators. He was 87.
Zinn dedicated his life to promoting true democracy and social justice through education and action. Although he spoke and wrote extensively on the injustices that humans have inflicted upon each other, throughout history and in the present, he never lost hope for a more peaceful world.
In one of his last interviews, Zinn said that he wanted... Can Democracy Be Disembodied?
Posted on Feb 01, 2010 - 11:15 AM by Kristan Morrison in democracy.edu
This semester, I am teaching one section of my graduate-level foundations of education course as an online class. It is a synchronous class, meaning we use the Adobe Connect software to meet in a virtual classroom from 6-9 pm each Wednesday night. It is like a conference call on steroids -- we can hear one anothers' voices (assuming the technology is working for us, which, so far, has not always been the case), we can see visuals (such as documents I post, things I write on the whiteboard, videos, etc.), and we can do written chat.This is a new teaching format for me and is one that I resisted for some time before capitulating. My main objection initially was that I could not see how... Union Institute and University’s Vermont M.Ed. Program
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International Democratic Education InstitutePosted on Sep 26, 2011 - 03:42 PM by Kelsey Parks in Resources