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Education and the Meaning of “Growth”
Is education primarily about growth? What exactly is “growth,” and does it always equal “education”? The philosopher John Dewey defined education as an accumulation of experiences that stimulate both growth and the capacity for further growth. In Experience and Education, Dewey tells us, “…the educative experience can be identified with growth,” and further clarifies that… Continue reading
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carnivals
The 5th edition of the Carnival of Educators is up at Notes from a Homeschooling Mom. The latest Personal Development and Well Being Carnival is up at Personal Development and Well Being Blog. Also, the latest Educarnival is up at Epic Adventures are Often Uncomfortable. Continue reading
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Carnival of Educators + Educarnival
The fifth edition of the Carnival of Educators is up at Notes from a Homeschooling Mom. Also, the Educarnival v.2, Issue 14 is up at Epic Adventures are Often Uncomfortable. Go check them out – if you’re going to ignore that stack of papers, why not learn something? Continue reading
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Now You’ve Made Me Mad
What do you mean, “Why am I failing English?” You’ve failed EVERY SINGLE ASSIGNMENT since the beginning of the course. You handed in your first essay 2 weeks late, and you wouldn’t have handed it in at all if I hadn’t asked you where the hell it was. You got 37% on your last practice… Continue reading
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this week’s educarnival
Issue 13 of the Educarnival v. 2 is up at Epic Adventures are Often Uncomfortable. Continue reading
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new Carnival!
I am pleased to announce that my post “Arrows into Blossoms” appears in a new Blog Carnival this week: the Personal Development and Well-being Carnival, which is being hosted over at Karthik Raj G’s Personal Development and Well-being Blog. If you visit, you’ll find a meaty Carnival full of posts on personal development, self-help, conscious… Continue reading
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carnivals, contests, and other announcements
Just a couple of quick events from around the edublogosphere that have been called to my attention: First, the third Carnival of Educators is up at The Examiner. Secondly, a nice collection – 99 Excellent Advice Sites for Teachers – is up at OnlineClasses.org. And finally, Teachers Without Borders is hosting a Teacher Connections Writing… Continue reading
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submit to Educarnival
Submissions are still being accepted for the Educarnival V. 2, 11th installment. I wasn’t aware until very recently that the Carnival of Ed is up and running again in a new incarnation, and maybe you weren’t either. But it is, and if you’d be interested in having one of you blog posts from the last… Continue reading
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Arrows Into Blossoms
I’ve just finished reading Pema Chodron’s Taking the Leap: Freeing Ourselves from Old Habits and Fears. If you’re not familiar with Chodron, she is perhaps the world’s most famous Tibetan Buddhist American nun, and her works are meant to help Westerners understand the basic precepts of Tibetan Buddhism and apply them usefully in their own… Continue reading
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trusting our intentions
I haven’t had much time recently for blogging, or thinking about blogging, but I came across a quote this evening that sums up where my head is at these days, in the classroom and in the world. Remember that you don’t have to like or admire someone to feel compassion for that person. All you… Continue reading
About Me
My job is to teach people to read and write; aside from that, I like to learn things.
Classroom as Microcosm 