“Empowering Education: Critical Teaching for Social Change” by Ira Shor            When Reading “Empowering Education: Critical Teaching for Social Change” by Ira Shor, I thought that it really brought together all the readings and topics that we have discussed all though out the semester.  This article talks about education and how… Continue reading “Empowering Education: Critical Teaching for Social Change” by Ira Shor

“Sabrina’s Story:Parents and teachers work together on inclusion”  By: Kate MacLeod, Julie Causton, and Nelia Nunes                         By reading “Sabrina’s Story: Parents and teachers work together on inclusion” it gives you a more personal and real life story on how beneficial inclusion can be… Continue reading “Sabrina’s Story:Parents and teachers work together on inclusion” By: Kate MacLeod, Julie Causton, and Nelia Nunes

“Literacy With Attitude” By Patrick J. Finn “Literacy With Attitude” by patrick J. Finn. was very informative and interesting to read. I found that Chapter 2 really stuck out for me the most because it was shocking to see how differently the teachers and academics changed at each school. This chapter in the article I… Continue reading “Literacy With Attitude” By Patrick J. Finn

  “Becoming Something Different: Learning From Esme” When reading “Becoming Something Different: Learning From Esme” by Colleen M. Fairbanks, Penny Mason Crooks and Mary Ariail it kept reminding me of the ESL classes that we are in now and I could see how the similarities and challenges that Esme faced, also could be similar to… Continue reading “Becoming Something Different: Learning From Esme by Fairbanks, Crooks and Ariail”

       The Problem We All Live With (Part 1 and 2)        The podcast “The Problem We All Live With” by Nikole Hannah Jones and Ira Glass was really eye opening and very thought provoking. Throughout a part of the podcast Nikole Hannah Jones and Ira Glass discuss  desegregation in schools. I wasn’t… Continue reading Podcast: The Problem We All Live With (Part 1 and 2)

Umberto Crenca: AS220 organization founder           For my social Justice Event I went to see Umberto Crenca speak about his art and his organization called AS220. Umberto Crenca created AS220 which is an arts non-profit organization in downtown Providence, Rhode Island. Whats amazing about Crenca and his organization is that he started it with just $800 dollars,… Continue reading Social Justice Event: Umberto Crenca: AS220

  “In the Service of What? The Politics of Service Learning “ By Joseph Kahne and Joel Westheimer it gives us a great look into what the meaning of service learning is and how it can be beneficial and educational for many students. From getting to do a service learning project in our class I… Continue reading “In the Service of What? The Politics of Service Learning” by: Joseph Kahne and Joel Westheimer

  By reading “Unlearning the Myths that Blind Us” by Linda Christensen it gives us a great look into the effects and messages that media can portray and have on children and adolescents. This article brings up the fact that media can make us form viewpoints and opinions on topics without us even knowing our… Continue reading “Unlearning the Myths that Blind US” by Linda Christensen

Reading “Speaking the unspeakable in forbidden places: addressing lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender equality in the primary school” gives you a unique perspective on how sexuality and sexual orientation are talked about in a school setting. I thought it was interesting how they talked about different places in a school for instance the classroom, the staffroom… Continue reading Blog Post #4: Speaking the unspeakable in forbidden places: addressing lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender equality in the primary school

From the experiences we get working in multicultural and multilingual classrooms for this course I thought this article was very informative and helpful. This article is something that we  can all take pointers and tips away from that are beneficial in our teaching techniques when helping these kindergartners.The article “”Why can’t she remember that” The… Continue reading Blog post #3 :Article “Why can’t she remeber that?” by Terry Meier