"Writing White"
"...if our option is for (wo)man, education is cultural action for freedom..." ---Paulo Freire Saturday, I began my first day on the job as a MAST writing tutor to high school students excited at the...
View ArticleWhat is a writer in first grade?
I had an amazing experience in my field placement on Friday. I'm in a charter school where the special ed program is primarily inclusive. I frequently work with a student named "Jeremy" who often...
View ArticleWorld-traveling in Context
This week I am revisiting the Lugones reading about world-traveling and feeling at ease in the worlds we travel through. When I first read the reading, I disliked it very much. I did not understand...
View ArticleContinuous reflection, and other goals
I have a few goals for the end of the semester:I've been reading a lot of teachers' blogs lately, and I really want to get to the point where I blog about my experience as a personal reflective tool. I...
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MTV's Missing Piece
To Begin. . .As an avid TV junkie, I have stayed up many a night to watch re-runs of the shows “Teen Mom” and “16 & Pregnant.” I know you are probably rolling your eyes if you're not a fan of the...
View ArticleThe Teaching & Learning Initiative: Nepali Style
Hello beautiful Serendip world! My name is Briana Bellamy, I'm a BMC alum '11. Recently, I returned from an incredible year of living in Nepal, working on a project funded by the Davis Projects for...
View ArticleWriting in a circle, or, Squeezing till it flows, or, How deadlines do us a...
I found this one very hard to do. I thought it was because of the situation: I was very tired on Thursday night, had to do both the walk and the paper then, because completely booked up on Friday....
View ArticleClark Reading--class reflection
In class, our group discussed Clark’s cyborg readings and how that played into our feelings towards the class. There was a general consensus amongst the people in our group that the Clark reading was...
View ArticleHalf the Sky
Hey everybody, I don't really know if this has any place in this Ecological Imaginings class, but maybe if we can imagine the preservation of women to be a form of ecology, not unlike the preservation...
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Becoming Miss A
I knew this day would come some daysince it is the culture here to call one’s teacher by her last name.But, I have a long way to go before I become a teacherI honestly don’t think I can ever be a...
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Oh City, My City!
GenevaIf I’m going to tell you what my definition of what a city is, my personal style dictates that I use an original and slightly unconventional metaphor for it. This one was thought up today whilst...
View ArticleReimagining the Disrupted Classroom
Reimagining the Disrupted Classroom, by Katie McCormick, Bryn Mawr College, 2013Introduction and Description of ContextThis proposal was inspired by my work this semester at El Centro de la familia. I...
View ArticleA Rose and a Thorn
At the end of the thrid week I have to say that what I have truly enjoyed is learning more about my own interests and uses for technology. I am very excited to start my field placement which I feel...
View ArticleFear of Feminist Indoctrination at All-Men's Colleges
The phrase "feminism unbound" is strange to me. I thought at first I understood it, but when we began to discuss this phrase in class, I got even more confused. So I sat down to think about...
View ArticleFinal Web Event - Addressing Inclusiveness at Home at Bryn Mawr: A Seminar
Bryn Mawr is my home. That one phrase is so much more than the five words it contains. Now more than ever before. To me, a home is much more than four walls or a campus. Bryn Mawr is home to...
View ArticleTeaching is SO Much More Than Lesson Plans and Getting it Right
Heather DavisHeather provides her insight and reflections in experiencing complicated situations as an extra-classroom teacher.read more
View ArticleEncouraging Productive Discussion: Suggestions for Extra-Classroom Facilitators
Susanna FarahatSusanna gives good advice on how to be an effective extra-classroom discussion facilitator. read more
View ArticleSo What is an Empowering Learners Partnership, Anyway?
Shelley NashLooking at ways to enhance and promote adult learning.read more
View ArticleOne Student and his Silence in the Classroom
LaKesha Preston-Roberts A student talks about her experience in tutoring algebra to a freshman in high school.read more
View ArticleExploring Science Education and the Brain in a K-12 Setting
Exploring Science Education and the Brain in K-12 Schools:A Praxis III Study Emily Lovejoyread more
View ArticleFinal Paper -- The Brain and Inquiry in Education Praxis, 2009
Brielle C. Stark, December 11, 2009Praxis Field-placement:read more
View ArticleOliver Sacks: An Anthropologist on Mars
Oliver Sacks’ novel, An Anthropologist on Mars, contains seven fascinating and strange neurobiological stories that explore unique perceptions and experiences of both the world and oneself in the...
View ArticleExploring Boundaries: Fences, Not Walls
David Harris This paper takes on the idea of boundaries in education, and why they should be viewed as fences rather than walls.read more
View ArticleSTOP! Take Me Out the Box!
Apocalipsis Rosario, ENGL 257: Gender & Technology, WebPaper 1, February 11, 2011 read more
View ArticleChorost & a Continuation of Teknolust
Our in class conversation on Monday with author Michael Chorost's skype was certainly dynamic. Although I enjoyed the topics discussed, I found that at one point I asked the wrong question and didn't...
View ArticleCross-Cultural Connections in the ESL Classroom: Forging Respect and...
Riley DiffenderferEmpowering Learners The author responds to an earlier paper in this handbook, focused on transcending cross-cultural barriers in mentorship and teaching.read more
View ArticleDialogue—Communicating Disapproval with Students: A Spin-Off Piece in...
Amanda FernandezEmpowering Learners Fernandez shows deep thinking in her piece about how to appropriately convey disapproval to students.read more
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Applying for Success
Hallie GarrisonEmpowering Learners As the subtitle of this essay says, "Can college students effectively navigate the intricacies of mentoring high-risk youth? read more
View ArticleAgency Journal Compilation and Reflection
Hallie GarrisonEmpowering Learners This student reflects on the entires she wrote in her agency journal for the Empowering Learners course.read more
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