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Monthly Archives: August 2017
Don’t Miss This! National Network of Schools in Partnership Conference
Our partners at the National Network of Schools in Partnership (NNSP) are holding their inaugural conference this February. We share many goals with our partners at NNSP and recommend their conference as an excellent way to connect with edcuators from … Continue reading
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From Charity Towards a Social Justice Paradigm: Critical Consciousness Through Service-Learning
By TANDEN BREKKE A charity paradigm of service-learning emphasizes the importance of altruism and joy that comes from giving. Yet this charity paradigm plays a role in domination and does not critically examine the acts, decisions, and policies that lead … Continue reading
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The Time is Now for Place Based Education
By SARAH ANDERSON The urgency for experiential, hands-on “life learning” is just as imperative now as it was at the beginning of the 20th century. We need to continue taking down the walls between schools and the rest of the … Continue reading
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Encouraging Transformational Intellectualism
By KATALYN VIDAL I am a Spanish teacher and I am drawn to service-learning because I feel that it is essential for children to learn empathy and tolerance while immersed in the act of serving. This can take many forms, … Continue reading
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The Importance of Quiet
— NOTES FROM NEW MEXICO By KARY SCHUMPERT Teaching can be a noisy avocation. Visit the hallways of any middle or high school during the transition between classes. Pop into most elementary classrooms and there will be a steady hum, … Continue reading
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Using Critical Media to Tell Stories in First Person: Undocumented Students at San Francisco State on the Presidential Election
By OSCAR GUERRA Dr. Oscar Guerra is an educator, producer and researcher. He is an Assistant Professor at San Francisco State University in the BECA Department. His primary research interests include the re-creation of the Mexican-American experience in the United … Continue reading
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