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RECONSIDERING EDUCATION

I can imagine no other life than that as an educator. Teaching is dynamic and relationship driven. I’ve taught pre-kindergarten through graduate school in the second largest university and the eleventh largest public school system in the country. Working in such large institutions allowed me to work with a diverse group of teachers, students and administrators. It also provided first hand experience of how overwhelming and impersonal restrictions and rules can be in such large organizations. My teaching environment changed drastically when our family began to homeschool. This contrast of new freedom allowed me to reconsider what it means to teach and learn. Here are some experiences and SPACES I redimensionalized, :

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HEUTAGOGY- LEARNER AUTONOMY AND AGENCY AS CENTRAL GOAL

FREEDOM IS NOT WILD; IT DEMANDS THOUGHTFULNESS

MATHEMATICS IS AN ART FORM INTERESTED IN SYMMETRY & PATTERN

TEACHING TO TRANSGRESS: FAKE ART, FAKE NEWS & THE TRUTH

A CHILD’S PERSPECTIVE—PLAYFULNESS AND NARRATIVE

RELAXING ABOUT ASYNCHRONY

AN EDUCATOR’S POWER IS MODELED WITH VULNERABILITY

FORMATIVE & SUMMATIVE EVALUATION OUTSIDE AN INSTITUTION

ONE TEACHER & ONE STUDENT: NIMBLE PIVOTS & AMPLE TIME