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Notes from Fall 2021 Meetings
Meeting #1 10/19/21 This semester, we are using Christopher Emdin’s “For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood … and the Rest of Y’all Too” to examine our pedagogy in relation to teaching to the whole student. In this text, Emdin draws on his own past experience as an urban student along with his current […]
Notes from 3rd meeting – 5/29/20
Meeting #3 5/29/2020 For our third meeting we discussed the brief chapter “Conversation.” Guiding questions to consider ahead of time were: What is your response to hooks’ view of the role of conversation in the classroom? Are there ways to create spaces for meaningful conversation when enacting distance learning? Are there approaches you’ve implemented this […]
Notes from 2nd meeting – 5/15/20
For our second meeting we discussed the brief chapter “Engaged Pedagogy.” Guiding questions to consider ahead of time were: hooks states that, “Engaged pedagogy begins with the assumption that we learn best when there is an interactive relationship between student and teacher.” and that, “…the classroom functions … like a cooperative where everyone contributes to […]
Notes from first meeting – June 1st, 2020
Meeting #1 5/1/2020 For our first meeting we discussed the brief chapter “Critical Thinking.” Guiding questions to consider ahead of time were: How do you respond to hooks’ definition of critical thinking? How do you respond to hooks’ characterization of the rewards and challenges for faculty of teaching critical thinking? How do you respond to […]
