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Community Building in the Classroom: Teaching Democratic Thinking through Practicing Democratic Thinking
Get PDFKey to teaching democratic thinking is actively engaging in the practice; and this, the article contends, is best facilitated by an experiential learning model where students are actively using, testing, and transforming not only the materials of the course, but also their own theories and experiences. Educators hoping to inspire democratic virtues and actions should also create and foster opportunities for community-building within the classroom by having students take more ownership for the class. This experiential process of learning disrupts the hierarchical theory-to-practice model traditionally implemented, reinforcing the value of an experiential and iterative practice of reflective engagement. In addition, such classes cannot neglect critical reflection and discussion of issues of power and oppression since democratic deliberation is at its core about engaging with others. To the extent that the traditional philosophic model limits the ways in which we come to understand one another’s positionality, we must seek to open valuable spaces for not simply thinking democratically, but also feeling and acting through a democratic spirit. Key Words: democratic deliberation, diversity, dialogue, integration, experiential learning, community
Seeking the Fugitive: Investigating Missing Materials
No full textDealing responsibly with missing materials is a serious and sometimes bewildering challenge for archivists. For collections that are known or suspected to be stolen, the professional literature provides excellent resources. But for cases where theft is not suspected, the literature is nearly silent, leaving archivists to rely on local practice or an entirely ad hoc approach. This essay describes a case of a missing collection, the Grace Isaacs Papers, with suggestions for conducting and documenting an investigation
Modeling with Advanced Engineering Applications: The Overview of CI MATH 4990, the Propagation of Heat along the Human Arm in Electric Arc Phenomenon
Get PDFThis creative inquiry seeks to educate students of all STEM majors in the development of mathematical models of physical phenomenon using a multi-disciplinary approach to examining the physical phenomenon behind the propagation of heat through the human arm by means of the electric arc phenomenon. With an end goal of effectively modeling this phenomenon, the creative inquiry involves students of all majors while increasing research, presentation, and mathematical skills in areas directly related to their course of study
Habermasian Criteria for Critical Literacy: An Example of Critical Text Analysis and Its Implications
No full textThis paper is concerned with the connection between Jurgen Habermas’s theory of communicative action and critical literacy. It proposes that Habermas’s criteria used to evaluate validity claims in communicative action can supplement what is lacking in critical literacy. An example of critical text analysis is presented to demonstrate how Habermas’s criteria can be used to evaluate validity claims in critical literacy. This paper ends with a discussion of the implications of Habermas’s criteria for reading assessment
‘Pop culture is our religion’: Paulo Freire, LGBTQ Rights and Radical Love
No full textMedia coverage of LGBT teen bullying and suicides portrays a national crisis. If students “read the world” (Freire, 1998, p. 76) around them, they understand a world that often does not bother to recognize their humanity, and worse, vilifies them. Freire imagines a different way, one where “progressive education. . . must never eradicate the learner’s sense of pride and self worth” (Freire, 2004, p. 8). At the essence of many of Freire’s writings was the idea of our collective humanity in the classroom and as we re-imagined the world together. It is here where radical love becomes a powerful force within education.In the absence of meaningful and “safe” learning spaces for queer students, we maintain that alternate curricula, those within the realm of popular culture offer possibilities of resistance to these dangerous climates. As Giroux and Simon (1988) write, “popular culture is appropriated by students and helps authorize their voices and experiences while pedagogy authorizes the voices of the adult world, the world of teachers and administrators” (p. 11). The intersection of the student and adult worlds offers a pop culture pedagogy, a tool for alternative learning and a site of resistance. This intersection reveals a significant impact on societal views, ultimately leading to advocacy and action. While there are many examples of these sites of resistance, for the purposes of this piece, we focus on three: the television series, Glee, the music and advocacy work of Lady Gaga, and the It Gets Better project
Learning Theory Expertise in the Design of Learning Spaces: Who Needs a Seat at the Table?
Get PDFThis study highlights the impact of including stakeholders with expertise in learning theory in a learning space design process. We present the decision-making process during the design of the Krause Innovation Studio on the campus of the Pennsylvania State University to draw a distinction between the architect and faculty member’s decision-making process. Often, the architect relied on guiding principles such as flexibility, while the faculty member drew from learning theory such as the sociocultural theory of learning (Vygotsky, 1978). This study demonstrates the value of learning theory expertise and includes suggestions and possible implications for future designs of learning spaces
The landscape of archival employment: A study of professional archivist job advertisements, 2006-2014
No full textThe archival profession has long attempted to define what constitutes a professional archivist. These debates over education, training, and certification have lasted decades, however few studies have been completed on how the employment market for archivists has changed in response to these professional challenges. This study looks at almost a thousand professional archivist job advertisements between late 2006 and early 2014 to understand the current prevailing recruitment criteria. It is broader in scope and time period than other recent studies. Overall, the market was determined to be mostly stable during the study period
Analyzing Student Language on Writing to Inform Instruction: A Discourse Analysis
Get PDFTo better understand those students who are taught each day, it is necessary to hold conversation with them to better understand their frames of mind. This case study of 19 students at a rural, innovative high school in the southeastern United States sought to understand through discourse analysis the perspectives, positioning, and situated meanings at play in the participants‘ language. Findings suggest that students at the research site had trouble denoting their own writing growth, the value of writing, and ownership of writing produced at school. Implications of this speak toward how teachers can motivate and re-value writing for students. While the results are unique to this research site, the hope of this study is to generate conversation about the nature of writing instruction in public schools