Monthly Archives: July 2006

pedagogy of hope…

Posted on July 31, 2006 by Michael

In his essay, “What’s Hope Got to Do With It?”, Dale Jacobs draws on the theories of Paulo Freire, bell hooks, and Gabriel Marcel to come to some conclusions about the need for a critical hope in education. Drawing on … Continue reading →

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canon as violence

Posted on July 29, 2006 by Michael

Robert Scholes offers an analysis of the origins of the word canon in his book The Rise and Fall of English which shows the etymology of canon and cannon as the same: rooted in Greek “kanna: reed; and kanôn: straight … Continue reading →

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the whole teacher

Posted on July 26, 2006 by Michael

Bob notes in his book, “Trying to make sense of questions about teaching without looking at them in the context of the teacher’s whole life suddenly seemed as futile to me as trying to cure a pain in my foot … Continue reading →

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failure…

Posted on July 26, 2006 by Michael

A few years ago, during my first year as an eighth grade teacher, I read Zen and the Practice of Teaching English by my college professor Bob Tremmel. I have returned to it, and while I read about ten other … Continue reading →

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I like good questions

Posted on July 20, 2006 by Michael

I am a fan of good questions (of course!). I just picked up Gerald Graff’s Clueless in Academe, and right away, some good questions: …schooling takes students who are perfectly street-smart and exposes them to the life of the mind … Continue reading →

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