Developing and teaching the bookmaking class at Guan Ai this past summer was an incredibly rewarding experience for me. I love teaching and took advantage of the summer vacation to develop a short activity class at the school. Though I developed the curriculum, most important to the class was my partnership with Ms. Xie...
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I was using a camera since I was 6 years old, practiced and studied photography throughout highschool and college, and worked for several years in developing classes that used photography as an educational tool. These years of experience were going to help me plan to teach such a class in the Wangzhuang school in...
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My time living and teaching here has made me think about the differences between education here and in America. Truly I’m just starting to see them so there is no way I can do an analysis, review or big thesis type paper with references at this point. What I can do is use some...
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These are some quotes by Paulo Freire that are incredibly important to me:
“Creativity needs to be stimulated, not only at the level of student’s individuality, but also at the level of their individuality in a social context. Instead of suffocating this curious impetus, educators should stimulate risk taking, without which there is no creativity.”
“Reading...
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