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Awareness in Action: Teacher as vessel for change Erica Roberts

Awareness in Action: Teacher as vessel for change Erica Roberts Charleston County School District. “Our mind does not gain true freedom by acquiring materials for knowledge and possessing other people’s ideas but by forming its own standards of judgment and producing its own thoughts.”

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Awareness in Action: Teacher as vessel for change Erica Roberts

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  1. Awareness in Action: Teacher as vessel for change Erica Roberts Charleston County School District

  2. “Our mind does not gain true freedom by acquiring materials for knowledge and possessing other people’s ideas but by forming its own standards of judgment and producing its own thoughts.” -Rabindranath Tagore, in a syllabus for a class in his school, c. 1915

  3. “Curricular content has shifted away from material that focuses on enlivening imagination and training the critical faculties toward material that is directly relevant to test preparation. Along with the shift in content has come an even more baneful shift in pedagogy: away from teaching that seeks to promote questioning and individual responsibility toward force-feeding for good exam results.” -Nussbaum, M. Not for Profit: Why democracy needs the humanities. 2010.

  4. This must change.

  5. Why? Our students will inherit our world. It is our job to prepare them to do so.

  6. How can we be the vessels for change? Set the example.

  7. How? Be aware of and take action when issues develop that may impact your ability to develop critically thinking students.

  8. “I don’t have time to keep up with that kind of stuff.” -The teacher with the wool over her eyes.

  9. How can I become aware? • Join!

  10. CERRA

  11. SCEA

  12. PSTA

  13. CTA

  14. NBPTS

  15. How can I become aware? • Read!

  16. Board Meeting Minutes

  17. Education Week

  18. US Department of Education

  19. Education Next

  20. Educational Leadership

  21. The New York Times

  22. The Washington Post

  23. How can I take action? • Attend • Serve • Contact

  24. Attend • School Board meetings • Teacher forums • Leadership meetings • Any open and announced forums

  25. Serve • Committees • School and District level • PTA/PTSA

  26. Contact • School administration • District administration • Legislatures

  27. Contact: Legislatures • Know your district

  28. Contact: Legislatures

  29. Contact: Legislatures • Use Your Voice handout with info and example

  30. How can I keep my students aware? • Scaffold • Create a frame of reference and build from there

  31. Frame of Reference

  32. Frame of Reference

  33. Frame of Reference

  34. Frame of Reference

  35. Frame of Reference

  36. Build Awareness

  37. Build Awareness

  38. Build Awareness • Socratic Seminar

  39. Build Awareness • Curriculum Resources

  40. “I am a sort of gadfly, given to the democracy by the gods, and the democracy is a large, noble horse who is sluggish in its motions, and requires to be stung into life.”-Socrates

  41. How can I encourage my students to safely engage in important issues? • Blog • Awareness campaigns • Organizations

  42. Blogging

  43. Blogging

  44. Blogging • Students can use Facebook and Twitter to post information about issues that are important to them.

  45. Awareness Campaigns • Students can create an awareness campaign to educate other students in your school about the issues that they have studied.

  46. Organizations • Students can raise money or participate in other efforts of organizations dedicated to causes they have studied and feel are important.

  47. How to Start a Movement

  48. Action Plans • Take a few minutes to brainstorm and share ideas you have about how to stay aware and engaged.

  49. “We now accept the fact that learning is a lifelong process of keeping abreast of change. And the most pressing task is to teach people how to learn.”-Peter F. Drucker

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