by transcendingpedagogy | Apr 1, 2024 | Pedagogy that Works, Teaching Ideas
For the last few years, I have “swapped out” my argument research paper for what I’ve labeled a “tension paper.” Rather than ask students to take a position on something – even when we’re asking them to understand and...
by transcendingpedagogy | Feb 6, 2024 | 108 Days of Writing, Life & Books
Working with a dear colleague, I am thinking through what it means to share ideas in a professional and developing space. What it means to grow with colleagues. What it means to grow in a profession. Life-long learning at its best: with, for, about, and in service of...
by transcendingpedagogy | Jan 10, 2024 | 108 Days of Writing, Life & Books
I’m about a third of the way into reading Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doer, and there’s a passage that keeps reverberating in my mind. It’s pretty early on, in a section where we are with Anna, a young girl living with her sister among nuns. Anna...
by transcendingpedagogy | Jan 9, 2024 | Pedagogy that Works, Teaching Ideas
When I started my teaching career, I was focused on embodying expertise and operating from a position of authority in my classes and lesson designs. No more. Many days – like today – my students become teachers themselves. In this case, there’s a...
by transcendingpedagogy | Jan 4, 2024 | Pedagogy that Works, Teaching Ideas
Mid-week, mid-unit. Lately, I’m feeling like I’m always in the middle of things. I think it’s in part because once I get a new adventure underway, I’m continually deepening, enhancing, expanding, re-routing, and revising it. Sometimes maybe...
