Vigeland Park, Oslo, Norway 

Norwegian sculpture

Look at these amazing larger-than-life sculptures that I visited years ago:
http://www.traveladventures.org/continents/europe/vigeland.shtml

Ways of Thinking: Arts and Ideas

Looking ahead at our next unit: what are the first things that come to your mind when you hear the word "Art" or the words "The Arts"?

Please write a brief paragraph expressing your thoughts, and enter into a dialogue with your classmates on the topic.

Come to class this week bristling with artistic ideas!
Cheers,
ProfC

Friere-Dewey Dialogue?

Last week we read and discussed Paolo Friere's "The Banking Concept of Education." Here is a small section of John Dewey's "My Pedagogic Creed" (part of next week's reading).
"I believe that much of present education fails because it neglects this fundamental principle of the school as a form of community life. It conceives the school as a place where certain information is to be given, where certain lessons are to be ]earned, or where certain habits are to be formed. The value of these is conceived as lying largely in the remote future; the child must do these things for the sake of something else he is to do; they are mere preparation. As a result they do not become a part of the life experience of the child and so are not truly educative."
Imagine a conversation between Friere and Dewey. What points would they share; what would they dispute?
Have fun!
ProfC

An interesting exercise...

...type "Richard Rodriguez" (use the quotation marks) into the search space at the upper left corner of the main blog page, and click on "search all blogs." Other people are writing about him, too, from a number of persepectives.

Have a great weekend,
ProfC

Rodriguez question

In case you haven't posted, here is your question:
How is Rodriguez’ experience of education and family similar to or different from your own? Write at least 200 words on this topic, supporting your assertion with a (properly-integrated) quote from Rodriguez.

just for fun

Excellent responses to RR's essay, so far! I hope more students will join the current posters.

If you'd like to visit a blog that contains visual as well as verbal entries, here is a link to my personal one. Enjoy!
http://wordtickets.blogspot.com/

Cheers,
ProfC