2. PROBLEMS AND POSSIBILITIES How can we solve problems without specifically pointing them out or being negative? Is there a way to accomplish any kind of agenda in a community without using problem solving? Block places problem solving in a category with fear and retribution. Do you think this is appropriate? Is a sense of possibility, coupled with generosity enough to facilitate the needed change? ???
8. Know everyone on more personal levelLarge Cannot be an individual Needs will be swallowed up Intimidated into opinions The ability to change the world Reduces power of the citizens
9. Romanticizing leadership and the turns this can take How is one person’s view more important than the community’s? How is this allowed to continue? Can you think of situations in history that back this up? Is our culture acceding to autocratic leaders? Are they valued? Should it be this way in schools? Is this affected by the status/skill of the teacher?
10. Our special video 911 Media Fear Mongering: How They Create The Enemy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTIWJwKXP48 Technology Fear Factor in Education http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNVFuPJyN1Y
11. Cool Articles Fear: teaching distrust and social distance http://theframeproblem.wordpress.com/2009/03/10/fear-and-anti-male-discrimination-in-the-classroom/ / http://www.tcrecord.org/Content.asp?ContentID=14536 http://www.tcrecord.org/Content.asp?ContentID=14534 Success and Distress in a Media-Oriented Classroom. http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/custom/portlets/recordDetails/detailmini.jsp?_nfpb=true&_&ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=ED090548&ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=no&accno=ED090548 No Fear In My Classroom: A Teacher's Guide On How To: Ease Students' Concerns, Handle Parental Problems, Focus On Education, Gain Confidence In Yourselfby Frederick C. Wootan http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/Investing-in-Education-The-American-Graduation-Initiative/ http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Excerpts-of-the-Presidents-remarks-in-Warren-Michigan-and-fact-sheet-on-the-American-Graduation-Initiative/ Hmm Iapprove...
12. Things to think about…good quotes Critical Pedagogy is AWSOME!!! “To create a story, we first need to come to terms with the correct one. This begins by naming it. The story of the stuck community can be heard both in the dominant public debate and also in what we talk to each other about every day. It is important to understand that there is a hidden agenda in every story. This agenda is a point to be made, a political belief about what is important, that stays constant regardless of the events of the day.” pg. 37 “Community exists for the sake of belonging and takes its identity from the gifts, generosity, and accountability of its citizens. It is not defined by its fears, its isolation, or its penchant for retribution.” pg. 30 Block, Peter. Community: The Structure of Belonging. Copyright 2008 by Peter Block. Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc.
