Progressive Education

Chapter One:

Sky Stegall

Caitlin O’Keefe

Xuan-Shi, Lim

On Becoming an Effective Praiser

Lindsey Giblin

Empowering Lessons

This paper is framed by three stages of learning that I feel took place in our class this semester. The “steps” are meant to be helpful, not rigid or constraining, and I hope the organization of this paper comes across as I mean it to. Think of it as a recipe rather than a rulebook: you can add or subtract to our experience as I recorded it here according to taste.

Justine Garcia

Social Stigmas and Fears in Art Education

Art is meant to be an empowering subject. What could be more empowering than a space set aside for personal expression, a time that allows for students to act and think differently than other, traditional academic classes? However, in every art class, regardless of grade level or age, there are levels of frustration, fears of mistakes or messes, and a drive to create work that adheres the rules of a self-made sense of aesthetics. Even as young as first grade, these factors are present and have a serious effect on the quality of work made, and, more importantly, detract from the empowering quality that art is meant to inspire.

Rachel Francois

Ethnographic Bifocals: Using Ethnographic Methodology in a Teaching and Learning Environment

MaryBeth Curtiss

Several educational theorists have written on the importance of classroom observation in the instruction and engagement of students. All of these theories operate under the supposition that effective teaching involves a synthesis of social, emotional and academic growth, as well as the recognition of these factors in the creation of a classroom culture and learning space.