Week+1

= = bell hooks (1994) described education as the “practice of freedom.” She believed teachers who quest for self-actualization through on-going critical reflection are “better able to create pedagogical practices that engage students, providing them with ways of knowing that enhance their capacity to live fully and deeply” (p. 22).

= Week 1 | //What do I bring to the mix as a learner?// =

=Scholarly Tasks [bring a paper copy of your work to our first class meeting] =
 * 1) **READ:** Goodman (2008), //Chapter 12,// //Challenging the Dominant Discourse//, p. 237-255. [see copy of WK1_Reading below]
 * 2) **WRITE:** "What the //bleep// does that mean?" and "Let's rap about it." [see details for WK1_Writing in doc attached below]

**Resources for in-class work [items we might explore in class together]** Gardner's Multiple Intelligences Learning Style Inventory

[|How People Learn – Using learning theory to inform instruction.]
=THEORY TO PRACTICE SPREADSHEET=

Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

=Maslow's pyramid gets a much needed renovation=