Thursday, May 8th, 2008...5:15 pm
Reconnecting our Roots
Hello Readers in Cyberworld,
Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog site, which will hopefully serve as a portfolio that will showcase the work my emerging development within the field of Education. I am a soon to be a graduate of the University of Regina’s Secondary Education program. I’m graduating with a major in Social Studies and a minor in English Language Arts. I have a particular interest in engaging students (and myself) in Community Based/ Project Based Learning (PBL), with a particular emphasis on allowing students more freedom to explore their own interests at their own pace.
I have recently been hired as a tutor for an intelligent young man named Albert who for various reasons, decided to leave the school system and pursue his education in another way. Together, we are attempting to design an education program that will be based around projects that he chooses, yet strives to meet the objectives of the evergreen curriculum. I have created a page devoted Project/Community Based Learning, which I will devote to my inquiry in this avenue of teaching.
If you share an interest in developing PBL in the education system, or even community based learning outside of the system, please feel free to leave comments or get in touch with me should you feel so inclined.
Thanks for reading!
sf
3 Comments
May 10th, 2008 at 5:06 pm
Scott, I’m excited to see what you develop for this class. Thanks for putting your trust in me for this academic semester.
All the best.
May 11th, 2008 at 10:47 am
Hi Scott,
I remember you talking about Project Based Learning in EADM 310 last semester. I was really interested in hearing about the project you described at Scott Collegiate. I think Community and Project Based Learning is very effective because the student is directly involved and motivated in his or her own learning. I look forward to reading more about your research, learning, and projects!
Corinne
May 11th, 2008 at 11:02 pm
Hi Scott,
I wanted to say that I am in the Early Childhood Program (PreK-3) and while you are specializing in Secondary our views for students are still very similar. When you stated “…allowing students more freedom to explore their own interests at their own pace” made me think of the core emphasis that the ECE program pushes on us. It is true, whether students are in the beginning stages of schooling or the ending stages, their learning should be explored and at their own level. I appreciate seeing that you believe in that too because I have not yet had the opportunity to see how middle years or secondary programs view their students. Although, I am sure we all have similar values in our students, some aspects may be different because of the stages in life they are in. Thanks for your post!!
Rita
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