Thank you so much for the information.  I will be
looking at the website.  And, yes, I was looking for
ways to facilitate critical pedagogy.  I kept in mind
your comment in reference to not imposing our views in
our students but to reflect with them on their
beliefs, notions, misinformation and prejudices.  

Thanks again, Jeffrey.
Nadia   
--- jeffrey A fantine <fantine at ohio.edu> wrote:


> Nadia:

> 

> What do you mean by "methodology" - do you mean "how

> to" facilitate 

> critical pedagogy?  If so, I use as a reference,

> Learning Through 

> Discussion, a very practical (and thin) book from my

> graduate program (it's 

> at home, don't have it in front of me to reference

> more specifically). 

> There is also a great article by Robert Peterson

> called Teaching How to 

> Read the World and Change It, and another one by

> Lilia Bartolome, Beyond 

> the Methods Fetish:  Toward a Humanizing Pedagogy -

> and an interesting 

> website I came upon recently that might be helpful: 

> <http://www.livingthequestion.com/practice.html>

> 

> -all of these give practical approaches to classroom

> practices that are 

> intended to generate transformative learning - great

> ends in the context of 

> diversity.

> 

> Good luck!  -J

> 

> --On Monday, January 29, 2007 1:05 PM -0800 Nadia

> and Kevin Colby 

> <thecolbys at prodigy.net> wrote:

> 

> > Hi Jeffrey:

> >

> > I like very much Paulo Freire.  I have encountered

> > quite a few instructors who, like me, know the

> > philosophy behind his work but not the

> methodology.  I

> > have to do research, but I am afraid that it

> probably

> > will be an indirect search.  Toni Monchinsky from

> the

> > Political Science Program at the Graduate Center

> from

> > City University gave a talk on Freire and

> education.

> > He provided one chapter of his book to those who

> > attended.  Unfortunately the work can not be

> quoted

> > because the book has not been published, yet.  At

> > least not before I went to this Theory Talk in the

> > program.  I will share the information with this

> > discussion list in case anyone is interested in

> the

> > book once it is published.  Or maybe you can

> Google

> > his name and the book title already appears.

> >

> > I couldn't agree more on one issue with you.  We

> have

> > no right to impose our views on our students but

> we

> > certainly can work with critical thinking skills

> and

> > materials that we find relevant to them.

> >

> > Thanks for sharing, Jeffrey.

> > Nadia

> > --- jeffrey A fantine <fantine at ohio.edu> wrote:

> >

> >> Nadia and PDers:

> >>

> >> I think the best way to approach the topic of

> >> diversity for teachers is to

> >> approach it from a critical pedagogy perspective,

> >> the purpose of which is

> >> to transform the oppressive conditions that exist

> in

> >> the world.

> >>

> >> My recommendation for a PD event is to have

> >> participants read something in

> >> advance that will get them thinking about

> diversity,

> >> oppression and

> >> tolerance.  For example, having them read

> Pedagogy

> >> of the Oppressed by

> >> Paulo Freire could (and should) shape a valuable

> >> dialogue.  As many of you

> >> know, Freire is considered by many to be the most

> >> influential educational

> >> philosopher in the development of critical

> >> pedagogical thought and

> >> practice.  I also recommend another book, The

> >> Subaltern Speak:  Curriculum,

> >> Power and Education Struggles edited by Apple and

> >> Buras (subaltern is the

> >> current academic term to describe the

> dispossessed).

> >>  Discussions centered

> >> around these books can get into "hidden

> curriculum."

> >>

> >> I don't think it's a matter of "teaching"

> diversity,

> >> but engaging students

> >> in critical reflection - and teachers do have a

> >> right to engage their

> >> students in critical reflection without imposing

> >> prejudices or any

> >> particular belief.

> >>

> >> -J

> >>

> >>

> >>

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