Field Journal 1 Draft

Response to prompt 1: When playing the sport the of lacrosse in high school, I enjoyed how fun the sport is to play along with the friends you can make when joining a new sport or activity. This changed me as a learner through finding ways to apply myself rather than...
How Do I Relate?

How Do I Relate?

A passage from Boss’s “Build the Culture” that I think will raise challenges is creating shared norms. Boss writes, ” The goal of creating shared norms is to promote a classroom culture that values what each person brings while establishing...
Walking Into the Classroom

Walking Into the Classroom

On page 13 of “Project Based Teaching” (Boss), the culture of an educational environment  is discussed. Boss stated that “Culture is shaped by everything that students see, hear, feel. and interact with at school” (13). It then goes on to say...
Self-Inquiry and Study Abroad

Self-Inquiry and Study Abroad

This past summer, I traveled to Oxford University to study abroad for six weeks. The first day we had a tour of the Bodlein and the different Oxford colleges. We learned about the many different scholars and writers like CS Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkein, and Lewis Carrol who...

Freedom of Self, Freedom of Thought

The involvement of children in their own education is vital in the learning process. The Freedom of Self Inquiry represents the application of the varied abilities residing within a classroom. These varied abilities are indicative of varied socio-economic factors as...