Here are some short reads for your free time.
Lave, J. & Wenger, E. (1991). Situated learning: Legitimate peripheral participation. New York: Cambridge University Press.
This is one of those often cited books, like Ways with Words , so I figured I’d better read it. Also, it discusses issues of identity which has been on my [...]
Archive for November, 2005
Lave & Wenger & why we should go to conferences
Posted in Uncategorized on November 24, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
Update from Pittsburgh
Posted in Uncategorized on November 18, 2005 | 2 Comments »
I have to say this: I didn’t come ready to deal with the cold. It’s about 25 degrees here! Brrr….feeling a lot like winter! NCTE is great. It’s wonderful to see and hear so many interesting ideas. Here’s a photo of our presentation at NCTE–myself, Laura, Randy, and Joel- from today. I went to three [...]
Knowing Yourself as Reader and Writer
Posted in Uncategorized on November 3, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
Chapter Four is about the students learning more about their preferences and styles in reading, and how the teacher can work on structuring reading environments to maximize all the talk, conversations, and inquiry into ideas of democracy. I like how Randy and Katherine emphasize making connections between what is going on the classroom with [...]
How do children inhabit stories?
Posted in Uncategorized on November 1, 2005 | 1 Comment »
Further thoughts on For A Better World:
On p. 57 we learn about Ben’s reading of MLK, Jr. Ben decided that he was “just like Martin Luther King, Jr.” because they were both treated badly because they were different. I really appreciated this example because I’ve been thinking lately about the way people typically qualify [...]
