Teaching from an Ethical Center: an Inquiry Among Friends
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© Cara Furman with Production, Editing, and Sound Design by Jennifer McCord
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Join Professor Cara Furman, acclaimed author of Teaching from and Ethical Center: Practical Wisdom for Daily Instruction, as she explores important, foundational questions with gifted, practicing educators. What does it mean to teach from an ethical center? How can we benefit from this inquiry? Why does the concept of “doing what’s right” feel as if it’s more important now than ever? Discover the triumphs (and the challenges) that are shared throughout these meaningful, heartfelt – yet thought-provoking conversations.
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How do teachers balance the needs of children with external demands? What helps a teacher to move beyond their comfort zone? What is the role of extended child-directed work within a more structured school day? In this episode Malik Torres shares how holding space for sustained child-directed work during the school day helps him create a classroom full of joy, learning, and academic challenge.
How do we create spaces for creativity and inquiry for the youngest children? How can boundaries and containers take learning and exploration to new places. In this week's episode Mary Biggs addresses these questions and so much more as she talks about creating curriculum with infants and toddlers.
What does it mean to listen closely to children's ways of making sense? How can we create curriculum that is rich, rigorous, and full of meaning? In this week's episode, Jessica Smith dives into the intricacies of finding meaning in mathematics, children's thinking, and the teaching profession. Enjoy.
What happened? What might it mean? What do I do next? How do we stop to reflect as teachers in order to be more responsive to children? What does teaching look like when its guided by a commitment to asking big questions with children and working through these questions through arts, science, literature, our bodies and so much more. In this week's episode Rafa Pérez-Segura gives a rich and textured view into into Reggio inspired teaching in español. Join us.
What can be taught and learned from daily forays outside? How can we teach math, civics, and friendship all at once? What action steps can schools and teachers take to ensure every child is known? Come outside and learn with Becky as she talks with Cara about getting her 5th grade students measuring angles, creating constitutions, and working together to solve problems big and small.
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