Jeff Duncan-Andrade, PhD on Education "I teach my neighbors' kids"

Jeff Duncan uses the connection of begin part of the same neighborhood as a bridge that he then can incorporate into the lessons. It also gives the kids a understanding bond that can at times only been known if you are going through something similar. He also talks about triggers from his mind that he goes through and techniques that hes developed to cope with. Then he makes a connection with the kids that are going through the sames things but may not have the knowledge in cope with what they see and also be worried about how they are doing in school which can be stressful for the student. When Duncan quoted Ablert Einstein "The definition of insanity is going over and over again and expecting a different result" made a good connection to how these children living in low wage urban neighborhoods that have to push truth completing all material without at least taking a moment to acknowledge or find away in connecting it back into the material in complete insanity. Especially since people believe that Urban schools aren't failing to do what they were design to do. Why is because the believe that these schools aren't dramatically bad which is the appoint of view. The question is when do you acknowledge it and actually make a change? When is it enough? The good teachers can see and care about the students and try to do something about it. What they the board of education does is tinker around the edges to make it good for the purpose by the constitution of California is to make it good enough to prepare young people for their proper station in life, which is what they are exactly doing. What is the station for each child is for what they were born into which is why the percentage of students are allowed to exit their family level and move up instead of stay the same. Another good point made by Duncan is starting the material where its most important instead of going in a chronological order. Involving student experience so that the can make a connect to the material which will help them in take it instead of absorbing something that has no real meaning to the student. Now stop and think about it if someone from way back when was and published material and proof that child in the curriculum is more beneficial then why hasn't it changed yet? Why has it stayed in common curriculum has stayed exactly the same through out the years not moved forward when the rest of the world has. Think about it we now have the whole world in our hand at just a finger tip yet nothing has changed in educations part.

Process Journal

Monday, January 19, 2015

The Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire

Difficulties: Here you will describe parts of the text you didn’t understand or struggled with. Think about why it is difficult to understand and how you can grapple with it.

Insights: Briefly write down a description of what struck you and then go into what this section made you think about. It is better if you write for as long as you can about a moment that really interested you.

Quotes: Write down quotes that align with your beliefs about education and say why. It will be really valuable when you start assembling your paper. Also, write down quotes you find powerful.

Difficulties	Insights	Quotes
"The oppressors use their "humanitarianism" to preserve a profitable situation."	How students are turned into "containers" and "receptacles" to be "filled" by teachers.  Makes me wonder why it hasn't changed.   Banking system takes a child's creativity  which makings less  likely to truly gain new age information since the oppressor sticks to what they have learned which stops them from learning, growing, and becoming a better teacher.	"His task is to "fill" the students with the contents of his narration" " The student records, memorizes, and repeats these phrases without perceiving what four times four really means,or realizing the true significance of "capital" in the affirmation"  " Knowledge emerges only through invention  and re-invention, through the restless, impatient continuing, hopeful inquiry human beings pursue in the world, with the world, and with each other."

Little About Me

I guess I should start of by introducing myself, my name is Daniella Criollo. I've been attending Chabot College since August 2011 and am currently getting my AA in Liberal Arts along with my creative writing certificate . I enjoy volunteering and have been doing since I was elementary school you can say. My goals in life are different but connected in away I want to become a Education specialist in the high school. I also eventually would like to travel to el salvador and live with the Pipil and learn more about their culture and language which is nuahal mostly to learn more about my heritage. I also would like to go on a spiritual self discovery and become more connected to the earth and energy. On the side I would also as a side job like to become a healing touch practitioner and get a degree as a Passion Professor but need to reword it because it sounds funny saying I got a degree in PP. I expect to have more goals in my life and try to accomplish it all.