“Rather than being avoided or dismissed, adolescent spirituality should be recognized for what it is—a wellspring of curiosity, imagination, justice, interconnectedness, and compassion.”
An excerpt from E. Toshalis’ (2008) “Adolescent spirituality in public schools” in M. Sadowski’s Adolescents at School: Perspectives on Youth, Identity, and Education. Continue reading Check yourself…
In a world with an ever growing use of technology for a variety of reasons and uses, there is one medium in particular that continues to rise to the top: Social Media. Social media platforms have increased our ability to become global citizens, giving us access to information, places, and people that, prior to globalization, we never knew or could have known. With social media taking up a greater place in society, educators should seize the opportunity to incorporate it in their classrooms. Out of all of the social media platforms, I personally prefer Instagram. This preference has led me to wonder how it could be used in an educational setting. Continue reading A picture is worth a thousand words
“Schools are not synonymous with education. They are only a part of education. Alongside school operates a parallel educational system, the ‘societal curriculum.’ Continue reading The “Whole” Education Takes A Village
“2. Identity foreclosure—commitment without exploration. Here, a choice is made about a lifestyle in the absence of opportunities to explore alternatives. Continue reading What happens when they finally stop to ask, “What if?”
“Moore reports that teenagers use different parts of their brains and think differently than adults when at the computer. He suggests that their brains are physiologically different as a result of the stimuli provided by electronic media. Do children raised with the computer think differently from the rest of us? ‘They develop hypertext minds. They leap around. It’s as though their cognitive structures were parallel, not sequential’ (Prensky, 2001).” Continue reading To cater to or to train against the short attention span?