“More schooling has meant that children have to rely on financial support from their parents. Adults between 18 and 34 received an average of $38,000 in cash and two years’ worth of full time labor from their parents, or about 10 percent of their income.” (Cohen, P. (2010, June 11). The long road to adulthood is growing even longer. The New York Times.) Continue reading Emerging Adulthood for Who?
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There is no teaching without relational trust
“To reiterate a theme that runs throughout this chapter, schools that promote identity development are rich in engaging activities in which students can invest their psychic energy, and they value the role of the relationships at all levels of learning. Good teachers teach their subject matter well; great teachers engage students in the learning tasks of the moment and instill in them the desire to keep learning long after graduation. Continue reading There is no teaching without relational trust
Cultural norms: students have them too
“Children and adults are never solitary individuals, immune to the social and cultural forces around them. Gaining understanding of the cultural norms and assumptions we bring as teachers, as well as those brought by each of the students in our classes, is an often difficult task but is essential to providing a learning space that is welcoming and caring and sets up all students for academic and social success.” (p. 154, Mathew Knoester (2008), “Learning to Describe, Describing to Understand”) Continue reading Cultural norms: students have them too