March 2012
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Emotions and Personal Connection in the Classroom:...
The ongoing joke in the classroom this year has been that I make students cry. The truth is the students have created a learning environment in which it is safe to be vulnerable, open, and honest with each other. Throughout our learning journeys when vulnerability is mixed with personal truth it can often manifests itself in the form of tears. I do not make students cry, I simply encourage them...
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Thoughts about Creating Safe Learning Communities
I teach a first year university course which is comprised of 21 students. 11 students identify as Indigenous and represent several different Nations. 10 students identify as being non-Indigenous and also represent several different lines of heritage. Nine students identify as having a learning related disability. All students are valuable members of our learning community. Students are able to...
