It was good to meet some of the other Critical Inquiry teachers last night at Audubon. Josh and Stace talked about some excellent reasons to start the semester with the Paulo Freire essay and gave me some ideas for learning activities to coincide.
First idea:
Before reading/discussing the essay, have students design the perfect "oppressors" classroom and educational system. Propose the activity and give a few minutes for quiet journaling. Then group them to discuss and expand their ideas. Finally, share all the ideas and have an open discussion about how we will implement the plan. A closing journal prompt will encourage students to reflect upon similarities/differences between the "Oppressors' Educational Plan" and their own previous educational experiences.
Second idea:
After reading the essay, ask students to design the ideal classroom and educational system. Ask them to think both about specific classroom activities and the system as a whole. I think they should be prompted to especially consider how they would wish to transform that "bad" year or class growing up.
Tangential idea:
Need to introduce students to Socratic dialogue and teaching methods.
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