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Liberation and Resistance in Schools with Benjamin Doxtdator

Greg Curran — Tue, 18 Sep 2018 09:00:17 +0000

In Episode 49, making our schools’ sites of liberation and resistance. Plus challenging the dominant narratives that blame individuals whilst giving scant attention to social justice, and structural issues. Episode 49 CLICK PLAY to listen to Benjamin Doxtdator Episode Guest Benjamin Doxtdator is a middle school English teacher at the International School of Brussels. Quick Guide Benjamin introduces himself Why challenging the status quo in schools is important Liberation and resistance in schools Schools as liberatory places Resistance in education Resisting oppressive narratives The need to focus on structural issues rather than individuals Disrupting traditional narratives about Indians Unpacking and resisting

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Using Google Drive in the Adult English Language Learner Classroom

Greg Curran — Fri, 29 Dec 2017 04:48:13 +0000

Google Drive has been the foundation of my adult English Language Learner classroom. It’s been key to fostering student independence, collaboration and digital literacy skills. Check out how I use it in my class as well as my key learnings along the way. It’s the beginning of a new year and my new class of adult English Language Learners are poised with Microsoft Word and their USBs. They’re keen on worksheets and being told how to do everything, step by step. Let’s take a different path, I think to myself, imagining a class of independent learners, who collaborate and support

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Using Seesaw in the Adult English Language Learner Classroom

Greg Curran — Wed, 27 Dec 2017 06:25:31 +0000

Seesaw offers so many possibilities in the English Language Learner classroom. Here I describe a Photography project that built students speaking, reading and writing skills. This year I have been trialling Seesaw in three adult English Language Learner classrooms. My Certificate 3 class had a mix of skill levels. The other two classes were preliminary classes, one with students at the very early stages of learning English, and the other with students at a slightly higher level. In a THREE PART SERIES, I will briefly detail how we used Seesaw, along with our key likes and learnings. PART 1 –

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