Urban Culture and Underserved Populations, Community College Pedagogy in the 21st Century

Conversations about Learning

In supplement to and in dialogue with the reading that Dr. Rojas has suggested, I would like to also strongly encourage you to read this article by Theordore Marchese, former vice President of AAHE:

"The New Conversation about Learning: Insights from Neuroscience and Anthropology, Cognitive and Workplace Studies."

I think it provides greater depth on some issues raised in the Reynolds article and a broader overview (including acknowledgement of the controversies) of how some work in nueroscience and cognitive science has been taken up in relation to teaching and learning.

Reading assignment from Estela Rojas

Here are links to the two articles that Estala Rojas suggested we read:

A Transition for Community Colleges: Teaching Institutions to Learning Institutions. by Jim Reynolds and Stuart Werner

Maturana's Biology and some Possible Implications for Education. by Joy Murray.

Background for Frances Lucerna's talk

Frances Lucerna did not assign any reading associated with her talk but she identified the following topics that would provide background for the work they are doing at El Puente and for her lecture. Arancha has located some websites associated with these topics, which you should look at in preparation for the next seminar.

Paolo Freire (and Popular Education, Education for Liberation):

http://www.edb.utexas.edu/faculty/scheurich/proj3/freire1.html

http://www.paulofreire.org/

http://mingo.infoscience.uiowa.edu/~stevens/critped/linksfreire.htm

CBO schools:

http://www.cydjournal.org/2001Summer/CBO.html

http://www.ccsso.org/content/pdfs/CBOHighSchools.pdf

Project Based Learning:

http://www.edutopia.org/php/article.php?id=Art_884&key=037

Small School Movement:

http://www.ccsdistrict.org/McKinley/smallschools.html