Education 225

Justine Garcia

A dissertation on education in art, encouraging students to self-expression, and effective critique.

Rachel Francois

A great paper on adding a cultural perspective in the traditional education system in order to make the curriculum interesting to students.

Susanna Farahat

Susanna gives good advice on how to be an effective extra-classroom discussion facilitator. 

Heather Davis

Heather provides her insight and reflections in experiencing complicated situations as an extra-classroom teacher.

Elena Darling-Hammond

"In this entry I will discuss strategies for classroom aides. I first discuss my own experiences as and aide in an elementary special education classroom and what I learned during the process. I will then discuss ways in which I think teachers and aides can make the class room experience beneficial for all." 

A discussion about using ethnography techniques in classroom environment. One important element when noting these observations in class is to not add the assumptions that immediately then to follow.

Alison Crawford

This essay talks about ideas for improvement as a mentor using as example the Empowering Learners Partnerships.

Lauren Dickey

 The author discusses about her experience in one of the Teaching and Learning Partnerships at Bryn Mawr. A great example to show that a mentor can learn and teach even when he doesn't know the correct answer.