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CALM Conversations about Teaching & Learning
CALM Conversations about Learning with d. Zenani Mzube is back with a twist!
Now, we'll be going wider and deeper with conversations about teaching, as well as learning, because what is pesto without the pasta?
I believe that educating and relating are synonymous and that student, teacher, parent, and community relationships are critical to a thriving teaching and learning environment. This has never been more apparent.
This podcast aims to bring these relationships into a common space, where we re-envision education one clumsy, compassionate and CALM convo at a time.
So, if you’re a parent or educator or community contributor, who also happens to be a visionary--- if you believe in community more than you believe in institutions--- then this is your education podcast.
In CCaTL, we'll examine what it means to learn, what it means to teach and how parents and community contributors (e.g., social workers, therapists, teacher program instructors) support these endeavors.
We'll do this with the folks who matter most, for the folks who matter most---and that just might be you, so review, follow and join us for conversations about education, re-envisioned.
CALM Conversations about Teaching & Learning
Plans, Potatoes, and Pathways: A CALM Kid Convo w/Zeus Rivera
- Thank you for leaning in and listening to episode 3; a CALM Kid Convo w/Zeus Rivera, recent high school graduate and former student of mine!
- Check out his videos at https://www.CoZ@youtube.com.
- I used to tell my students that learning was a two-way street; a day never passed in which I did not learn something from them: from a riddle that I couldn’t solve and so required an explanation, to interesting information they’d learned from another class; to exposure to an idea, movie, book or video game, to a challenging lesson on how to love and respect them more -and better.
- This is why I want young people on this podcast: to show us Visionaries how to better love and respect them because let’s be honest: It is EASY to get caught up in our grown-upness, our degrees, and our do what I say, not as I do-ness!
- Sometimes, it can be instructive to stop giving directions and start asking questions. Here are three questions that we can ask ourselves after listening to this convo with Zeus:
- In what ways am I leading my child or students, so that they are growing and learning?
- In what ways am I supporting (as opposed to stifling) my students’ or child’s independence?
- In what ways do I show regard for my child’s or students’ dreams and aspirations? Have I even asked them about their dreams and aspirations?
- Whether it’s in the classroom or in the kitchen, and whether they are eight or 18, let our conversations with children remind us that our envisioning can only be as powerful as those for whom we’re doing the envisioning!
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