Alea’s ePortfolio

All teachers have a somewhat common idea of what it means to be a “good student.” These ideologies come from the common notion the education system portrays to teachers. In Kumashiro’s article “Against Common Sense,” a quote talks about the pressure the school system puts on teachers to produce these “good students.” The passage states “Many more students like M would enter my classrooms, students who were unable or unwilling to be the kind of student that schools and society…

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After reading the article, “The Problem with Common Sense,” we follow the experiences of a teacher who was offered a job with the American Peace Corporation to be a teacher in Nepal. The common theme in this article is why common sense is an issue, especially concerning education and curriculum. After reading this article, we gain knowledge of common sense in our curriculum and what other countries’ common sense looks like elsewhere. Kumashiro defines common sense as a set of…

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Hello! My name is Alea Lehne. I am currently in my first year in the Faculty of Eduation in the Early Eduation Program. Welcome to my learning journey!