This is a running log of phrases, quotes, words, images, video, and diagrams that are helping me to understand the nature of knowledge, learning, and educational institutions. My goal is to help myself and others permanently shift the terms of the conversation about education from being institution- and teacher-centered [teacher as builder of curriculum, student as consumer, and institution as silent source of legitimacy] to being community- and student-centered [teacher as builder of active learners, student as practiced builder of community, institution as enabler of healthy learning communities]. Feel free to contribute other quotes to this tumblr by sending me an email.
19 Feb 08
Teaching … is essentially a transformational activity, which aims to get students to take charge of their learning and to make deeply informed judgments about the world. This book also challenges us to examine the institutional conditions that support or undermine this more ambitious view of teaching. In this sense, it urges a transformation of the conditions of teaching.
— Richard F. Elmore, Education for Judgment: The Artistry of Discussion Leadership.[xi]