Global Education
It's not a Course - Its a Learning Environment
By Marie Lardino
| My aim is to teach each child to learn how to learn, and to learn for life. To the best of my ability, I blend educational requirements into an integrated model of curriculum content. Within this model, I believe that higher level thinking skills can only be acquired through direct involvement with learning activities that are holistic and interactive in their nature. This interaction with the curriculum leads each child to acquire an increased motivation toward learning, a deeper understanding of themselves and a more intrinsic acquisition of knowledge. Definitely, the classroom needs to be a place where children can explore the possibilities of becoming self evaluators, decision makers, critical thinkers, problem solvers, researchers, writers, artists and collaborators; and where they can acquire these skills within a context relevant to them. With this notion in place, my classroom environment draws from personal, local and global issues, and blends those issues into a larger framework. But teaching, I believe is a vulnerable matter, which begins with careful exposure of the human qualities of each teacher. I explore this position with optimism. It works well since it elicits the respect of my students and their awareness of accountability. We share power. We learn as a community. We build a democratic environment of rights and responsibilities. We explore our personal, national and global histories, discover the present and try to influence the future through action. In essence, we conquer the complexities of curriculum, celebrate its layers, its perspectives, its interconnectedness. Simultaneously, we discover our layers, our perspectives and our interconnectedness. We embark on two journeys; namely, the journey toward self-awareness, and the expedition toward awareness of the environmental, social, and political conditions which surround us. The acquisition of concepts in language, mathematics, science, social studies and the arts are not ignored; rather, they are integrated into these journeys. They are made relevant, interesting, implicit and understood as interrelated components of a larger structure of knowledge. Basically, I view education as the gathering of not only information, but also, of critical thinking abilities. Most important, it must be a gathering of compassion, empathy, respect and awareness of oneself, others and the earth. I maintain that from the above capabilities, emerges a more holistic learner, a human being empowered with awareness essential to her/his evolving needs, and to the needs of others and our planet. |
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