Ideological Diversity
Yesterday we visited a family that my wife has known for years. They’re small-time local pecan farmers, who have provide a niche market by keeping everything purely organic. As I talk to the husband, I am struck by how similar we are despite huge differences in worldview. He is both more conservative and Conservative than me. Yet, as we discuss farming, politics, technology and current events, I am struck by the fact that we can engage in conflict while style understanding nuance. I need more people in my life like the pecan farmer, because I sometimes forget that outside of the talk radio rhetoric, there are many conservatives with a mind and a heart and maybe even a few ideas that might work.
Without trying too hard, I’ve managed to find a group of like-minded friends who, despite being ethnically diverse, tend to be ideologically similar. We all enjoy Iron and Wine or Sufjan Stevens and find art houses to be intriguing and enjoy indie movies and drink independent brewery beer. We pretty much all get our news from NPR and from links people post on Twitter (again, often a like-minded crowd in an echo chamber)
Pondering The Values That We Bring To The Classroom
I just posted the following on my personal blogspace, Teaching Out Loud, but thought I might get some different feedback here. This is all leading me to some bigger questions in my own practice around the values that I bring into my teaching everyday.
I’m in a bit of a quandry. As part of the Health Education curriculum for Grade 1-3 students, we spend a good deal of time talking about making healthy food choices, planning meals according to the Canada Food Guide and assess the nutritional value of meals. In my entire teaching career, I’ve never been responsible for the health curriculum, so I want to make sure that I’m getting it right.
One of the approaches that is included in our local health department’s teaching resource for this grade level
Pondering The Values That We Bring To The Classroom
I just posted the following on my personal blogspace, Teaching Out Loud, but thought I might get some different feedback here. This is all leading me to some bigger questions in my own practice around the values that I bring into my teaching everyday.
I’m in a bit of a quandry. As part of the Health Education curriculum for Grade 1-3 students, we spend a good deal of time talking about making healthy food choices, planning meals according to the Canada Food Guide and assess the nutritional value of meals. In my entire teaching career, I’ve never been responsible for the health curriculum, so I want to make sure that I’m getting it right.
One of the approaches that is included in our local health department’s teaching resource for this grade level
