TE 150: Reflections on Learning

Instructor of record, Michigan State University, fall24

I made several important additions to the curriculum this semester, in addition to onboarding Olamide Ogungbemi as a co-teacher.

Week 1
- Freedom of speech
- Land acknolwedgements and their role in education
- Exploring data on segregation in the US
Week 2
- Added identity wheel activity
Week 3
- Added content on non-binary gender and gender performativity/Judith Butler
  - “How does schooling influence our gender performance? To what extent should teachers teach students differently based on their gender? Under what circumstances? Why?”
- Added mood meter based on RULER approach
Week 4
- Integrated Harro’s Cycle of Socialization into discussion of Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Systems Theory.
Week 5
- Added readings on asset-based pedagogy and the school-to-prison pipeline
- Added clip from Katrina Babies documentary (timestamp 0:59-1:08) to class on trauma-informed teaching
Week 6
- Added reading about controversial classroom discussions in higher ed. Choice of reading between Bérubé or Crespo.