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===About me=== | ===About me=== | ||
I hold an M.Ed. in Adult Learning and Global Change from the University of British Columbia, [[Canada]]; prior, I graduated highest-awarded in my class from Florida Atlantic University Honors College with concentrations in [[anthropology]] and [[political science]]. I have numerous years international experience, dispersed through [[Latin America]], [[Micronesia]], and [[Haiti]], and it has marked all I do. My primary academic interest combines adult education and community-based development within the [[Global South]]. Currently, I am a remedial [[Adult education|adult educator]] at a community college in the [[United States]]. My [[pedagogy]] is decidedly eclectic yet with a bent for [[critical literacy]], which [[Ira Shor]] perfectly defines as facilitating | I hold an M.Ed. in Adult Learning and Global Change from the University of British Columbia, [[Canada]]; prior, I graduated highest-awarded in my class from Florida Atlantic University Honors College with concentrations in [[anthropology]] and [[political science]]. I have numerous years international experience, dispersed through [[Latin America]], [[Micronesia]], and [[Haiti]], and it has marked all I do. My primary academic interest combines adult education and community-based development within the [[Global South]]. Currently, I am a remedial [[Adult education|adult educator]] at a community college in the [[United States]], and have also done some consulting work related to program development for remedial learners. My [[pedagogy]] is decidedly eclectic yet with a bent for [[critical literacy]], which [[Ira Shor]] perfectly defines as facilitating | ||
<BLOCKQUOTE>habits of thought, reading, writing, and speaking which go beneath surface meaning, first impressions, dominant myths, official pronouncements, traditional cliches, received wisdom, and mere opinions, to understand the deep meaning, root causes, social context, ideology, and personal consequences of any action, event, object, process, organization, experience, text, subject matter, policy, mass media, or discourse.[http://www.lesley.edu/journals/jppp/4/shor.html]</BLOCKQUOTE> | <BLOCKQUOTE>habits of thought, reading, writing, and speaking which go beneath surface meaning, first impressions, dominant myths, official pronouncements, traditional cliches, received wisdom, and mere opinions, to understand the deep meaning, root causes, social context, ideology, and personal consequences of any action, event, object, process, organization, experience, text, subject matter, policy, mass media, or discourse.[http://www.lesley.edu/journals/jppp/4/shor.html]</BLOCKQUOTE> | ||
