"Teaching and Teacher Education"

Questions/Statements in response to the article:

1. The article discusses Carla's study in Kenya, how can the experience be separated between the exotic place and the disruptions that may occur?

2. Does the knowledge of diversity have to be experienced, or could it just be understood through observations or knowledge from others?

3. The experiences that are shared all seem to have really touched each individual.  I wonder if more teachers participated in these sort of experiences if they would be more passionate about teaching.

4.  I wonder if there are some people who go through an experience like those discussed in the article and want to remain in a different country for the remainder of  their teaching career.

5. I really like the line from the introduction that says, "We emphasize that repositioning the learning in service learning.

Service Learning-1

The service I will be participating in this semester is called Many Villages.  This past week I did not attend the site but was given an orientation on campus about the program.  From what I have gathered we will be interacting with students and teachers.  The students grades range from kindergarten to third grade and we are supposed to be placed with a teacher in order to help out in the classroom.

I am excited to begin this experience and interact with the students.  I have not done much service in the past with younger children, so I look forward to the new challenge.  During the orientation we were told that we may encounter views or situations that we do not agree with but it is our job to not let these things get to us.  It would be great if this did not happen but I am going into service with an open mind as to not let my opinions dictate the experience.  I am curious about the interaction we will be having with not only the students at Many Villages but also the teachers.  I hope to learn about the teacher's experiences with their career and the students that they have worked with over their years of teaching.