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Tiffany Scoco Dr. Corinne McKamey Fned:346 23 October 2018 In the service of what? The politics of service learning By: Joseph Kahne and Joel Westheimer Summary of article: The article began with the question “In the service of what?” The author then begins to explain this question causes controversy amongst teachers, policy makers and academicians. In President Kennedy’s inaugural address he challenged the country with his appeal “Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.” Service learning emphasises on charity work, it wants you to get out of the classroom and go into the real world and perform community service. Educators believe that service learning can improve the community and invigorate the classroom making the educational experience maximised. Service learning projects aim to promote student self esteem and confidence, develop higher thinking skills and make use of multiple abilities. The author then explains two different...

Tiffany Scoco Corinne McKamey FNED 346 10 October 2018 Safe spaces-Making schools and communities welcoming to LQBT youth. By Annemarie Vaccaro, Gerri August and Megan Kennedy. "Classrooms lay the foundations for an inclusive and safe society; a just community where common interests and individual differences coexist. To the extent that teachers, school administrators, and college professors create an atmosphere in which difference is not only tolerated but expected, explored, and embraced, students will be more likely to develop perspectives that result in respectful behaviors." This quote is saying that classrooms should be open and accepting of all students. Classrooms are the first place young children go to grow and learn it should be welcoming to everyone no matter their differences. Teachers, administrators, and professors should all be open and accepting to their students. They should not be judgemental or rude to any students or allow other students to be...

Tiffany Scoco Dr. Corinne McKamey FNED:346 2 October 2018 "Unlearning the Myths that Bind Us." By Linda Christensen Summary of Article: The author is talking about how she was raised in American culture. She says that children’s books and movies teaches children to accept the world as portrayed in these social blueprints. The world around us depicts a dominant race, gender, class and country, these books and movies are teaching this to our children. They look like cute childrens books and movies but in reality they are manipulating our children into thinking these qualities are true of the world around them. Cartoons are also a major influence on children and their way of thinking. It’s one of the first ways children learn about other people and cultures. Children don’t have a lot of experience in the real world so they get their information from parents, books, movies and cartoons. If any of these things have incorrect information or misinform the children, the chi...