"[Adult education is] a co-operative venture in non-authoritarian, informal learning the chief purpose of which is to discover the meaning of experience; a quest of the mind which digs down to the roots of the preconceptions which formulate our conduct; a technique of learning for adults which makes education coterminous with life, and hence elevates living itself to the level of an experiment."

~Eduard Lindeman, What is Adult Education? (1925).

 My philosophy of teaching/learning: I believe that the liberal education necessary to sustain democracy begins in the grey spaces between disciplines, in the cooperation of applied and theoretical inquiry, and in the unifying power of civic engagement and action.


For the last few years, I have worked closely with faculty and students to integrate critical inquiry and community-based learning components into the curriculum as a mentor in Portland State’s University Studies program. This has exposed me to the complexity of integrating community partnerships in the learning process and inspired me to pursue a graduate degree that enables me to apply my philosophy of transformative pedagogy in a university setting. By espousing a multicultural, critical, student-centered approach to education, I hope to empower future generations to become the primary agents in their own learning and actors for social progress.

Documentation of my praxis:

The Original "Peer Mentor Manifesto"

Devolution of a Teaching and Learning Philosophy

Link to Lesson Plan on the Wiki that Exemplifies my Teaching and Learning Philosophy [Limited Access: Password Protected]

What I Have Learned From Mentoring This Year

 

 

 
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