Happy New Year everyone! Peace and blessings to all who might arrive on this journey with me as I take flight on this first experience of blogging. It is my hope that you would have an enjoyable experience while being proactive in joining me on this voyage.
Once you arrive, you will have the opportunity to experience the events of my profession as a High School Choral Director as well as the dynamics of being a single mom living with my 23 year daughter and my puppy, MAX.
Additionally, you will find posts about my expedition at Full Sail University through the Education Media Design and Technology program and my Challenged Based Research(CBR) Project.
For my CBR I have chosen Motivation/Engagement as the Big Idea! I have observed many African American male students who have disengaged from learning. These learners opt to drop out of school or they opt to stay and continue to be disengaged.
I hope to gain insight into what the prelude is to the phenomenon of disengagement. I also anticipate finding empirical evidence of curricula, technological tools and strategies that would motivate these learners to take charge of their learning, so that engagement is achieved to facilitate their becoming proactive and productive adults.
Hey Francine,
ReplyDeleteI believe disengagement is a result of a student's culture rather than ethnicity. By culture I mean their home environment - black, white, yellow, or red, I've seen disengagement from all. I think that getting parents on board at an early age, so that the spheres of influence overlap is very important. Creating an education system that allows students and their parents to choose what they learn is cutting edge - the role and value of knowledge is changing. The Ideal of "Centralized" curriculum is and "one size fits all" is just not efficient or desirable.
Francine: Oh my goodness is that Max ever cute!!!! No matter how many places he digs, I can't even imagine being able to get mad at that cute little thing! I just love him! Your piano is unbelievable! WOW! How gorgeous! I am so glad that someone of your musical interest is able to have such a beautiful musical instrument! Cheryl
ReplyDeleteI love the piano!!! It is absolutely beautiful. I have always wanted to learn to play but I am not musically inclined. It is a shame when my two year old says no mommy please don't sing. Carrying a tune is not my forte neither is playing any kind of musical instrument.
ReplyDeleteMotivation is such a hot topic right now and it is something we as educators must be able to do in order for our students to be successful!!!
I look forward with see where your blog will go.
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