Author: Luke Jarvis

• Praise: I like how you mention both Freire and Percy, and that the ideas you use from each are strong
• Constructive: I don’t know if this idea works since this is in the classroom, and the topic is learning outside of the classroom
• Use of Percy: I like how this quote is closely related to your idea, and how you expanded on the quote after

• Praise: I think your idea for joining clubs is really good, because it helps students learn about a subject they’re interested in, as well as networking and social skills
• Constructive: Relate this quote more to students rather than just explaining the tourist
• Use of Percy: I think this quote is really strong and works well with your solutions

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UiHxePi5EQCWzHIjQfAwJ5ITkxUKEHtiRYOS3UQLJCI/edit

• Praise: I really like your idea for a part time job, and how you relate it not only to a student’s future job, but also how it helps them now.
• Negative: I was also thinking about writing about tutoring, but Professor Cream said it is too closely related to the classroom/ student-teacher relationship, so it can’t be used
• Use of Percy: Like Gabe said, you should use Percy’s ideas and quotes to make your arguments stronger and more easily understandable

• Praise: I like how you clearly stated the problem, and have multiple problems to talk about
• Negative: I think you need stronger/more specific arguments
• Use of Percy: I don’t know what quotes you’re going to use, but make sure they relate to your topic

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UiHxePi5EQCWzHIjQfAwJ5ITkxUKEHtiRYOS3UQLJCI/edit

• Praise: I think your thesis is off to a good start overall, and your quotes support it well

• Constructive: I think these points are valid, but you should also take into account the required gen-ed classes: students won’t always enjoy them, and consequently won’t challenge themselves

• Use of Percy: I think both quotes are really good and a lot can be written about each (if you’re doing an essay)

• Praise: I think that your thesis and your supporting ideas work well with each other
• Constructive: I think your points could be more specific/more in-depth
• Use of Percy: Your quotes are good for general use, however I think it would also be good for your group to try and fine quotes that more specifically relate to your topic

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1afdiBofec2udzfuFHewWcfvW_AOJs46tbNcXvnhcrCs/edit

Group- Luke Jarvis                                 

Topic: Topic 2- student power

Thesis: In “The Banking’ Concept of Education”, Freire realizes that learning is dependent upon the oppressed (the students), not the oppressors (the teachers). At WCU, students can improve their learning by putting an emphasis on their communication with students as well as teachers, working in a team, and their motivation to learn and experience new things.

Quotes:

“For apart from inquiry, apart from the praxis, individuals cannot be truly human. Knowledge emerges only through invention and reinvention, through the restless, impatient, continuing, hopeful inquiry human beings pursue in the world, with the world, and with each other.”-Page 1

“The students are not called upon to know, but to memorize the contents narrated by the teacher. Nor do the students practice any act of cognition, since the object towards which that act should be directed is the property of the teacher rather than a medium evoking the critical reflection of both teacher and students.”-Page 4

Discussion members: Dana, Jenna, Lauren, Nick, Kenzie, Noah, Bella, Kira

In our group, we talked about our educational system and how the quote that we talked about in class: “Here, no one teaches another, nor is anyone selftaught. People teach each other, mediated by the world”. We talked about how to learn, you have to be talking/bouncing workds off of another person and subconsciously learning. Some people talked about how in classes, when someone would ask how to do a problem, and you explain it to them, you learn it better yourself. We also said how it’s better to speak things out in order to learn/understand a topic better. We mentioned how our education system doesn’t really support this system- about how there’s a big emphasis on memorization instead of really learning, understanding, and bringing/relating something into your life. Learning/talking about things that you’re really passionate about helps you to really remember and connect it to your life, rather than just memorizing something and forgetting about it. 

Discussion Members: Lauren, Gabe, Sam, Adam, Bella, Michael, TJ, Jenna, Brandon, Emily

In our discussion on Friday, the group talked about how the space of our campus impacts our learning ability both physically and metaphorically. We mentioned how our campus is pretty small compared to other universities, and that could be helpful to our learning. But we also mentioned that while it is smaller, there is a clear distinction between our classes and our dorms, but why is that? We said that there should be a clear difference in the learning space and the places of relaxation and comfort.

We also talked about the library, and the distance from the library to our dorms. Adam brought up the point that he thinks that the library should be closer to the dorms, and basically everyone agreed. However, we also said that it made sense that it was closer to most of the classrooms too, as well as the fact that there are lounges in the dorms. 

One other topic we talked about was the “space” between the teachers and the students. Many feel that the age gap between students and teachers impacts the way students feel about teachers and their teaching style. People brought up the point that younger teachers are more often easier to get along with, since they’re more relatable, while older teachers are more traditional, and probably go with the methods they’ve been using and are used to.