[…]will share their discoveries in poster presentations and informal conversation. This event is free and open to all who would like to learn more about CTI Fellows’ research experience this summer. Register for the reception here. (Registration is not required but helps us plan better for our guests.) This year’s […]
[…]and abstraction challenge set ideas about art–and by extension, the body? (For example, consider the work of Alberto Giacometti. He was not disabled, but his work embraces what we might call a “disability aesthetic”. How did their disabilities creatively inform the work of artists in the Bechtler collection? (For example, […]
[…]for 1) deepening student understanding of important political and social events in European history and 2) honing analytical and writing skills in student learning. From Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein to the British band, The Clash, participants will spend the first third of the seminar examining how cultural products reflect the significant […]
[…]importantly an activity, a way of examining the world around us in an attempt to better understand and act in it. This later understanding of philosophy, I believe is also fundamentally what education is, or at least should be. In this seminar I will be exploring ways in which to […]
[…]presentation had given them some great energy as they prepare to meet their students in the weeks to come. CMS teacher Kheiston Tilford had this to say about the workshop: One of the best PD’s I’ve ever been to. I left feeling honored to tell my history, empowered and compelled […]
[…]only been in use since around 1855, and ‘normalcy’ appeared in 1849 and 1857 respectively.”[1] Rosemarie Garland-Thomson’s article “From Wonder to Error – A Genealogy of Freak Discourse in Modernity,” in discussion about the Mutter Musuem in Philadelphia, critiques the way bodies throughout history have been devalued in the way […]
[…]of partnering organizations produce forums for college and university faculty and other educators to examine topics through multi-disciplinary lenses. CTI programs are made possible by a joint commitment of resources from all three Institute partners and through the generosity of private funding institutions such as the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations, […]
[…]the students I teach comment at the beginning of the school year that their child could not wait to come back to school to see their friends. This is not exactly where an educator wants their students’ attention, but doesn’t our job involve finding ways to connect with our students […]
[…]that require then to attend carefully to the new words and use them in productive tasks.[vii][viii] Manipulating artifacts gives them a task to do and provides them with some frame of reference when they see the words in context. Think-Alouds The think-aloud strategy asks students to say out loud what […]
[…]was supported by Charlotte Teachers Institute, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools and the Greenspon Center for Peace and Social Justice at Queens University of Charlotte. The teachers joined in discussions about the book White Rage by Carol Anderson; visited the EJI memorial and museum and the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Civil Rights Memorial; participated in a […]
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