https://padlet.com/ellysewinter/zca83cnwbh2p3926 Apply the Four F Conversation Framework (Facts, Findings, Feelings, Future) to the above reading. What was the reading about? (facts) What was hard about the reading? (findings) What was good about the reading? (findings) What feelings emerged for you and why? (feelings) What did you learn about yourself based on the reading? (findings/future) How can you use what you learned from the reading in the future? (future) en-us 2021-03-01 22:56:57 UTC 2021-03-11 14:55:15 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/ellysewinter/zca83cnwbh2p3926/wish/1283277770 the reading focussed on a course that tried to incorporate metissage into its working in order to test it as an effecitve pedagogy. The article was autoresearch, which makes for an interesting dynamic. 
nothing was particularly difficult about the reading as the journal/writing style do not purposefully obfuscate facts. I think the only thing that i thought was weird was the fact that there was no critical distance between the authors and the subjects, who were one and the same. A lot of research like this in the past, in particular in trauma studies, gets a lot of flak for being self-serving. 
I am happy to see applicable practices being used in research articles that one can actually apply to a classroom as opposed to summaries of theory. Summaries of theory have their place, but they are very difficult to incorporate into the classroom. 
Metissage reminds me a lot of photovoice, an old pedagogy for sick children to help them self-actualise and communicate how they are feeling. I think the braiding part of the text was the most interesting in regards to how communal writing can work. ]]> 2021-03-08 17:10:24 UTC https://padlet.com/ellysewinter/zca83cnwbh2p3926/wish/1283277770 https://padlet.com/ellysewinter/zca83cnwbh2p3926/wish/1294925282 I found this article's discussion of the role of discomfort in the classroom really interesting -- particular when it came to critically analyzing one's own experiences against the experiences of peers (e.g., what made me think this? why did I think this was everyone's experience?). I think this is a really aspirational structure, and I wonder how it would play out in undergraduate classrooms? It occurs to me that an Ed MA class is very likely to be smaller in size and already have a baseline understanding of structural issues. My undergraduates come in to the class with a range of political views and privileges, and I worry that an exercise like this would demand vulnerability particularly from minoritized students and open them to pushback from peers, and that power imbalances may be replicated in this process. What are ways to structure an equitable environment for reflection? To encourage emotional labor and self-reflection of all students? ]]> 2021-03-10 19:51:22 UTC https://padlet.com/ellysewinter/zca83cnwbh2p3926/wish/1294925282 https://padlet.com/ellysewinter/zca83cnwbh2p3926/wish/1295959013 The article evaluated the efficacy of critical pedagogy in postsecondary classrooms, with particular significance for postsecondary educators. I appreciated the questions the authors raised about critical pedagogy in theory vs in practice. I appreciated the explanation of métissage as a methodology, though I did find the piece a bit overly self-conscious. The feeling I had was that this was more useful for the authors than for the reader, though there were some interesting insights. I think the introductory section examining the problems of critical pedagogy was more useful as a reader who is training as a postsecondary educator.
- Sinead Petrasek]]> 2021-03-11 01:58:27 UTC https://padlet.com/ellysewinter/zca83cnwbh2p3926/wish/1295959013 elizabethpolvi https://padlet.com/ellysewinter/zca83cnwbh2p3926/wish/1298283149 In this reading, I was first introduced to the concept of metissage; a collaborative narrative method used to explore a collective experience. Coming from a science background, this is not a type of methodology that I am used to (leaving me with some feelings of confusion). It did highlight however the theme of 'student as teacher' and 'teacher as learner'

]]> 2021-03-11 14:43:00 UTC https://padlet.com/ellysewinter/zca83cnwbh2p3926/wish/1298283149 https://padlet.com/ellysewinter/zca83cnwbh2p3926/wish/1298304453 In this reading we were introduced to the concept of metissage and braiding. I found that everyone can perceive the same experience differently as we bring in our own personal factors in our interpretations. I feel like this is important to explore in the classroom. In the future I want to take time to listen to different peoples perspectives and make effort to make the students feel equally impaired within the classroom ]]> 2021-03-11 14:46:34 UTC https://padlet.com/ellysewinter/zca83cnwbh2p3926/wish/1298304453 https://padlet.com/ellysewinter/zca83cnwbh2p3926/wish/1298322199 I appreciated the five co-authors' analysis of the use of "we" and "our" in dialogue and writing. Using "we" and "our" as the default reveals my tendency to slip into generalizations and assumed consensus. I will be more careful of how and when I use the words "we" and "our" and be intentional in the words that I choose. I enjoyed reading about the Métissage method and recognize how I may have been working towards such a methodology without ever realizing its name!]]> 2021-03-11 14:49:32 UTC https://padlet.com/ellysewinter/zca83cnwbh2p3926/wish/1298322199 https://padlet.com/ellysewinter/zca83cnwbh2p3926/wish/1298331732 2021-03-11 14:51:07 UTC https://padlet.com/ellysewinter/zca83cnwbh2p3926/wish/1298331732 https://padlet.com/ellysewinter/zca83cnwbh2p3926/wish/1298357020 In the entire text, this sub-title was impactful for me and shows me the richness behind the concept of métissage... Since metissage has to do with what has been “mixed” (i.e. the product), its “essence is to explore how individual autobiographical writings, once woven together with the writings of others, reveal the subjective nature of the world we live in.” There is possibility for the existence of a shared story since we live in a common home. The world has its own story and we are part of this story. “In order to create a narrative tapestry that both reveals and affirms differences, and promotes new understandings of individuals’ subjective locations”, Haitian lives can be read through the life of humanity and through that of the world since all in the world we live in journey together as members of the Earth community (Cf. Thomas Berry). And this shared story seems to be more obvious for me. The wayI share live with others (humanity and non-human realities) might tell something significant about myself.]]> 2021-03-11 14:55:15 UTC https://padlet.com/ellysewinter/zca83cnwbh2p3926/wish/1298357020