Transformative Curriculum Leadership

tcleadership — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 18:46:55 +0000

In the words of Caroline Pryor (2002):

Simply put,
Jefferson viewed democracy as a verb. Democracy, he would infer, is informed action, waiting within the experience of each citizen for acknowledgement and empowerment (West 1991; Schleifer 1991). This information may mean we need to revisit a long forgotten theme – that in colonial
America, citizens were expected to act in dual roles: communal (helping one another) yet independent (entrepreneurial). In order to accomplish both tasks in a knowledgeable manner, the colonial citizen required some experience as a citizen leader as well as a citizen determinant of one’s income.

Pryor, C. (2002). The mission of the scholar: research and practice. (Wolfe & Pryor, Eds.).
New York: Lang.

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tcleadership — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 18:45:14 +0000

Just wondering what you mean when you say “democratic self,” particularly the word ‘democratic’.

Thanks!

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Welcome to Transformative Curriculum Leadership

curriculumleadership — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 16:27:03 +0000

If you are feeling that your teaching has become mechanical and technical as a result of an over-emphasis on having students pass tests, this exchange of ideas will interest you. In this forum, we have a place to discuss how to help students pass the tests while engaging in meaningful, relevant, and authentic experiences that build a love of learning for a lifetime. I invite you ask questions and to share your ideas so that we will deepen our understanding, enable and sustain the enactment of a curriculum decision-making cycle that emphasizes a balance of deep subject matter understanding, coupled with democratic self and social understanding.

-Rosemary Gornik

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