1/21/2020 3 Comments LOve and the CurriculumWhile looking through the criteria for our assignment one, I had tough time choosing just one topic, as I found many of them appealing. I decided to pick the topic, “love and the curriculum.” The first article I came across was, “A Curriculum of Love” by Erik Gleibermann. A quote that stood out to me right away while reading this article said, “consider instead a curriculum centered in deep connectedness, a curriculum of love.”
There are so many types of love for each individual person in a classroom. Teaching love could look like self-love, family, romantic partner, pets, Earth, or community. Many may think that love and inner life should or do not seem like subjects that a student could explore at a desk or lab. Another argument could state that love should not belong in the curriculum because it is a “soft” non-academic subject and by teaching it it may put the students at risk by creating a classroom that is “new age bubble.” Either way, I think what matters most is that the students are engaging within this complex subject. As long as the teacher are taking an appropriate and sophisticated approach to teach students about love, love should be included in all curriculum. My next step towards this assignment is to look deeper at other texts found and compare and contrasts the negatives said towards this topic. I can look at love and the curriculum in primary classrooms and high-school settings as well. In addition, I would like to see examples of how to teach love as a future teacher by taking a constructive approach.
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Chesey
1/21/2020 09:44:59 am
I think love and the curriculum is a great topic to write about because love is where we are headed with our city values. We want everyone to love everybody and. everything under all circumstances. This is how we create a better society and a place to stop bullying. Did you learn about love in your school experience ?
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Michael Cappello
1/21/2020 09:46:20 am
bell hooks writes beautifully about love and pedagogy in a few places. I can lend you a book if you are interested. This is a really undervalued topic. Is there a difference between teaching about love and teaching as love, as a form of loving?
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Jordyn Neufeld
1/22/2020 12:00:30 pm
Hey Haley,
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