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Why They Can't Write: Killing the Five-Paragraph Essay and Other Necessities

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2020

Why we need to restore purpose to writing (and all curriculum) by removing antiquated “structure."

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With 2 1/2 decades under her belt and a fair amount of gumption, Catherine embraces the human experience through learning as a student of life and through the daily interactions with the middle schoolers that call her Miss Catherine. She enjoys turning a skein or two of yarn into blankets, headbands, and other crocheted goodies, all while protecting said yarn from her boldly curious felines. A Muskegon native, Catherine enjoys the farmer’s market, supporting local businesses, and bon fires (ideally with marshmallow roasting).
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Jonathan researches the why and how of teaching language and literacy with games in his Game Terakoya project. He co-edits the Ludic Language Pedagogy journal.

Language and literacy teaching with games: the “who” and transformative actions

September 2, 2020

This is a narrative of my process of trying to make a real difference for and with my students. I describe what I struggled with, how I framed transformation for my context, and how I try to work with students in order to see them change over the course of my teaching projects.

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I was just going to say that that is the ideal place to do it, because I think just biologically and whatever, when you're younger, you are more naturally a change agent, and have a better sense of vision, and have a longer time to be invested in the future, so that's actually the perfect place to be doing what you just said, Falami, is in schools, because that's where you've got this nexus of brilliance, and vision, and investment in 100 years from now or whatever. Not that we all can't be part of it, but you've got a nice concentration of people who are especially suited to creating that vision, and that change, and partnership with us elders.

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