I know that we have discussed the issue of classroom dynamics before, especially in light of our own class setting modeled after the critical pegdagogy approach, but I had another revelation on my way to the car after class today. For me, there was a definite shift in the mood of the today, and I wondered about the reasoning for this. A couple possibilites, as I see it:
1) We were all so tired and in our tiredness, our minds were in some heightened sense of awareness
2) Our discussion of final papers and grades gave us something relativley solid to anchor onto at a time when many of us are questioning, questioning, questioning with no answers.
3) Seeing each other (and our prof) in another setting last night provided an experience with each other in a different social construct that we have currently experienced.
I am curious if anyone else noticed a change in class mood today at all?
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I felt that yesterday's class was one of the most rewarding experiences I have had in the past 3 weeks. I felt that I was actually able to think and conceptualize what we were discussing. I am also wondering whether the movie on Monday had something to do with it. I was tired, but I felt focused and excited about the discussion in a way that I had not experienced before. I can't tell you why this was, but it is interesting to think about.
Of course I see what you are talking about Lori- we had this discussion in the parking lot--I totally agree. We are constantly having to re-define and rethink or notion of what it means to learn and to teach and what it means to engage in an educative setting. I find this so interesting how things can change these notions.
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