1. English 200 Monday, 4-20-15 through Friday, 4-24-15 Monday, 4-20-15 and Tuesday, 4-21-15 Finish watching Dead Poets Society Counting Today: 29 School Days!!

2. English 200 Monday, 4-20-15 through Friday, 4-24-15 Wednesday, 4-22-15 Continue working on finalizing your project REMINDER: Freakonomics Counting Today: 27 School Days!!

3. English 200 Monday, 4-20-15 through Friday, 4-24-15 Thursday, 4-23-15 Continue working on finalizing your project REMINDER: Freakonomics Counting Today: 26 School Days!!

4. English 200 Monday, 4-20-15 through Friday, 4-24-15 Friday, 4-24-15 Presentations REMINDER: Freakonomics Counting Today: 25 School Days!!

5. English 200 Monday, 4-20-15 through Friday, 4-24-15 Why How What

6. English 200 Monday, 4-20-15 through Friday, 4-24-15 Situation and Task: The Boyd County Public Schools system desires to create, implement, and maintain a quality educational experience in which every member of the BCPS system (students, parents, teachers, administrators, school board, etc.) plays a vital role in the stated vision, mission, and values. To this end, you are charged with assessing and evaluating current policies and practices to determine their effectiveness in achieving the stated vision, mission, and values. Once assessing and evaluating these current policies and practices, you are to design an educational experience of your own.

7. English 200 Monday, 4-20-15 through Friday, 4-24-15 Procedures: 1.You may work in a small group (no more than 5) or individually 2.Together or individually, you are to create an entire school experience 3.You should start from scratch, although you may build upon policies and practices you deem to be effective 4.At some point, you must connect your ideas to the ideas of the authors we have read; you may bring in other research material 5.You will create a presentation for the class (corporately) and smaller research-based products (individually)

8. AuthorBasic Belief SenecaThe Pursuit of wisdom sets us free - this pursuit establishes our humanity – we become virtuous through lifelong learning Al-GhazaliTeachers and Students have equal responsibilities in teaching and learning – these mutual responsibilities lead us to wisdom WollstonecraftEducation should be for all, regardless of race, class, gender – values are transmitted through education – all voices must be considered New England PrimerEducation is the primary means for transmitting cultural morals and values – wisdom comes through devotion to a corporate morality DouglassReading and writing empowers us to free ourselves – avoiding education leads to slavery (physical, emotional, intellectual, etc.) NewmanThe pursuit of knowledge for its own sake separates us from the lower creation – the pursuit of knowledge is its own end FreireEducation must reject the Banking Concept and foster inquiry – this inquiry is rooted in an equality between teacher and student FeynmanStudents must take control of their own learning through inquiry – the simple learning of facts and processes is not education OkakokEducators must be sensitive to the cultural differences in students – the entire community must participate in the educational process