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Glad To Have Done My Homework! Sunday, June 24, 2007  Adrienne: “As an architecture student, I was fortunate enough to have learned about Christopher Wren and the history of the building development over time and about the Great London Fire of 1666 but these elements were all just tiny memories from a class…I remember reading about the government of London in my high school history classes, but nothing comes back to me in detail. I also learned about the Roman influence in the creation of London from my 8th grade Latin class. [Thanks to the reading we did before leaving,] I learned a lot of new information and re-learned a lot of “old” information. When we were sitting on the bus tour and listening to our tour guide, I was able not only to follow along but to predict what he was going to say!”
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About the Adventure “You find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.” - Samuel Johnson (1777) From June 22nd to July 2nd, eight students and their professor will explore firsthand sites of primary interest to English teachers throughout greater London, Oxford, and Stratford-on-Avon. While doing so, they'll write about the value of curriculum as lived experience in the context of English language and literature, critique the educational value of contemporary British artistic and cultural events, and go on to develop a plan for teaching and learning the English language arts that addresses experiential learning and authentic reading, writing, listening, and speaking activities. Moravian sends student teachers to inner city London neighborhoods each semester, and this course will allow registrants to explore in detail ways to use the city's resources to construct curriculum. Blog Archives |