March 28, 2007
Banning Legos
... At Hilltop, however, the teachers strive to make them different. “We recognized that children are political beings, actively shaping their social and political understandings of ownership and economic equity,” write Pelo and Pelojoaquin. “We agreed that we want to take part in shaping the children’s understandings from a perspective of social justice. So we decided to take the Legos out of the classroom.”
More fun here.
Posted by Ith at March 28, 2007 10:14 AM | PROCURE FINE OLD WORLD ABSINTHE