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Relational Practices in Education: Teaching as Conversation. One of my mother's favorite stories about my childhood revolves around my first film experience. She took me, with my older brother and sisters, to see Sleeping Beauty. While my siblings were completely engaged with the film, I squirmed and sighed big sighs of discontent on my mother's lap. When the film was over, instead of quickly scrambling out the door as expected, my mother describes me as "coming to life." I was finally fully engaged... |
Appreciative Inquiry: Social Construction in Practice. This chapter describes the use of Appreciative Inquiry in the evaluation of an academic department at a private high school. Specifically, the evaluation process was commissioned by the Dean of Faculty and the Department Chair to assess two related issues: (1) the department's curriculum and (2) the department's abilities to work collaboratively... |
| Dialogue and transformation: embracing
sexual diversity in the educational context. Although recent policies in education in Brazil have included sexuality
as an important theme to be discussed in the classroom, it still has not effectively
created an educational context where sexuality can be discussed
in a positive, non-discriminatory and culturally/historically sensitive way. |
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Samples of Sheila's Work
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