A World for Loud People In her book Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can’t Stop Talking (2012), Susan Cain states that western culture promotes extroversion as a universal ideal while negating the worth of introversion. The author defines introversion as a preferen
What is social justice? At Esperanza Education, we speak often about the importance of social justice education and the necessity to include social justice in our curricula and teaching practices. While reviewing some literature for the final project of my M.Ed., I have come across s
Gert Biesta reclaims a language for education I recently read an article by Gert Biesta in which he made an open claim against learning. Even though it is a bold claim, what Biesta states is that “a language of learning” has replaced the language of education, causing majo