Slides used to promote a community solution project in Montería city.

1. The HOPE for Monteria and Colombia
introducing
Community Solutions

2. Community Solutions
EMPOWERING Monteria and Colombia - PBL (Place Based Learning)
You! CT – What’s
that?
PBL? “Agents
of Change”

3. We need to start with
you.
Trait or Characteristic?

4. Weak Teacher
• Close minded
T-Chart – WEAK - STRONG skilled teacher
Strong Teacher
• Open minded

5. WhatTypeofTeacher
willyoube? What do your students need from you?
HOPE

7. Critical Thinking!
We can create a better world when we work together to be fair to everyone.

8. • The Naïve Thinker1
• The Selfish Critical
Thinker2
• The Fairminded Critical
Thinker3
There are Three Main
Kinds of Thinkers

9. The person who doesn’t care about, or isn’t aware of, his or her thinking.
The Naïve Thinker

10. The person who is good at thinking, but unfair to others.
The Selfish Critical Thinker

11. The person who is not only good at thinking, but also fair to others.
The Fairminded Critical Thinker

13. “I’m Only a Child”

14. Critical Thinking

15. Critical Thinking
They are new too.

16. Place Based Learning
= “Agents of Change”
Making a difference in your community

17. Teachers and students working
together to make a difference in our
community
Collaboration

18. » Community Service
• Deal with problems that
quickly and often
• Like putting a band aide on
a sore.
• Volunteering in the community for
some form of extrinsic reward, such
as fulfilling a graduation requirement
or obtaining class credit
Community Service vs. Service Learning
Service Learning
• Deal with problems
that take time to solve.
• Like needing a doctor
to find a cure – a lot of
research, discussion,
many people involved
at many levels.

19. What’s Your Message?
"Some of the understandings, values, and
commitments we espouse for our students
remain rhetoric if students have few
opportunities to live those beliefs,"
“
Community Solutions