Yes, yes, the cliché rings true. I’ve been relatively silent over the past few weeks, and this blog post is both a procrastination technique (shh, don’t tell my professors) and a necessary update for you all on what it’s like to be a graduate student here in IEDP at Penn. The number of hats I’m wearing, while keeping my head warm as the cold fall … Continue reading Oh, how the time flies
Today’s post comes from fellow IEDPer Gabby, who gives us a look at one of the many questions/ideas we confront in educational development. Her post originally ran on The Reign XY, a guide to being Generation Y, X Chromosomes, that she co-founded. In case you missed it, recently the U.S. State Department and Peace Corps announced the launch of “English For All”, a new program that … Continue reading English for All?
“[Y]ou become a servant of the local passion, the servant of local people who have a dream to become a better person. So what you do — you shut up. You never arrive in a community with any ideas, and you sit with the local people … And what we do, we become friends, and we find out what that person wants to do.” A member of our cohort, Kristina, shared this very … Continue reading The importance of listening
I walked into my IEDP orientation unsure of whom I was going to meet, what I was going to learn that day, and at times, exactly what I expected of myself during this year. Throughout the session, I couldn’t help but feel, thanks to the newly-formed relationships and set of questions, a growing sense of excitement for this program. I’m very thankful to be surrounded … Continue reading Welcome to IEDP 2016!
The International Educational Development Program 