The U has a Center for Teaching and Learning and a Center for Writing, both of which have a wide variety of resources available for student and faculty instructors. Their resources are mostly pretty concrete, but for those of us who are more linear or want really practical ideas for classes, they can be very useful. And they do address ways of drawing out students, taking social and cultural issues into account, leading effective discussions, and other topics relevant to what we're discussing here.
Scott McLeod is making a name for himself as someone working to disrupt traditional ideas of K-12 education in order to make things better for students. He has both a JD and a PhD in education, and writes extensively on using technology to improve educational experiences in schools, and on issues of school leadership and teaching more generally (also here and here). Although he has a K-12 focus, his ideas are relevant to those of us working in higher education too, as we consider what and how students "ought" to be learning.
Useful, Monica. McLeod looks just great (I like the 'feel' of what he writes: anchored, honest). Check out some of the links we've got on the Moodle, too. And [http://www.freireproject.org/] for the international Freire Project (explicitly Freirean, but a good source and data)
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