Federal Way Branch Library
February 11th, 2015
3:30 PM – 8:00 PM
I
brought my car to UW in order to make sure that we had enough room for all of
the participants who needed a ride to KCLS. Ivette drove the U-car because
though Klarissa and I both completed the certification, we were too nervous to
drive the car. Not only was the car new and something I had no experience
driving, I was also nervous about having children in the car and added
confusion from the number of people in the car as well. We left a little late,
but we were able to make it to the library on time. We only had one girl and
one baby in the early literacy program. I chose to stay and help with the kids
during the tour of the library because I want to make Valentine’s cards for my
family and do some crafts. After the tour was over and the children’s story
time started, I moved my crafts project into the adult digital literacy space.
I made paper cranes for all of the participants while Ivette gave the lesson.
I’m not sure that I fully engaged with the discussion, but I did notice some
distinct differences between Ivette and Sarah’s teaching styles. Ivette, I
think, was much more discursive and had the women teach each other more than
Ivette teaching them. I think that is was much more open in terms of a class.
Ivette’s style let it be an open forum where people could discuss and Ivette
was just the discussion leader. Sarah’s teaching style seems to be much more
structured. Sarah still has the women contribute, but Sarah is definitely
moving with a purpose of teaching x or y. There was also a lengthy discussion
in the car on the way back to Seattle about a man who had come into the room
towards the end of the class. I was not in the room so I do not have much to
say about the matter, but it seemed to me by way of the discussion that it was
a very disrupting force.
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