CUNY Academic Commons | Zahra Umer | Activity https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/members/zahraumer/activity/ Activity feed for Zahra Umer. Sat, 01 Jan 2050 18:00:18 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en 30 hourly 2 4c44cf24097866522266d62307ffcfeb Zahra Umer commented on the post, Weekly Responses, on the site CBSE 7203T: Advanced Study of Pedagogy and Curriculum in Childhood Education I https://advstudyped.commons.gc.cuny.edu/weekly-responses/#comment-579 Thu, 07 May 2026 21:57:24 -0400 What I agreed with most in the text was the idea that schools are often built around this image of a “normal” or “mainstream” student, and everyone else is expected to adjust themselves to fit into that system. […]

]]> 1b5b7a1955492342125516c5aadb11b4 Zahra Umer commented on the post, Weekly Responses, on the site CBSE 7203T: Advanced Study of Pedagogy and Curriculum in Childhood Education I https://advstudyped.commons.gc.cuny.edu/weekly-responses/#comment-543 Thu, 23 Apr 2026 14:42:36 -0400 I really agree with the idea that learning is not the same as achievement, and that schools constantly blur that line. Patel explains how achievement has become this dominant goal, to the point where people treat […]

]]> c39a0548b3c3f958cd819b733e02abf0 Zahra Umer commented on the post, Weekly Responses, on the site CBSE 7203T: Advanced Study of Pedagogy and Curriculum in Childhood Education I https://advstudyped.commons.gc.cuny.edu/weekly-responses/#comment-497 Wed, 15 Apr 2026 23:47:24 -0400 Week 9: One assumption I noticed in Cajete’s text is that storytelling is not just something extra in education, but actually the foundation of how people learn. He makes it seem like learning is naturally t […]

]]> 8df4854d0f5331cb2fb55aeea0bcb8bd Zahra Umer commented on the post, Weekly Responses, on the site CBSE 7203T: Advanced Study of Pedagogy and Curriculum in Childhood Education I https://advstudyped.commons.gc.cuny.edu/weekly-responses/#comment-461 Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:04:37 -0400 Week 8: One assumption I think the author is making is that systems we usually see as neutral, like libraries or even education, are actually shaped by bias. In the library text, the classification system […]

]]> d778772a37dad0c477c3b5b28d3f6f11 Zahra Umer commented on the post, Weekly Responses, on the site CBSE 7203T: Advanced Study of Pedagogy and Curriculum in Childhood Education I https://advstudyped.commons.gc.cuny.edu/weekly-responses/#comment-405 Wed, 18 Mar 2026 22:13:17 -0400 Week 7

]]> e64c3be88986ac125ec2e1a9d583a9f7 Zahra Umer commented on the post, Weekly Responses, on the site CBSE 7203T: Advanced Study of Pedagogy and Curriculum in Childhood Education I https://advstudyped.commons.gc.cuny.edu/weekly-responses/#comment-403 Wed, 18 Mar 2026 22:12:34 -0400 One thing I really agree with is that learning shouldn’t feel disconnected from students’ actual lives. When content is taught in a way that doesn’t connect to what students already know or care about, it just […]

]]> 7ff698bc75fbea142a538aef39b9f877 Zahra Umer commented on the post, Weekly Responses, on the site CBSE 7203T: Advanced Study of Pedagogy and Curriculum in Childhood Education I https://advstudyped.commons.gc.cuny.edu/weekly-responses/#comment-349 Wed, 11 Mar 2026 22:32:22 -0400 What I agreed with most in the reading was the idea that multilingual students bring a lot of knowledge and resources with them, and that should be seen as a strength rather than a challenge. Students who speak […]

]]> 8fd27662afc44cf79525c0bbb369f029 Zahra Umer commented on the post, Teacher Philosophy, on the site CBSE 7203T: Advanced Study of Pedagogy and Curriculum in Childhood Education I https://advstudyped.commons.gc.cuny.edu/teacher-philosophy/#comment-261 Fri, 27 Feb 2026 01:03:33 -0500 e4f87f805d679d3c87767da834ba7200 Zahra Umer commented on the post, Weekly Responses, on the site CBSE 7203T: Advanced Study of Pedagogy and Curriculum in Childhood Education I https://advstudyped.commons.gc.cuny.edu/weekly-responses/#comment-223 Wed, 25 Feb 2026 23:18:04 -0500 I don’t think simply using open digital platforms or metaverse tools does not automatically make a classroom critical, democratic or inclusive. Just because students can post, comment, or build something online […]

]]> de58d9c1b415715f993a28394856c5b9 Zahra Umer commented on the post, Weekly Responses, on the site CBSE 7203T: Advanced Study of Pedagogy and Curriculum in Childhood Education I https://advstudyped.commons.gc.cuny.edu/weekly-responses/#comment-161 Thu, 19 Feb 2026 00:39:43 -0500 This week’s readings felt especially meaningful to me because I read A Talk to Teachers last semester in another class. I remember how much it impacted me the first time I read it. Baldwin’s message that edu […]

]]> 3364bb810620ca3a88d8a7f7f9a87e6a Zahra Umer commented on the post, Weekly Responses, on the site CBSE 7203T: Advanced Study of Pedagogy and Curriculum in Childhood Education I https://advstudyped.commons.gc.cuny.edu/weekly-responses/#comment-75 Wed, 04 Feb 2026 18:13:49 -0500 Hi Nicole! I really liked how you used yourself as an example when teaching internal and external traits. It made the lesson feel more personal and helped students see that teachers don’t always have all the a […]

]]> 7e03afc5beb3c0eabebc278c43fac9da Zahra Umer commented on the post, Weekly Responses, on the site CBSE 7203T: Advanced Study of Pedagogy and Curriculum in Childhood Education I https://advstudyped.commons.gc.cuny.edu/weekly-responses/#comment-73 Wed, 04 Feb 2026 18:02:22 -0500 Zahra Umer- Weekly Response 2/5 Both readings from this week, The 1619 Project and the Importance of Historical Significance and Argumentation in the History and Social Studies Classroom and The Links between […]

]]> b710b0f613b3051cf3b6002f4ce0191f Zahra Umer commented on the post, Learning Goals, on the site CBSE 7203T: Advanced Study of Pedagogy and Curriculum in Childhood Education I https://advstudyped.commons.gc.cuny.edu/learning-goals/#comment-19 Fri, 30 Jan 2026 01:03:05 -0500 In this class, I hope to learn how to create a classroom that effectively communicates all required content and expectations set by administration while also creating space for perspectives that are often […]

]]> ee4e9e373f9e4a4e9f7fa4e847106d97 Zahra Umer became a registered member https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1139383/ Thu, 29 Jan 2026 23:35:19 -0500