Our guest this episode, Jenny Finn, is the co-founder of Springhouse Community School, a vitality-centered school located in rural Appalachia. Jenny, her students, and staff share with us what vitality centered education is and how this method brought to life one semester of algebra.
In this episode, we cover:
- How the Springhouse Community School creates regenerative culture
- The 5 principles of vitality-centered education
- Why it can be very difficult to integrate math
- How we can re-humanize mathematics and deal with the shame that many have felt when learning math
- The meaning of algebra and how it relates to the real world
- Students’ perspective and thoughts on the algebra project at Springhouse
- How a defense of learning works and what it assesses
- What algebra can look like in the future in order to enhance the life-giving nature of math
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