Right away the "Togu Na" came to mind for me - "House
of Words" seems appropirate as I did have quotes up
all around...My classroom was a Togu Na - that is
actually what I called it with my students (sure
eliminated a bunch of discipline woes). I saw the
video "Togu Na and Checko" summer of 1998 - and used
that ever since. Togu Na means "House of Words" for
the Dogon... although we allowed both guys and gals
into our Togu Na of course. Here is where I mention it
on my site:
http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/middle/masktoda.htm
Nice photograph:
http://wpni01.auroraquanta.com/pv/dogon?img=1916
Students could talk about what was on their minds
without fear in my classroom - and that was a good
thing.
Thanks Patty for getting this topic moving! I hope the
other lists visit it. If we are to keep the Archives
alive - they are going to have to get use.
Judith
--- Patricia Knott <pknott@enter.net> wrote:
> A metaphor for your classroom was an essay topic in
> one of my grad classes.
> It's a very useful exercise. Think about your
> metaphor.
>
> Thanks, Peggy for thinking about it.
>
> Patty
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