Andrew Small

I've always had a fascination with communicating knowledge to others, and find it fun to help people learn things by making every step of the way feel like a story. I've always lived by the moto "Take what's given, and make what isn't" and will continue to show that with learning what you guys can help me with and helping you guys as well along the way!

I like to pride myself with my focus on Social Reconstructivism through a Perennialist medium. I view history as a way to learn more about our past to understand our present situation to further better our future, and that process requires an emphasis on the reasoning of the past to help students sympathize and react to their current situations they face in every day life. I hope for students to view the present as a section of an ever growing history book of the future, and seek to make their section of history the best it can be. My end goal is for kids to understand the world around them by looking at events of the past, and act on the world around them to make a better future for society as a whole. I hope to make history more interactive, by showing kids more than what you can find on a page. Artifacts and interviews with historically significant peoples are not difficult to acquire for small periods of time and can significantly help boost both engagement and enthusiasm within the history sector. I hope to use technology that some teachers chose to resent to help boost engagement as well. Cellphones are a powerful tool and when used properly can make considerable change in the classroom environment for the better.