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Philosophy in the Schools: Learning Through Teaching
July 11, 2019
Phoebe Pan ’20
A philosophy practicum bridges the distance between teaching and learning, showing that the two are symbiotic and inextricable. The course also facilitates outreach in the Oberlin community.
![Philosophy in the Schools classroom in StudiOC Students sitting around large desk watching professor write notes in front of class. Photo.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/philosophy_in_the_schools_photo_header.jpg?itok=GWI7GoXI)
Environmental Studies Students Connect with Urban Farms in Cleveland
May 31, 2019
Erin Ulrich ’18
American Agricultures, an environmental studies course, exposes students to the history of black agrarianism in Cleveland.
![Associate Professor of Environmental Studies and Comparative American Studies Janet Fiskio with a student in her course, American Agricultures Janet Fiskio motions with her hands, speaking to a student, against a whiteboard that reads "peer review"](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/american_agricultures_photo_header.jpg?itok=aBL5Ey9L)
Traveling Exhibit Examines Oberlin’s Social Justice Legacy in World War II
February 2, 2018
Tyler Sloan '17
Oberlin’s history of embodying leadership and empathy in times of political and social turmoil makes the title of the upcoming traveling exhibit, Courage and Compassion, especially fitting.
![Oberlin College’s 1943 student council. Back row: J. Benedict, K. Okuda, B. Burton, P. Lansdale. Front row: N. Rafetto, J. Prothero, G. Wettingfield, J. Pawlinson. Eight students in a 1940s living room.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/okuda_student_council_733w.jpg?itok=8pjqdaR0)
Javanese Gamelan Course Makes Welcoming Space for Lorain County Youth
December 11, 2017
Amanda Nagy
Gamelan is not very well known to the general public. A class offered in the conservatory’s new community engagement division partnered with an after-school program in nearby Lorain to teach a new form of music to underserved kids.
![Gong Fest 2017 students playing gamelan](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/gong_fest_2017-doug_menefee_copy.jpg?itok=-gGFKb7m)
Pedagogy That’s Out of SITE(S)
October 27, 2017
Chloe Vassot
Through the Spanish in the Elementary School (SITES) program, Oberlin students can design and practice their own pedagogy while engaging with children in the community.
![students in SITES program knitting small object](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/rs36592_cfest14_dp-193_sites_copy.jpg?itok=oqwf5eLa)
Community Partnership Focuses on Accessibility in Science
August 7, 2017
Tyler Sloan
Oberlin Associate Professor of Biology Taylor Allen and Peter Ogbuji, executive director of the Harrison Cultural Community Center, cosponsored a camp to make science more creative and accessible to children in Lorain County.
![adults and children working together to build science projects](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/rs77604_science_dp065.jpg?itok=XhiPfMM6)
Helping Kids Think Like Scientists
February 24, 2017
Hillary Hempstead
Poised in front of an audience in Wright Lecture Hall, Assistant Professor Robert Owen sprinkles sand on a vibrating plate. But instead of presenting to his usual audience of college students, 51 children fill the seats.
![Assistant Professor Robert Owen](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/rs68481_get_with_the_program_141_of_156-lpr.jpg?itok=lBeAkHO0)
An Invitation to Write
December 15, 2016
Amanda Nagy
Creative writing teaching residency makes poetry accessible for local middle school students.
![Philippa Brandt](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/langston_poetry_3.jpg?itok=uYmV3q0T)
Zoe Martens '16 Receives Fulbright Grant to Mexico
May 9, 2016
Lisa Gulasy
The aspiring educator credits several winter-term teaching experiences as well as her peers with helping prepare her for this fellowship.
![Fulbright recipient Zoe Martens](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/zoemartens_thumbnail_0.jpg?itok=yFRQTRuG)
SITES Set on Education
June 12, 2015
Rosalind Black
The Spanish in the Elementary Schools program celebrates its 10-year anniversary of college students teaching elementary school students to speak Spanish.
![3 school-age girls hold a sign that reads SITES Spanish in the Elementary Schools](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/sites_kids_0.jpg?itok=pgjUkPcL)