As I learned about ginkgo trees for writing this poem, I started to see a connection between the life cycle of the ginkgo tree and what Maxine Greene writes about

As I learned about ginkgo trees for writing this poem, I started to see a connection between the life cycle of the ginkgo tree and what Maxine Greene writes about consciousness in relation to curriculum: The ginkgo tree relies on an animal to eat its fruit and disperse the seed

To prepare to write my theory within, I followed William Pinar’s methodology for currere and started to write what I could recall about my educational experience as a learner—starting from

To prepare to write my theory within, I followed William Pinar’s methodology for currere and started to write what I could recall about my educational experience as a learner—starting from preschool through the present. What emerged from these recollections were overarching qualities that I captured in a list poem. I