hs.rover@fulbright.no
471 75 090
Kristin Dawley’s love of the arts, rural life, athletics, and academic rigor brought her to The Putney School, a progressive boarding high school serving 9th – 12th grade in Vermont. She is drawn to teaching interdisciplinary courses such as American Studies, Social Documentary Studies, Sociological Impacts of Food, Writing and Research, The New England Farm, Environmental Politics and Economics. Collaboration is central to her practice and she regularly integrates photography, art, film, food and local outings into her curriculum.
Kristin appreciates the work of bringing historical thinking to a range of studies and curates a wide array of texts and resources to spark meaningful discussions, support divergent viewpoints, and cultivate critical thinking. Her pedagogical approach is shaped by the student-centered, active learning principles at the heart of Progressive education, and she regularly includes project centered assignments in her courses. Kristin is committed to fostering inquiry, engagement, and intellectual risk-taking, while also responding to the evolving landscape of technology, politics, economics, and social life that shapes the classroom experience.
Beyond the classroom, Kristin loves being outdoors hiking, rowing, biking or cross-country skiing. She recently curated a photography exhibit focused on Vermont in the 1930s. Kristin has lived in 15 different states and enjoys exploring new parts of the world.
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