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reeducatedWhy We Learn: Perspectives on Purposeful Education, Part 2 | John Creger | English Teacher for 35 Years | Season 6 Ep. 13 | #99In this episode, I sit down with John Creger, a dedicated educator who has spent over 35 years working as an English teacher in Fremont, California. We dive into John's rich history in the classroom, exploring how Fremont has evolved over the decades and what these changes have meant for students and teachers alike. John shares his insights into the socio-economic shifts he's witnessed, from his early days in a predominantly working-class community to the present-day challenges faced by immigrant families. His stories reveal the powerful role schools play in integrating diverse populations, particularly in fostering a sense of belonging...2024-11-121h 22reeducatedThe Evolving Classroom: A Journey Through the Generations | John Creger | English Teacher for 35 Years | Part-1 | Season 6 Ep. 12 | #98In this episode, I sit down with longtime educator John Creger to dive into a rich discussion about how teaching has evolved over the past few decades, and how generational shifts shape today’s educational environment. John shares unique insights from his 35 years at American High School in Fremont, California, a period during which he taught millennials, Gen Z, and saw the first wave of Gen Alpha. We explore how each generation brings distinct challenges and strengths to the classroom, and how demographic changes—like the influx of Afghan refugees in the 90s and Hispanic families more recently—have impact...2024-11-061h 09
Audible RiverDeepened Learning to Reach the Soul with John CregerJohn Creger is an education consultant providing professional development for Deepened Learning. He is co-founder of The Personal Creed Organization and author of "The Personal Creed Project and a New Vision of Learning". As a public school teacher, John has received several awards including the James Moffett Memorial Award for Teacher Research.
In this inspiring conversation, John shares how an irrepressible desire to reach his students in a meaningful way led to experiments and discoveries in the classroom that helped his students develop a strengthened sense of self while learning new skills. John is now teaching other teac...2024-06-1651 min
UnDisciplinedUnDisciplined: Can a personal creed help young people connect in a rapidly changing world?The young adults who comprise Generation Z live in a world of far less violent crime relative to the generation before them. So, why are so many of them struggling? Educator John Creger thinks he has part of the answer: They often need help understanding who they are in this world.2024-04-1225 min
The Truth In This Art: Stories That MatterDelightful Dishes and Culinary Dreams: Chef John Creger's Journey from New York to BaltimoreChef John Creger, an executive chef and owner of Fuisine in Baltimore, Maryland, has a rich culinary background shaped by his upbringing in the restaurant industry and extensive experience working with renowned chefs in New York City. Inspired by his parents' culinary talents, John pursued a career in the food industry, eventually becoming the head chef at a seafood restaurant at a remarkably young age. His journey led him to work alongside acclaimed chefs, earning accolades and recognition for his exceptional culinary skills. Now back in his hometown, John delights diners with his creative and delicious dishes at Fuisine...2021-06-1426 min
Episode 31: Doug Selwyn
Doug Selwyn’s long career reminds us of other pioneers who have toiled tirelessly to bring Relationship Based Education to the world and have gone largely unnoticed by the wider public. Thus, he, like Nel Noddings, Ron Miller, Lewis, John Creger, and other podcast guests, deserve some sort of lifetime achievement award. All that we can do is give them a platform to bring their wisdom laced messages to all of us.Doug Selwyn has been an educator for more than thirty years, the first half as a teacher in K–12 in the Seattle Public Schools and the...2019-03-0500 min
Episode 21: John Creger
When John Creger met his first class of sophomores at American High School in Fremont CA, he had an intuition to give these sophomores what his own high school education had failed to give him: a sense of who he was. That first year John introduced an experiment he calls the Personal Creed Project. For nearly three decades students have described their experience with the Creed Project and John’s course in thought-provoking termsJohn’s classroom research has centered on explaining the widespread, continuing enthusiasm for the project from high school and college classrooms across the country...2018-10-0200 min
The Cosmic CitizenCore Values Part III: Creating a Values Based Personal Creed - With John CregerJohn Creger is a veteran English teacher and classroom researcher at American High School in Fremont CA. He continually seeks new ways to engage his students more deeply in learning. This stems from his own dissatisfaction with shallow teachings and from his fortuitous discovery of the Urantia Book in his 20s. The book brought him proof of what he had felt all along--this is no shallow universe. With new purpose, John majored in English and graduated with a new mission--to work with teens in the classroom. His writings are published in five languages on three continents. Throughout his career, John...2015-08-152h 06
The Cosmic CitizenEducation Part 4: Early Child Development & Home SchoolingThis week on the Cosmic Citizen we are presenting Part 4 in our series on Education. We will be focusing on early child development, home schooling and education for young children. We have a number of educators lined up to call in and further expand upon the rich and thought provoking contributions of the past 3 weeks made by Charles Olivea, John Creger and Roy Healy. If you missed those shows, you can catch them on our archive. We invite you to call in and share your insights and experiences around early childhood education. Our children are the future and our most...2011-09-102h 04The Cosmic CitizenAwakening A Hunger To Learn - The Personal Creed ProjectJohn Creger is an award winning veteran English teacher and classroom researcher at American High School in Fremont CA, where he continually seeks new ways to engage his students more deeply in learning. His urge for depth stems from dissatisfaction with shallow learning in his own high school years--from which he cannot recall one conversation with a teacher that mattered to him. In his late 20s he found proof of what he had felt all along, that this is no shallow universe. With renewed purpose, he went on to publish writings in five languages on three continents, and graduated with...2011-08-202h 00The Cosmic CitizenRoy Healy - Retired Unity Minster - Inspired EducatorThis week on the Cosmic Citizen we will be interviewing a long time Urantia student and retired Unity minister, Roy Healy. Our next couple of guests will be talking about their personal ministry to young people using inspired educational techniques. Roy is a wonderful example of someone who does this extremely well. He teaches his program, APEX (Achieving Professional Excellence) at an Alternative High School for kids at risk in British Columbia. He helps young people find their values and develop their own personal life philosophy. After Roy we will interview one of the featured speakers from our recent International...2011-08-132h 00