The Urban Education Program is based on the belief that teaching requires both technical skills and serious reflection. One without the other is likely to lead to mediocre teaching at best. Good teaching implies both action and reflection on those actions. Critical reflection must enhance every aspect of one's activity as a teacher. Specifically, the program aims to help teachers develop consciousness of their involvements on several levels in the field of education.
Teaching is empowerment.
Teaching is a collaborative act. Education is enhanced by cultural pluralism.