Mr. Dye
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Introduction | Mr. Dye has enjoyed teaching Socratic Seminar at Maeser since its founding. He also enjoys working with the student council. He earned a Masters degree from BYU in Instructional Psychology and Technology (i.e., how people learn and using technology to enhance learning). He also has a B.A. in Humanities with an emphasis in Philosophy and a minor in Spanish (He served an LDS mission to Colombia). He is particularly interested in nature writing, meditation, world religions, learning sciences, art history, and foreign film. When not teaching, he can be found playing in the sandbox with his three children, exploring with his Varsity scouts, tinkering in his garden, fixing up his house (built in 1937), and running with his wife. He loves mentoring students and is passionate about lifelong learning. |
| Interests | World religions, Meditation, Backpacking/hiking, Nature writing, Creative writing, International cinema, Fine Arts, Museums, Psychology of Learning |
| Favorite movies | The Color of Paradise (Iran) Jean de Florette (French), Babbette's Feast (Danish), Spirited Away (Japanese), Gandhi (English), Dreams (Japanese), Afterlife (Japanese), The Way Home (Korean), Life Is Beautiful (Italian), Il Postino (Italian), Ponette (French), Hero (Chinese), Shall We Dance (Japanese), Star Wars (The Original Trilogy in English) |
| Favorite music | Debussy, Yo Yo Ma, Andrea Bocelli |
| Favorite books | Great Expectations (Dickens), Hamlet (Shakespeare), Ender's Game (Card), Grapes of Wrath (Steinbeck), Frankenstein (Shelley), Heart of Darkness (Conrad), Things Fall Apart (Achebe), Wuthering Heights (Bronte), Walden (Thoreau), The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Twain), Sophie's World (Gaarder), Bonds That Make Us Free (Warner) |