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Session 5
Wednesday, May 24th and Thursday, May 25th, 2017 Reading: Chapter 1 and Chapter 3 from Teaching to Transgress by bell hooks. Discussion centered on the notion of “self-actualization” – what it means for the instructor and for the students. The question that was raised was, “How do you know when you are doing this?” Responses […]
Session 4
Wednesday, May 10 & Thursday, May 11 Reading Ch. 3 “Yes, But How Do We Do It? Practicing Culturally Relevant Pedagogy” by Gloria Ladson-Billings This chapter reiterated how CRT is a way of being first and that the “doing” part falls into place thereafter. Group members referenced works from Max Van Manen – The Tact […]
Session 3
Thursday April 20 & Wednesday, April 26 Reading Ch. 4 “The Empty Desk in the Third Row: Experience of an African American Male Teacher” by Richard Simmons This chapter had the group reflecting and discussing how both students and teachers balance their classroom selves and home selves. Also, as teachers we have to think about […]
Session 2
Wednesday, April 5 & Thursday, April 6 Reading Ch. 5 “But Good Intentions are not Enough: Doing What’s Necessary to Teach for Diversity by Richard Milner The group discussed many of the question the chapter raises about teachers self-reflecting upon their teaching practice and relationships with students. We need to think of ways to validate […]
Session 1
Wednesday, March 22 & Thursday, March 23 Introductions – What is Culturally Responsive Teaching? (CRT) Remembering Jamila Lyscott and Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz talks.
