Mistakes We Have Made

Transcript

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Mistakes We Have Made

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Implications for Social Justice Educators

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Edited by Bre Evans-Santiago, Ed.D.

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11 Teacher-Authors

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Elementary Focused

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Culturally Relevant Practices

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Social Justice        Research & Strategies

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Personal Vignettes

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Building a        Classroom Community

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Children should be valued and encouraged to build on their own meaningful ways of communicating given the social, cultural and linguistic capital they bring to schools.

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Bias

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When teachers and administrators are blind to the hidden curricula of school environments, fear becomes a factor in the school culture.

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Multicultural Literature

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One should seek to understand first before expecting to be understood.

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When developing social emotional skills,

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Inquiry

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Empathy

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and appreciation of people with different qualities,

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we develop enlightened citizens.

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Nurturing

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the

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Revolution

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Tempered Anarchy

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the creation of a collaborative environment while simultaneously conforming to school policy when required

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essential to exploring the more noble purposes of education

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Technology in Education

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Technology such as interactive websites, databases, online mapping and graphing tools, and interactive platforms also provide avenues for multiple means of representation, or the "what" of the learning process.

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Stories help us connect with and remind us of our humanity. Our humanity is at the heart of having tolerance for one another, being just and kind, and having gratitude for the ways in which all people have something to contribute to our society.