Do I have the full picture? I agree with the point that there is a teacher education gap. For this reason it is even more important that as teachers we should be knowledgeable about our history in order to prevent ourselves from being dysconsciously racist in our classrooms. Being dysconsciously racist means believing that racial injustices and white privilege's are justified and okay. Something else we need to look out for as future teachers is not to be micro aggressive, especially towards marginalized students. If teachers were to make sly comments about marginalized students and treat them differently than the rest of the students than that racism would become institutionalized leading it to become accepted knowledge in the classroom. Instead, we need to be inclusive, set an example for our students to be accepting of everybody, and encourage our students to learn about one another. A quote that stood out to me from the modules was "How can you love something you know so...
Is Schooling Equitable? In my opinion schooling is only equitable depending on the type of teacher that you have. In general, I've learned that teachers don't teach students of color the same as white people. Teachers are usually more suspicious of people of color thus watch over them more closely/strictly than others. To me this ties back to the Ted Talk about the dangers of a single story. The only reason teachers feel the need to watch over people of color is because of the stereotype that they're "loud", "more disruptive", "distracted" etc. than the rest of students. But this is only a single point of view and doesn't take into account the reality that your race doesn't determine whether you are "disciplined enough" in class. I learned from the Ted Talk "Every Kid Needs A Champion" that students will all have a fair chance of learning if teachers put in the effort to make a relationship with their students and ...
What is the Purpose of Schools? The purpose of school is to teach students a variety of new information in hopes to prepare them for the following grade. This is a system that continues until graduation, and may follow into college in order to help students get the required tools (like a diploma) to be work in their favorite careers. Even though the main purpose of school is to learn, do work, and complete homework there are many other reasons we go to school. For example, going to school gives students the opportunity to socialize and meet other kids of different cultures. This helps the students be aware of the diversity around the world and learn about how their classmates may be different to them. This might even help strengthen their own identity and understand themselves on a deeper level. School also gives students the opportunity to be creative and learn knew ways to communicate/process information. Who Are Marginalized Students A nd What Do They Need from S...
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