When thinking
about our own teaching, do you think in order for teachers to learn about all students’
different background and teach with an open mind that they need to take a
graduate or college level course on the topic? Or do you think we need to educate
ourselves or learn from our students or a combination of both? Many times I
think teachers want to be open and include all cultures and backgrounds into
their classroom and lesson but how do we learn to do this effectively or is it
something that cannot be learned?
In
Patrick Camangians article titled Subverting the Mater (‘) Syllabus, Camangian says “By
mystifying reality, schooling is able to promote the idea that if you are
compliant enough and study hard in school, then you can “achieve,” you will not
get “left behind,” and you can “race to the top.” Everything will be all right
for you. You will not be poor, you will have a nice job; and you will be better
than those “other” people you left behind in “that” community.”
I
think most teachers want to encourage their students to do well and look
forward to a promising future but are there a way to do this with out
“mystifying reality”? If so, how can we encourage and instill hope in our
students with out being unreasonable and unrealistic?
What do you
think about the Bills Arizona has passed? The government makes decision about
what is important for educators to teach when they themselves are not in the
classroom and don’t see what students need? I think it is important to educate
our students on the history of the U.S. and not jus the white version but the history
of slavery and immigration in this country. I think that it is important to
have an open forum for students to discuss what has happened and what their
current feelings are now on the history and how it affects them. How can we
make students feel comfortable talking about tough topics that have happened
din our countries history?
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