Wow! This author is quite intense on social justice. I personally enjoyed the chapter because my background is in Social Work and I'm totally there on valuing each individual for who they are and everyone has something to offer in this world. I'm going to list some of my favorite statements within this chapter.
"How we as teachers envision the world shapes how and what we teach in our class" P. 1
"The aim of school programs should never be to contain difference or produce conformity; it should be to promote understanding of those who are different and explore ways of living and working together harmoniously." P. 3
....by sharing family histories, and hence the histories of different immigrant groups, they come to see there is not just one history for one country. There are many histories. P. 5
"Language enables us to work on our representations- to wonder, to question, to pose alternate possibilities. That its, we use language to learn . P 6
and finally
"Speaking and writing, as expressive modes of language, allow us to construct and order our lives, our experiences, our worlds." p. 7
Implications for teachers: We must allow students to find an outlet for expressing their inner thoughts...through language, through writing...... we must strive to provide opportunities for them to develop and analyze their ideas.
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I agree; allowing the students to find the opportunity is very important!
Thank you for including specifics from the text. This really helps to encourage more discussion.
You talked about how teachers seeing the world impacts their teaching. what ideas do you have for teachers to reflect on their own worlds and compare it to our students' views? Do you have any strategies where this type of comparison can be made?
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