"critically exploring outcome and opportunity disparities" (Bal, 2012, p. 105)
"exploring and working against the sociopolitical and educational processes producing and maintaining those long-lastingoutcome and opportunity disparities" (Bal, 2012, p. 105)
Characteristics
"appreciating complexity of lives, experiences, and identitites of non-dominant cultural groups and how individuals use and make cultures either to enable or constrain students" (Bal, 2012, p. 106)
requires challenging what is considered "normal" within our educational settings (Bal, 2012)
Are we working with traditional educational systems that do not address the needs of our current student populations?
Social justice democratic schooling "should be about using cultural, linguistic, and ability differences that non-dominant students and families bring to schools as resources to design better learning opportunities for all students, not just for minority students" (Bal, 2012, p. 107).
References:
Bal, A. (2012). Kindness in society: Participatory social justice for all. In L. G. Denti & P. A. Whang (Eds.), Rattling chains: Exploring social justice in education (pp. 99-109): Sense Publishers.