Guiding Questions:

At the core of this week's readings is a question of how schools should serve culturally, racially and ethnically diverse learners. According to Ladson-Billings, what is "culturally relevant pedagogy"? What does it look like in practice? Why is it important? How does it connect to ideas from prior weeks, such as educational equity, cultural capital, or opportunity hoarding. Since 1995 when Ladson-Billings coined the term "culturally relevant pedagogy," there has been a shift to using the term "culturally sustaining pedagogy" instead. What do you make of this change in terminology? How does this evolution connect with Tejeda et al.'s ideas of decolonizing pedagogy? How might Bruce et al.'s indigenous pedagogies piece fit into this? Do you think culturally relevant pedagogy is enough to satisfy Du Bois' concerns about integrated schools?

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In-Class Activity:

Watch Video #1.

Comment on Jamboard #1. (Remember to click the arrows at the top of the Jamboard to move to each page. There are three pages on each Jamboard.)

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Watch Video #2a & Video #2b.

Comment on Jamboard #2.

In-Class Group Activity

Choose a topic to explore more deeply.

• Policy: From federal mandates to school-wide initiatives, see how the different parts of the system can affect culturally sustaining pedagogy.

  • • Watch how a Canadian school district incorporates Indigenous ways of teaching and learning despite national silence on the issue.

    • Share your thoughts on our Policy Jamboard.

• Instruction: Place the Bruce et al. piece in conversation with the Ladson-Billings piece by examining a video of practice highlighted in the Bruce et al. piece.

  • • Watch how contemporary educators define culturally responsive teaching.

    • Watch Megan Bang (one of the coauthors Bruce et al.) teach a lesson.

    • Share your thoughts on our Instruction Jamboard.

• Curriculum: Explore how iSTEAM / Indigenous STEAM incorporates water pedagogies into its unit plans, which they call "learning arcs."

  • • Read through a "learning arc" (unit plan) on water.

    • Share your thoughts on our Curriculum Jamboard.