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Edsurge
FEBRUARY 24, 2021
Coding and computer science are typically associated with outcomes around problem-solving and analytical skills. For instruction that yields cultural literacy, we most often look to language arts and social sciences. We really need to make everyone’s culture part of the conversation. How do you overcome them?
Edsurge
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
Many of those luminations surfaced because the lessons my students engaged with were designed to promote student inquiry and prioritize cultural relevance. Though some argue that mathematics is culturally independent, I can say from experience that it is anything but.
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Edsurge
SEPTEMBER 1, 2020
SEL is promoted every day by educators and students as they focus on honing core skills like self-awareness, self-management, responsible decision making, relationship skills, and social awareness. When students lack these skills, they become disconnected, disaffected, and potentially disruptive.
Edsurge
SEPTEMBER 1, 2021
With all the changes and challenges over the last year, one takeaway I keep reflecting on is how essential education technology has become to learning—and how quickly this transition occurred. I have long believed that edtech has the power to open up opportunities for students and change how educators teach.
Edsurge
SEPTEMBER 13, 2023
As a writer, my Indigenous culture shows up in my poetry. In doing so, it makes me wonder, what else have we unknowingly appropriated from Indigenous culture? Taking Up and Taking Back As an educator, I want to adopt a take-back mindset that honors the Indigenous educators and historians who came before me.
Edsurge
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
Others are applied more broadly, like mentorship programs or culturally responsive curriculum. Culture Change When Cole-Ochoa was assigned to the junior high campus more than two years ago, it was with the directive to turn around its academic performance. I always think of it as Maslow's. After Covid, we saw an increase in aggression.
Edsurge
OCTOBER 12, 2021
I work intentionally to ensure students’ linguistic capital—an expression of community cultural wealth — is acknowledged through language supports via student pairings and vocabulary, sentence, and speaking scaffolds. Together, we create a rich and culturally wealthy community of learners.
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