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| the identity conscious educator: The Identity-Conscious Educator Liza A. Talusan, 2022-02-04 Learn powerful, practical strategies for creating an inclusive school community. The Identity-Conscious Educator provides a framework for building awareness and understanding of five identity categories: race, social class, gender, sexual orientation, and disability. Connect with vignettes and personal stories from the author that illuminate how to address identity topics in your personal and professional life. Then, develop skills in engaging in meaningful interactions with students and peers. Discover how identity affects both personal and professional lives. Review a framework for building habits and skills of identity-conscious teaching and learning. Build knowledge of five different identity categories and experiences--race, social class, sexual orientation, gender, and disability--and then act for positive change. Reflect with end-of-chapter questions. Review practical, research-based strategies, and activities for having difficult conversations and creating more inclusive communities. Contents: Preface Introduction Part I: Getting Ready for Identity Work Chapter 1: The Journey to Identity Awareness Chapter 2: The Shift From Avoiding Conflict to Inviting Challenge Part II: Building Your Identity-Conscious Practice Chapter 3: Race Chapter 4: Class Chapter 5: Sexual Orientation Chapter 6: Gender Chapter 7: Disability Part III: Turning Planning Into Action Chapter 8: From Ally to Abolitionist Chapter 9: The Role of Failure in Identity Work Chapter 10: Tools for Extending Your Learning Chapter 11: From Practitioner to Facilitator Chapter 12: Beyond The Identity-Conscious Educator Epilogue References and Resources Index |
| the identity conscious educator: Identity-Conscious Educator Liza A. Talusan, 2022-02-25 Learn powerful, practical strategies for creating an inclusive school community. The Identity-Conscious Educator provides a framework for building awareness and understanding of five identity categories: race, social class, gender, sexual orientation, and disability. Connect with vignettes and personal stories from the author that illuminate how to address identity topics in your personal and professional life. Then, develop skills in engaging in meaningful interactions with students and peers. Discover how identity affects both personal and professional lives. Review a framework for building habits and skills of identity-conscious teaching and learning. Build knowledge of five different identity categories and experiences --race, social class, sexual orientation, gender, and disability --and then act for positive change. Reflect with end-of-chapter questions. Review practical, research-based strategies, and activities for having difficult conversations and creating more inclusive communities. Contents: Preface Introduction Part I: Getting Ready for Identity Work Chapter 1: The Journey to Identity Awareness Chapter 2: The Shift From Avoiding Conflict to Inviting Challenge Part II: Building Your Identity-Conscious Practice Chapter 3: Race Chapter 4: Class Chapter 5: Sexual Orientation Chapter 6: Gender Chapter 7: Disability Part III: Turning Planning Into Action Chapter 8: From Ally to Abolitionist Chapter 9: The Role of Failure in Identity Work Chapter 10: Tools for Extending Your Learning Chapter 11: From Practitioner to Facilitator Chapter 12: Beyond The Identity-Conscious Educator Epilogue References and Resources Index |
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| the identity conscious educator: Identity-Conscious Practice in Action Liza Talusan, 2024-11-25 When teachers and leaders implement an identity-conscious practice, they can provide a more responsive and responsible learning environment. Unfortunately, avoiding the impact of identity can create problematic and oppressive conditions in schools. So how do we lead with an identity-conscious lens? Award-winning author Liza Talusan provides real-world scenarios that educators can work through to apply an identity-conscious practice. Talusan helps educators grapple with three key questions: 1) How do I build knowledge about scenarios that involve identity? 2) How do my own thoughts, attitudes, behaviors, and beliefs contribute to inequitable conditions? 3) What actions can I implement in my classroom/meeting spaces to align with principles of equity and justice? Readers explore these questions through case studies on race, class/socioeconomic status, religion/faith, disability, sexual orientation, gender, language, and age. With the book's numerous real-world examples, Talusan makes the concept of an identity-conscious practice more tangible, so you feel ready and empowered to implement it day-to-day in your own practice. |
| the identity conscious educator: Learning Privilege Adam Howard, 2013-01-11 How can teachers bridge the gap between their commitments to social justice and their day to day practice? This is the question author Adam Howard asked as he began teaching at an elite private school and the question that led him to conduct a six-year study on affluent schooling. Unfamiliar with the educational landscape of privilege and abundance, he began exploring the burning questions he had as a teacher on the lessons affluent students are taught in schooling about their place in the world, their relationships with others, and who they are. Grounded in an extensive ethnographic account, Learning Privilege examines the concept of privilege itself and the cultural and social processes in schooling that reinforce and regenerate privilege. Howard explores what educators, students and families at elite schools value most in education and how these values guide ways of knowing and doing that both create high standards for their educational programs and reinforce privilege as a collective identity. This book illustrates the ways that affluent students construct their own privilege,not, fundamentally, as what they have, but, rather, as who they are. |
| the identity conscious educator: Theory for Education Greg Dimitriadis, George Kamberelis, 2006 Provides a pithy introduction to key contemporary thinkers - their lives, major works, and ideas - as they pertain to teaching. |
| the identity conscious educator: "These Kids Are Out of Control" H. Richard Milner IV, Heather B. Cunningham, Lori Delale-O′Connor, Erika Gold Kestenberg, 2018-07-18 Today’s classrooms reimagined If you’re looking for a book on how to control your students, this isn’t it! Instead, this is a book on what classroom learning could be if we aspire to co-create more culturally responsive and equitable environments—environments that are safe, affirming, learner-centered, intellectually challenging, and engaging. If we create the kind of places where our students want to be . . . A critically important resource for teachers and administrators alike, These Kids Are Out of Control details the specific practices, tools, beliefs, dispositions, and mindsets that are essential to better serving the complex needs of our diverse learners, especially our marginalized students. Gain expert insight on: What it means to be culturally responsive in today’s classroom environments, even in schools at large How to decide what to teach, understand the curriculum, build relationships in and outside of school, and assess student development and learning The four best practices for building a classroom culture that is both nurturing and rigorous, and where all students are seen, heard, and respected Alternatives to punitive disciplinary action that too often sustains the cradle-to-prison pipeline Classroom management takes care of itself when you engage students, help them see links and alignment of the curriculum to their lives, build on and from student identity and culture, and recognize the many ways instructional practices can shift. These Kids Are Out of Control is your opportunity to get started right away! |
| the identity conscious educator: Identity Affirming Classrooms Erica Buchanan-Rivera, 2022-02-23 Learn how to create identity affirming classroom environments that honor the humanity of students. Although schools have potential to be spaces of inquiry and joy, they can also be the source of trauma and pain when educational equity is not a foundational element. With a race-conscious lens, Dr. Erica Buchanan-Rivera explains how to actively listen to the voices of students and act in response to their needs in order to truly activate equity and make conditions conducive for learning. She also offers insights on how we need to do anti-bias and antiracist work in efforts to create affirming, brave spaces. Throughout the book, you’ll find features such as Mirror Work and Collective Work to help you bring the ideas to your own practice and discuss them with others. You’ll also find excerpts from students' voices to hear the why behind affirming spaces through their perspectives. With the powerful ideas in this book, you’ll be able to create the kinds of classroom environments that students deserve. |
| the identity conscious educator: Identity Safe Classrooms, Grades 6-12 Becki Cohn-Vargas, Alexandrea Creer Kahn, Amy Epstein, 2020-07-17 Welcome to Identity Safe Classrooms! In identity safe classrooms, students facing negative stereotypes or viewed as different are seen, accepted, and valued for who and what they are. Their identity is embraced as an asset not a barrier for school success. Identity safety is a research-based set of practices that counter the harmful effects of stereotype threat and allow our students to reach their full capacity for learning, foster positive relationships, and better appreciate the full spectrum of human differences. The second of a two-volume set, Identity Safe Classrooms, Grades 6-12, is a call for educators to come together and realize a vision of schools as transformative places of opportunity and equity for all students. Inside you’ll find: Design principles for promoting belonging and a welcoming classroom environment Compelling evidence from identity safety research on ways to mitigate stereotype threat along with counter-narratives that challenge societal biases about gender, race, and other differences Pragmatic strategies for student-centered teaching, including trauma-informed practices, that hold high expectations and validate each student’s background as a resource for learning Vignettes with concrete examples and try-it-out activities and prompts for self-reflection Devour Identity Safe Classrooms, adopt its practices, and soon enough you’ll inspire in all of your students a greater sense of empathy and agency in their educational experiences. Dr. Becki Cohn-Vargas along with Alexandrea Creer Kahn and Amy Epstein show us the intersections between adolescent identity development, racial identity development, and social-emotional development so we know how to use the diversity in classrooms as our strength. -Zaretta Hammond, Author of Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain Identity Safe Classrooms should be in the hands of every educator who walks into a school. It′s clear and accessible, grounded in research, thought-provoking and engaging, and actionable, and fills a crucial gap in our resources for creating just and liberated schools. -Elena Aguilar, Author of The Art of Coaching The authors have done an excellent job showing how an identity safe classroom integrates the growth mindset in a secondary school. When students feel accepted and valued, when they feel safe learning from mistakes and encouraged to continually grow as learners, they can reach their highest potential. -Carol Dweck, Stanford University |
| the identity conscious educator: Is Everyone Really Equal? Ozlem Sensoy, Robin DiAngelo, 2017 This is the new edition of the award-winning guide to social justice education. Based on the authors’ extensive experience in a range of settings in the United States and Canada, the book addresses the most common stumbling blocks to understanding social justice. This comprehensive resource includes new features such as a chapter on intersectionality and classism; discussion of contemporary activism (Black Lives Matter, Occupy, and Idle No More); material on White Settler societies and colonialism; pedagogical supports related to “common social patterns” and “vocabulary to practice using”; and extensive updates throughout. Accessible to students from high school through graduate school, Is Everyone Really Equal? is a detailed and engaging textbook and professional development resource presenting the key concepts in social justice education. The text includes many user-friendly features, examples, and vignettes to not just define but illustrate the concepts. “Sensoy and DiAngelo masterfully unpack complex concepts in a highly readable and engaging fashion for readers ranging from preservice through experienced classroom teachers. The authors treat readers as intelligent thinkers who are capable of deep reflection and ethical action. I love their comprehensive development of a critical social justice framework, and their blend of conversation, clarity, and research. I heartily recommend this book!” —Christine Sleeter, professor emerita, California State University Monterey Bay |
| the identity conscious educator: Cultural Competence in Higher Education Tiffany Puckett, Nancy S. Lind, 2020-09-03 This book covers teaching cultural competence in colleges and universities across the United States, providing a comprehensive reference for instructors, researchers, and other stakeholders who are looking for material that will assist them in working to prepare students to become culturally competent. |
| the identity conscious educator: Tell Me Who You Are Winona Guo, Priya Vulchi, 2021-02-02 An eye-opening exploration of race in America In this deeply inspiring book, Winona Guo and Priya Vulchi recount their experiences talking to people from all walks of life about race and identity on a cross-country tour of America. Spurred by the realization that they had nearly completed high school without hearing any substantive discussion about racism in school, the two young women deferred college admission for a year to collect first-person accounts of how racism plays out in this country every day--and often in unexpected ways. In Tell Me Who You Are, Guo and Vulchi reveal the lines that separate us based on race or other perceived differences and how telling our stories--and listening deeply to the stories of others--are the first and most crucial steps we can take towards negating racial inequity in our culture. Featuring interviews with over 150 Americans accompanied by their photographs, this intimate toolkit also offers a deep examination of the seeds of racism and strategies for effecting change. This groundbreaking book will inspire readers to join Guo and Vulchi in imagining an America in which we can fully understand and appreciate who we are. |
| the identity conscious educator: Finding Your Blind Spots Hedreich Nichols, 2021-12-13 Build bridges, foster better relationships, and establish a more inclusive school community. In her direct yet conversational style, Hedreich Nichols examines discriminatory classroom practices and offers strategies for eliminating them. You'll acquire the knowledge and skills to identify biases that adversely affect your practice and learn how to move beyond those biases to ensure a more equitable, inclusive campus culture. Recognize your own personal biases and how they affect the classroom. Learn how your language can reinforce discrimination and how to choose inclusive language instead. Understand gender and sexuality and how they relate to identity. Discover ways to celebrate and foster diversity daily. Identify microaggressions and how they create barriers to relationships. Contents: Foreword Introduction Chapter 1: Bias and Belonging Chapter 2: Bias, Guilt, and Accountability Chapter 3: Bias, Language, and Labels Chapter 4: Bias in Curriculum Chapter 5: Bias and Cultural Expression Chapter 6: Bias and Gender Equality Chapter 7: Bias and Representation Chapter 8: Bias in Action--What Not to Do and Say Conclusion References and Resources Index |
| the identity conscious educator: Supporting Underserved Students Sharroky Hollie, Daniel Russell, Jr., 2022-02-04 Enhance your positive behavioral interventions and supports (PBIS) to do what's best for all students. With this equity-focused guide by Sharroky Hollie and Daniel Russell, Jr., you will discover a clear roadmap for aligning PBIS with cultural and linguistic responsiveness (CLR). Dive deep into why there is an urgent need for this alignment and then learn how to move forward to better serve your learners, especially those from historically underserved populations. Integrate culturally and linguistically responsive teaching with your PBIS strategies: Learn where PBIS falls short and why issues around discipline persist, especially with Black and Brown students. Gain clarity around culturally and linguistically responsive (CLR) teaching strategies in the classroom. Understand the difference between authentic and inauthentic CLR alignment to PBIS. Acquire practical steps, suggestions, and recommendations for being culturally and linguistically responsive in the classroom as well as across schools and districts. Give students the language, activities, and procedures to be situationally appropriate for school situations affected by PBIS in the classroom. Contents: About the Authors Introduction: The Ubiquity of Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports Part 1: The Why of Culturally and Linguistically Responsive PBIS Chapter 1: The Basics of a CLR-Managed Classroom Chapter 2: PBIS and Authentic Cultural and Linguistic Responsiveness Chapter 3: The Need for Authentic Culturally and Linguistically Responsive PBIS Part 2: The How of Culturally and Linguistically Responsive PBIS Chapter 4: CLR PBIS Alignment, Assessment, and Activation Chapter 5: Situationally Appropriate Opportunities Within PBIS Chapter 6: The Language of Situational Appropriateness Within PBIS Final Thoughts: A Change in Mindset to Enhance PBIS Appendix: Helpful Abbreviations for Cultural and Linguistic Responsiveness |
| the identity conscious educator: Preparing and Sustaining Social Justice Educators Annamarie Francois, Karen Hunter Quartz, 2021-08-24 Preparing and Sustaining Social Justice Educators spotlights the challenging and necessary work of fostering social justice in schools. Integral to this work are the teachers and school leaders who enact the principles of social justice--racial equity, cultural inclusivity, and identity acceptance--daily in their classrooms. This volume makes the case that high-quality public education relies on the recruitment, professional development, and retention of educators ready to navigate complex systemic and structural inequities to best serve vulnerable student populations. Annamarie Francois and Karen Hunter Quartz, along with contributing scholars and practitioners, present an intersectional approach to educational justice that is grounded in research about deeper learning, community development, and school reform. Throughout the book, the contributors detail professional activities proven to sustain social justice educators. They show how effective teacher coaching, for example, encourages educators to confront their explicit and implicit biases, to engage in critical conversations and self-reflection, and to assess teacher performance through a social justice lens. The book illustrates how professional learning collaborations promote diverse, antiracist, and socially responsible learning communities. Case studies at three university-partnered K-12 schools in Los Angeles, demonstrate the benefits of these professional alliances and practices. Francois and Quartz acknowledge the difficulty of the social justice educator's task, a challenge heightened by a K-12 teacher shortage, an undersupplied teacher pipeline, and school closures. Yet they keep their sights set on a just and equitable future, and in this work they give educators the tools to build such a future. |
| the identity conscious educator: Zen and the Art of Public School Teaching John Perricone, 2005 This book is based upon two assumptions. The first is that we teach who we are, and the second is that one's philosophy of life is intimately tied to one's identity, and that it is one's philosophical identity (conscious or otherwise) that ultimately dictates one's teaching style and also what distinguishes those who find joy and passion in the teaching profession from those who find drudgery and then simply pick up a paycheck every two weeks. In his book Zen and the Art of Public School Teaching, Mr. Perricone compellingly invites his reader to participate in an introspective journey that is designed to help the reader better know themselves and the professional path upon which they have embarked. This book is for those who are just beginning their careers in teaching, for veteran teachers who are still very open to personal and professional growth, and to those who are thinking about becoming teachers. |
| the identity conscious educator: Start Here, Start Now Liz Kleinrock, 2021-05-25 Most educators want to cultivate an antibias and antiracist classroom and school community, but they often struggle with where and how to get started. Liz helps us set ourselves up for success and prepare for the mistakes we'll make along the way. Each chapter in Start Here, Start Now addresses many of the questions and challenges educators have about getting started, using a framework for tackling perceived barriers from a proactive stance. Liz answers the questions with personal stories, sample lessons, anchor charts, resources, conversation starters, extensive teacher and activist accounts, and more. We can break the habits that are holding us back from this work and be empowered to take the first step towards reimagining the possibilities of how antibias antiracist work can transform schools and the world at large. We must remind ourselves that what is right is often not what is easy, and we must continue to dream. Amidst the chaos, our path ahead is clear. This is our chance to dream big and build something better. |
| the identity conscious educator: Research Anthology on Culturally Responsive Teaching and Learning Management Association, Information Resources, 2021-05-28 As education continues to take great strides to become more inclusive and understanding of diverse students and cultures, teaching practices and methods for learning are an essential part of the puzzle and must be addressed to create culturally responsive educational experiences. Teachers must make meaningful connections between a student’s culture, language, life experiences, and background to what the student is learning in the classroom. By integrating culture into the classroom, student achievement can be fostered, and students can excel. Underserved populations may face discrimination when it comes to culture, language, or race, and their needs can often be neglected. By implementing culturally responsive teaching, students can feel valued, motivated, understood, and included in their education. The Research Anthology on Culturally Responsive Teaching and Learning displays the best practices and lessons learned for culturally responsive teaching and learning across different types of institutions, classroom subjects, and with different types of students from diverse cultural backgrounds. The chapters focus on culturally responsive practices and how these methods for teaching can impact student success, empowerment, and cultural competence. This book is essential in understanding cultural diversity and inequity in education as well as the ways to address it. This book is ideal for faculty, teachers, counselors, administrators, principals, curriculum developers, instructional designers, professionals, researchers, and students seeking to improve their understanding of culturally responsive teaching and learning. |
| the identity conscious educator: Look Both Ways Jason Reynolds, 2020-10-27 A collection of ten short stories that all take place in the same day about kids walking home from school-- |
| the identity conscious educator: Teaching About Hegemony Paul Orlowski, 2011-06-21 Political progressives in Canada and the United States are deeply concerned by the manner in which their countries treat their poor. They are dismayed at the dismantling of the social welfare state, the weakening of public education systems and the grotesque and ever-growing inequality of wealth. To remedy this problem, citizens need to be more aware of how political ideology influences attitudes and actions, and they need to better comprehend the effects of hegemonic discourses in the corporate media and school curriculum. This book informs educators how to develop context-specific pedagogy that will help achieve a more enlightened citizenry and, as a result, a stronger democracy. Teaching about Hegemony: Race, Class and Democracy in the 21st Century promotes a progressive agenda for teaching that is rooted in critical pedagogy, it explains why ideological critique is necessary in raising political consciousness, it deconstructs white, middle-class hegemony in the formal school curriculum, and it examines corporate media and school curriculum as hegemonic devices. It also covers recent theory and research about race, class and democracy and how best to teach about these topics. Combining theory and sociological research with pedagogical approaches and classroom narratives, this book is fundamental for progressive educators interested in developing a politically conscious, progressive and active citizenry hungry for a stronger civil society. |
| the identity conscious educator: Culture, Curriculum, and Identity in Education H. Milner, 2010-03-01 This book analyzes equity and diversity in schools and teacher education. Within this broad and necessary context, the book raises some critical issues not previously explored in many multicultural and urban education texts. |
| the identity conscious educator: Social Emotional Well-Being for Educators Michelle L. Trujillo, 2021-12-22 Teachers' ability to be resilient and concentrate on social-emotional learning has been challenged, and they deserve relief without the pressure of having more to do. This book's framework empowers the practice of self-care through thoughts and actions that are within one's control, enhancing well-being without more responsibilities. Includes checklists, questions, activities, self-assessment techniques, guidance for distance or hybrid education, and strategies for students. |
| the identity conscious educator: A Bad Case of Stripes David Shannon, 2016-08-30 It's the first day of school, and Camilla discovers that she is covered from head to toe in stripes, then polka-dots, and any other pattern spoken aloud! With a little help, she learns the secret of accepting her true self, in spite of her peculiar ailment. |
| the identity conscious educator: Critical Leadership Praxis for Educational and Social Change Katie Pak, Sharon M. Ravitch, 2021 Educational leaders confront instances of inequity every day, whether they are aware of it or not. Many find themselves inadequately reacting to such issues due in part to traditional preparation programs that fail to interrogate the existence and impact of systems of oppression. Why is naming and tackling inequity not at the forefront of every conversation about educational leadership? How do our social constructions of identity hierarchies and deficits (mis)shape what leaders think and do? How do leaders advocate for those who need and deserve advocacy? This volume considers these questions and more by offering unique leadership frameworks that integrate critical theories for social change with everyday practice. By bringing together diverse researchers, practitioners, and policymakers who are often pushed to the margins, this volume will help today’s leaders see with new eyes and gain the critical tools, language, and concepts for equity leadership. The text is organized into four sections: Transforming Self, Transforming Educators, Transforming Organizations, and Transforming Systems. Book Features: Interrupts prevailing practices and advocates for a more inclusive, intersectional vision of leaders and the field of educational leadership.Specific and useful frames, concepts, and practices that leaders can adapt to their own context.Authors that reflect diverse perspectives with wide-ranging identities who intentionally push back against the White male-dominated discourse. A practitioner-friendly format that includes glossaries of terms and resources. Insights that reflect the worldwide pandemic crises of 2020. |
| the identity conscious educator: Family, School, Community Engagement and Partnerships Reyes L. Quezada, Viviana Alexandrowicz, Sarina Molina, 2018-10-24 How can colleges and schools support the inclusion of family, school and community engagement curricula in teacher and administrator preparation programs? The contributions in this book try to answer this question, with contributors describing their experiences, their programs, and their support for the goal of enhancing parental involvement and engagement in Schools and Colleges of Education. The authors and researchers, such as Joyce Epstein, who is the foremost researcher on the topic, have the knowledge and expertise in family, school, and community engagement and partnerships from both theory and best practice perspectives. The book is designed to be interactive, and readers are encouraged to engage themselves in the conversation. Readers are invited to e-mail any of the editors to discuss the questions posed. This book was originally published as a special issue of Teaching Education. |
| the identity conscious educator: Mindfulness for the Next Generation Holly Rogers, Margaret Maytan, 2019 College students and other young adults today experience high levels of stress as they pursue personal, educational, and career goals. These struggles can have serious consequences, and may increase the risk of psychological distress and mental illness among this age group. This fully updated second edition of Mindfulness for the Next Generation describes an evidence-based, approach for teaching the useful and important skill of mindfulness to college-age adults. |
| the identity conscious educator: Identity Safe Classrooms Dorothy M. Steele, Becki Cohn-Vargas, 2013-09-05 This practitioner-focused guide to creating identity-safe classrooms presents four categories of core instructional practices: Child-centered teaching ; Classroom relationships ; Caring environments ; Cultivating diversity. The book presents a set of strategies that can be implemented immediately by teachers. It includes a wealth of vignettes taken from identity-safe classrooms as well as reflective exercises that can be completed by individual teachers or teacher teams. |
| the identity conscious educator: Cases on Emotionally Responsive Teaching and Mentoring Ellsworth, Ann M., 2020-03-27 Educators who work with pre-service teachers understand the significant role they play in mentoring the next generation of teachers. Those who have walked the talk and been classroom teachers themselves, working with students daily over the course of a school year, can share powerful stories on transformative teaching. To fully prepare tomorrow's teachers, educators need to mix theory about best practice with the reality of teaching in classrooms. Cases on Emotionally Responsive Teaching and Mentoring provides a collection of case studies from former classroom teachers who now work with pre-service teachers to provide an understanding of the expectations and outcomes of teaching through actual K-12 teaching experiences. Featuring coverage on a broad range of topics such as cultural identity, teacher development, and learner diversity, this book is ideally designed for pre-service teachers, mentors, educators, administrators, professors, academicians, and students seeking current research on the diverse nature of schools, children, and learning and applying concepts to best suit the profession. |
| the identity conscious educator: Teaching, Affirming, and Recognizing Trans and Gender Creative Youth sj Miller, 2016-06-21 Winner of the 2018 Outstanding Book by the Michigan Council Teachers of English Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title for 2018 Winner of the 2017 AERA Division K (Teaching and Teacher Education) Exemplary Research Award This book draws upon a queer literacy framework to map out examples for teaching literacy across pre-K-12 schooling. To date, there are no comprehensive Pre-K-12 texts for literacy teacher educators and theorists to use to show successful models of how practicing classroom teachers affirm differential (a)gender bodied realities across curriculum and schooling practices. This book aims to highlight how these enactments can be made readily conscious to teachers as a reminder that gender normativity has established violent and unstable social and educational climates for the millennial generation of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, (a)gender/(a)sexual, gender creative, and questioning youth. |
| the identity conscious educator: We Can't Teach What We Don't Know, Third Edition Gary R. Howard, 2016-06-17 Making a case for the fierce urgency of now, this new edition deepens the discussion of race and social justice in education with new and updated material. Aligned with our nation's ever more diverse student population, it speaks to what good teachers know, what they do, and how they embrace culturally responsive teaching. |
| the identity conscious educator: Education for Critical Consciousness Paulo Freire, 2021-05-20 Famous for his advocacy of 'critical pedagogy', Paulo Freire was Latin America's foremost educationalist, a thinker and writer whose work and ideas continue to exert enormous influence in education throughout the world today. Education for Critical Consciousness is the main statement of Freire's revolutionary method of education. It takes the life situation of the learner as its starting point and the raising of consciousness and the overcoming of obstacles as its goals. For Freire, man's striving for his own humanity requires the changing of structures which dehumanize both the oppressor and the oppressed. This edition includes a substantial new introduction by Carlos Alberto Torres, Distinguished Professor and Founding Director of the Paulo Freire Institute, UCLA, USA. Translated by Myra Bergman Ramos. |
| the identity conscious educator: Teacher Identity Discourses Janet Alsup, 2006-08-15 Addresses the various types of discourse within the process of professional identity development. This work emphasizes that the intersection of the personal and professional in teacher identity formation is more complex, and accents the need for teacher educators to take steps to facilitate such integration. |
| the identity conscious educator: Read This to Get Smarter Blair Imani, 2021-10-26 An approachable guide to being an informed, compassionate, and socially conscious person today—from discussions of race, gender, and sexual orientation to disability, class, and beyond—from critically acclaimed historian, educator, and author Blair Imani. “Blair answers the questions that so many of us are asking.”—Layla F. Saad, author of Me and White Supremacy We live in a time where it has never been more important to be knowledgeable about a host of social issues, and to be confident and appropriate in how to talk about them. What’s the best way to ask someone what their pronouns are? How do you talk about racism with someone who doesn’t seem to get it? What is intersectionality, and why do you need to understand it? While it can seem intimidating or overwhelming to learn and talk about such issues, it’s never been easier thanks to educator and historian Blair Imani, creator of the viral sensation Smarter in Seconds videos. Accessible to learners of all levels—from those just getting started on the journey to those already versed in social justice—Read This to Get Smarter covers a range of topics, including race, gender, class, disability, relationships, family, power dynamics, oppression, and beyond. This essential guide is a radical but warm and non-judgmental call to arms, structured in such a way that you can read it cover to cover or start with any topic you want to learn more about. With Blair Imani as your teacher, you’ll “get smarter” in no time, and be equipped to intelligently and empathetically process, discuss, and educate others on the crucial issues we must tackle to achieve a liberated, equitable world. |
| the identity conscious educator: Culturally Competent Engagement Edward J. Brantmeier, Noorie K. Brantmeier, 2020-08-01 This book encourages mindfulness as a tool for personal growth and for intentional action for the purpose of social change. Learning exercises focus on: examining privilege, oppression, and difference; intersectional identity mapping; historical racism against marginalized groups; social dominance theory; sociological mindfulness; cultural humility; appreciative inquiry; and more. Culturally Competent Engagement: A Mindful Approach embraces a fresh approach to cultivating self, other, and systems awareness for a linguistically rich and culturally diverse world. The confluence of people and cultures requires habits of mind, dispositions, skills, and values that promote diversity affirmation while simultaneously honoring one’s own cultural integrity and limitations. The benefits of being culturally competent are numerous and include healthy, holistic relationships and connection with people across differences. This book provides conceptual context for tried and true learning exercises that promote deeper self-understanding, ways to connect with people who are culturally different, and an understanding of the systems (socio-cultural, economic, political, and environmental) that circumscribe our lives. Written for organizational leaders, university instructors, students, and practitioners, this book includes typical approaches to enhancing culturally competent engagement, yet has several special features that differentiate it from approaches in other books and articles on the topic. Typical approaches to developing cultural competence focus on acquisition of communicative skills, behaviors, and dispositions needed to effectively navigate cross-cultural relationships and function effectively in multicultural environments. We include and build on these approaches by adding a layer of critical and complex systems understanding as a necessary foundation for effective cross-cultural engagement. The Self-Other-Systems approach challenges readers via concrete learning exercises that nudge one along the life-long path of culturally competent engagement. Perhaps the most unique feature of this book is the explicit and implicit mindful approach. A total of eleven learning exercises are offered, foregrounded by theory and completed with reflection questions or activities. All learning exercises encourage mindfulness, or awareness of oneself in the present moment, awareness of others, and awareness of broader contexts and forces at work in multicultural contexts. In specific, three learning exercises are meditations that can be read or listened to via free download from the book’s website. |
| the identity conscious educator: Culture, Class, and Race Brenda CampbellJones, Shannon Keeny, Franklin CampbellJones, 2020 Use field-tested practices to guide critical conversations about emotionally charged topics with friends, colleagues, and community as you begin building equitable experiences for students-- |
| the identity conscious educator: Literacy Is Liberation Kimberly N. Parker, 2022-02-25 Literacy is the foundation for all learning and must be accessible to all students. This fundamental truth is where Kimberly Parker begins to explore how culturally relevant teaching can help students work toward justice. Her goal is to make the literacy classroom a place where students can safely talk about key issues, move to dismantle inequities, and collaborate with one another. Introducing diverse texts is an essential part of the journey, but teachers must also be equipped with culturally relevant pedagogy to improve literacy instruction for all. In Literacy Is Liberation, Parker gives teachers the tools to build culturally relevant intentional literacy communities (CRILCs) with students. Through CRILCs, teachers can better shape their literacy instruction by * Reflecting on the connections between behaviors, beliefs, and racial identity. * Identifying the characteristics of culturally relevant literacy instruction and grounding their practice within a strengths-based framework. * Curating a culturally inclusive library of core texts, choice reading, and personal reading, and teaching inclusive texts with confidence. * Developing strategies to respond to roadblocks for students, administrators, and teachers. * Building curriculum that can foster critical conversations between students about difficult subjects—including race. In a culturally relevant classroom, it is important for students and teachers to get to know one another, be vulnerable, heal, and do the hard work to help everyone become a literacy high achiever. Through the practices in this book, teachers can create the more inclusive, representative, and equitable classroom environment that all students deserve. |
| the identity conscious educator: Anti-Bias Education for Young Children and Ourselves Louise Derman-Sparks, Julie Olsen Edwards, 2020-04-07 Anti-bias education begins with you! Become a skilled anti-bias teacher with this practical guidance to confronting and eliminating barriers. |
| the identity conscious educator: Shaping the Teacher Identity Kwame Sarfo-Mensah M Ed, 2018-12-08 In the world of education, the most effective educators pride themselves on their special ability to positively impact the impressionable minds of their students. They are able to justify their effectiveness through their students' standardized test scores and other forms of data. Indeed, these are legitimate ways to measure a teacher's effectiveness in the classroom but they don't tell the full story. There is something to be said about the specific attributes a teacher possesses in order to be effective in the classroom. What are those intangible qualities that define the success of that teacher? The response to that question will consequently lead to an even deeper question -- how did that teacher acquire and develop these special qualities? That question can be best answered by exploring the source of their teacher identity. Through this exploration, one will discover that the teacher's identity is directly and indirectly shaped by their unique life experiences and the valuable lessons they have learned from those experiences. Shaping the Teacher Identity guides the reader through a self-exploration of their life and helps them extract the inherent qualities that uniquely define who they are as educators. |
| the identity conscious educator: Belonging and Inclusion in Identity Safe Schools Becki Cohn-Vargas, Alexandrea Creer Kahn, Amy Epstein, Kathe Ann Gogolewski, 2022 Draws from a wide research base documenting best practices for identity safety, including inclusive classroom practices, positive teacher-student relations, diverse and challenging tasks, and the use of student diversity as a resource Includes interactive activities and tools for professional development, linking strategies to theory Offers guiding principles to help leaders stay true to the core values of equity and identify safety, equipping leaders with the adaptive expertise needed to confront evolving challenges Covers professional growth models for teachers, counselors, campus supervisors, and other school staff Tackles the difficult issue of equitable data collection; shares principles, systems, and best practices for assessment that take bias, stakeholder voice, and universal design into account. |
| the identity conscious educator: Cultivating Genius Gholdy Muhammad, 2019-12-23 In Cultivating Genius, Dr. Gholdy E. Muhammad presents a four-layered equity framework--one that is grounded in history and restores excellence in literacy education. This framework, which she names, Historically Responsive Literacy, was derived from the study of literacy development within 19th-century Black literacy societies. The framework is essential and universal for all students, especially youth of color, who traditionally have been marginalized in learning standards, school policies, and classroom practices. The equity framework will help educators teach and lead toward the following learning goals or pursuits: Identity Development--Helping youth to make sense of themselves and others Skill Development-- Developing proficiencies across the academic disciplines Intellectual Development--Gaining knowledge and becoming smarter Criticality--Learning and developing the ability to read texts (including print and social contexts) to understand power, equity, and anti-oppression When these four learning pursuits are taught together--through the Historically Responsive Literacy Framework, all students receive profound opportunities for personal, intellectual, and academic success. Muhammad provides probing, self-reflective questions for teachers, leaders, and teacher educators as well as sample culturally and historically responsive sample plans and text sets across grades and content areas. In this book, Muhammad presents practical approaches to cultivate the genius in students and within teachers. |
The Identity Conscious Educator (Download Only)
The Identity-Conscious Educator Liza A. Talusan,2022-02-04 Learn powerful practical strategies for creating an inclusive school community The Identity Conscious Educator provides a framework for building awareness and
Activities for Building Awareness of Race - Solution Tree
What do K–12 educators need to know, do, and demonstrate in order to incorporate race into their identity-conscious practice? The following three activities guide you to reflect on your …
Positive Social Identity Development - Have you Been Wondering
Talusan’s book, The Identity-Conscious Educator: Building Habits & Skills for a More Inclusive School, focuses on identity-conscious work within school settings and provides many …
Activities for Developing Identity Awareness
Building identity consciousness means you are actively reflecting on issues of identity and the impact of identi-ties on your life. Use the chart for this activity to list identity categories. Take …
Activities for Moving From Practitioner to Facilitator
What do K–12 educators need to know, do, and demonstrate in order to extend their learning along the identity- conscious journey? The following three activities guide you to reflect on …
Activities for Shifting From Avoiding Conflict to Inviting Challenge
Activity 1: Engaging in Reflection. In this work of building identity consciousness and opening the door to dificult conversations, it is important to think about the first and early messages you …
STARTING WITH copy, OURSELVES - SAGE Publications Inc
“The work of an educator—teaching, reading, advising, coaching, and collaborating—is not identity neutral. In fact, identity informs and impacts how you act, how you interact with others, …
The Praxis of Teacher Identity Construction - ed
Teacher identity has been defined in different ways through different meth-odologies. In this paper, I use autobiographical information, based on my life as an urban teacher and teacher …
Equity-Minded Faculty Development: An Intersectional Identity …
Identity-based approaches to professional development seek to deepen participants’ understanding of their own and others’ identities in an effort to foster more equitable and …
Identity-Affirming Schools Need Race-Conscious Educators
Race-conscious educators must embrace discomfort. We need to examine our beliefs and the experiences that shape how we respond to others, but courageous conversations about …
Activity 1: Reviewing Case Studies for Prepare, Process, and …
is identity neutral. Identity informs our perceptions, actions, and interactions with others. The pur-pose of these case studies and the prepare, process, and proceed framework is to help you …
Power, Identity, and the Construction of Knowledge in Education
Fidyk (2008) discusses Freire’s theory of conscientization within education as a transformation of consciousness that creates an opportunity for educators to become aware of their teaching in …
CULTURAL AWARENESS AND CULTURAL COMPETENCE TOOLKIT
Hanover Research provides practical guidance and actionable recommendations around culturally competent instruction, as well as embedded tools and resources to support teachers’ self …
Developing a Teacher Identity: The - JSTOR
The development of a teacher's identity is a continuing and dynamic pro- cess. As Cooper and Olson (1996) suggest, teacher identity is continually being informed, formed, and reformed as …
Patrick, F. , and McPhee, A. (2011) Pr ofessional identity. In: …
Some will form a clearer sense of professional identity than others, and will consciously reflect on the values, attitudes, beliefs and behaviours which underpin their practice. Overall, this book …
Activities for Building Awareness of Gender - Solution Tree
What do K–12 educators need to know, do, and demonstrate in order to incorporate gender into their identity-conscious practice? The following three activities guide you to reflect on your …
Activities for Building Awareness of Disability - Solution Tree
What do K–12 educators need to know, do, and demonstrate in order to incorporate disability into their identity- conscious practice?
“Coming Into My Own as a Teacher”: Identity, Disequilibrium, and …
Gallagher and Stahlnecker (2002) have discussed a view of teacher development that is grounded in the notion of disequilibrium, the state of imbalance that is inevitable when a new …
Teacher Educators’ Identities - Further Reading - InFo-TED
Findings point to five facets of teacher educator identity: teacher, scholar in teaching, collaborator, learner, and leader. Participants primarily constructed
Activities for Building Awareness of Sexual Orientation - Solution …
What do K–12 educators need to know, do, and demonstrate in order to incorporate sexual orientation into their identity-conscious practice?
The Identity Conscious Educator (Download Only)
The Identity-Conscious Educator Liza A. Talusan,2022-02-04 Learn powerful practical strategies for creating an inclusive school community The Identity Conscious Educator provides a …
Activities for Building Awareness of Race - Solution Tree
What do K–12 educators need to know, do, and demonstrate in order to incorporate race into their identity-conscious practice? The following three activities guide you to reflect on your …
Positive Social Identity Development - Have you Been Wondering
Talusan’s book, The Identity-Conscious Educator: Building Habits & Skills for a More Inclusive School, focuses on identity-conscious work within school settings and provides many …
Activities for Developing Identity Awareness
Building identity consciousness means you are actively reflecting on issues of identity and the impact of identi-ties on your life. Use the chart for this activity to list identity categories. Take …
Activities for Moving From Practitioner to Facilitator
What do K–12 educators need to know, do, and demonstrate in order to extend their learning along the identity- conscious journey? The following three activities guide you to reflect on …
Activities for Shifting From Avoiding Conflict to Inviting Challenge
Activity 1: Engaging in Reflection. In this work of building identity consciousness and opening the door to dificult conversations, it is important to think about the first and early messages you …
STARTING WITH copy, OURSELVES - SAGE Publications Inc
“The work of an educator—teaching, reading, advising, coaching, and collaborating—is not identity neutral. In fact, identity informs and impacts how you act, how you interact with others, …
The Praxis of Teacher Identity Construction - ed
Teacher identity has been defined in different ways through different meth-odologies. In this paper, I use autobiographical information, based on my life as an urban teacher and teacher …
Equity-Minded Faculty Development: An Intersectional Identity-Conscious ...
Identity-based approaches to professional development seek to deepen participants’ understanding of their own and others’ identities in an effort to foster more equitable and …
Identity-Affirming Schools Need Race-Conscious Educators
Race-conscious educators must embrace discomfort. We need to examine our beliefs and the experiences that shape how we respond to others, but courageous conversations about …
Activity 1: Reviewing Case Studies for Prepare, Process, and …
is identity neutral. Identity informs our perceptions, actions, and interactions with others. The pur-pose of these case studies and the prepare, process, and proceed framework is to help you …
Power, Identity, and the Construction of Knowledge in Education
Fidyk (2008) discusses Freire’s theory of conscientization within education as a transformation of consciousness that creates an opportunity for educators to become aware of their teaching in …
CULTURAL AWARENESS AND CULTURAL COMPETENCE TOOLKIT
Hanover Research provides practical guidance and actionable recommendations around culturally competent instruction, as well as embedded tools and resources to support teachers’ self …
Developing a Teacher Identity: The - JSTOR
The development of a teacher's identity is a continuing and dynamic pro- cess. As Cooper and Olson (1996) suggest, teacher identity is continually being informed, formed, and reformed as …
Patrick, F. , and McPhee, A. (2011) Pr ofessional identity. In: …
Some will form a clearer sense of professional identity than others, and will consciously reflect on the values, attitudes, beliefs and behaviours which underpin their practice. Overall, this book …
Activities for Building Awareness of Gender - Solution Tree
What do K–12 educators need to know, do, and demonstrate in order to incorporate gender into their identity-conscious practice? The following three activities guide you to reflect on your …
Activities for Building Awareness of Disability - Solution Tree
What do K–12 educators need to know, do, and demonstrate in order to incorporate disability into their identity- conscious practice?
“Coming Into My Own as a Teacher”: Identity, Disequilibrium, and …
Gallagher and Stahlnecker (2002) have discussed a view of teacher development that is grounded in the notion of disequilibrium, the state of imbalance that is inevitable when a new …
Teacher Educators’ Identities - Further Reading - InFo-TED
Findings point to five facets of teacher educator identity: teacher, scholar in teaching, collaborator, learner, and leader. Participants primarily constructed
Activities for Building Awareness of Sexual Orientation - Solution …
What do K–12 educators need to know, do, and demonstrate in order to incorporate sexual orientation into their identity-conscious practice?
