From Being Woke to Doing #Thework : Using Culturally Relevant Practices to Support Student Achievement & Sociopolitical Consciousness

Reshma Ramkellawan-Arteaga Kisha Porcher

ISBN 10: 9004544712 / ISBN 13: 9789004544710

Published by Brill Feb 2023, 2023

About this Item

Neuware - Becoming a culturally relevant teacher is a journey, not a destination. It is a choice that an educator must make daily, to ensure that all students have equitable opportunities to learn. This edited book is designed to support educators in building their responsive educator muscles with the aid of reliable research-based content related to mindset, knowledge, and skills. The book includes: (1) explicit guidance on unpacking self, (2) guidance on how to explore the community and lived experiences of students, and (3) exemplar practitioner curriculum strategies in Humanities and STEM classrooms. Educators will pick up this book from different entry points, based on their personal journey. There is space for all educators to shift.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: From Being Woke to Doing #Thework : Using Culturally Relevant Practices to Support Student Achievement & Sociopolitical Consciousness
• Publisher: Brill Feb 2023
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9004544712
• ISBN 13: 9789004544710
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 234W x 152H x 18D millimeters 234 millimeters width by 152 millimeters height by 18 millimeters depth
• Weight: 408 grams

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Synopsis

Becoming a culturally relevant teacher is a journey, not a destination. It is a choice that an educator must make daily, to ensure that all students have equitable opportunities to learn. This edited book is designed to support educators in building their responsive educator muscles with the aid of reliable research-based content related to mindset, knowledge, and skills. The book includes: (1) explicit guidance on unpacking self, (2) guidance on how to explore the community and lived experiences of students, and (3) exemplar practitioner curriculum strategies in Humanities and STEM classrooms. Educators will pick up this book from different entry points, based on their personal journey. There is space for all educators to shift.

About the Author

Kisha Porcher, Ph.D. (2016), George Mason University, is Assistant Professor of English for the University of Delaware. She has published articles on centering Blackness in English Education and preparing preservice teachers to teach Black students.

Reshma Ramkellawan-Arteaga, Ed.D. (2017), Teachers College Columbia University, is an educational consultant and part time lecturer for Rutgers University. Her areas of research include unpacking cultural identities as it intersect with pedagogical practice.

Colleen Hinds-Rodgers, doctoral candidate, Johns Hopkins University, is a National Senior Managing Director of STEM Teacher Leadership Development at a national teacher preparation non-profit. Her areas of research include healing academic trauma and teacher preparation in culturally relevant and affirming mathematics.

Jacobē Bell, doctoral candidate, Teachers College, Columbia University, is the Network Director of Networked School Improvement for a national nonprofit. Her areas of research include Black joy for Black women educators, humanizing pedagogies, and asset-based teaching and learning.