Culturally-relevant teaching online
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2021-04-27
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Culturally-relevant teaching (CRT) is all about community building, but the original conception was based on research done in elementary classrooms in schools serving low income, predominantly African American communities. CRT has to be reimagined for a national university’s online discussion boards which recognize, not just income and racial/ethnic diversity, but also gender, sexual orientation, disability/ability, language, immigration, and religious diversities.I serve on the SBS Diversity and Inclusion Action Committee and teach ED533 and HE540, our diversity courses. In ED533, we introduce ourselves with 10 words that complete the sentence, “I am…” Students typically identify their ethnicity and income level, but other words are often more important to them. In responding to each other we act as allies, helping to strengthen the communities we identify with. I ally myself with students to strengthen their communities, but I also ask students to ally with me to strengthen my community: education. I ask them to act as scholars and teachers to help strengthen the role of education in society.
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