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Bringing Cultural Context into the Classroom

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Bringing Cultural Context into the Classroom

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He addresses hot to bring cultural relevance into the classroom. He addresses the structure of the school and how the day is segmented. He raises the idea that maybe students are not rejecting the content, but maybe the structure of their day and how their thoughts are interrupted by bell schedules. He suggests using tested avenues to allow other options of the structure of education that has been proven to benefit struggling students.

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Bringing Cultural Context and Self-Identity into Education: Brian Lozenski at TEDxUMN

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I chose this video because she gives examples of parallelism between med students and relates it to how we should demand those qualities in our teachers. Her speech elaborates on what she wrote about in chapter six about changing teaching practices to culturally relevant pedagogy.

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Getting Serious about Education: Culturally Relevant Teaching for New Century Students

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Ladson-Billings describes cultural relevancy in the classroom as the problem of our generation. By teaching teacher candidates how to infuse cultural relevance into the classroom, the teachers will be able to better teach the students. Those students, properly educated, can grow up to change the world. We are setting u pour future when we invest in our students.

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I chose this quote because nowadays the school system is more focused on numbers than individual students. When the pressure is coming down from the top, the teachers need to step in and do what is right for the students. This reminded me of the teacher quotes in Dreamkeepers about how they teach their own way opposed to what they were told to teach.

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Ladson-Billings makes several recommendations for culturally relevant teaching. She recommended that teacher candidates be well prepared to create a classroom that is culturally relevant by immersing yourself into the culture so you can be familiar with it. During class, you can make the culture of that student relevant to him/her in a classroom setting to help that student make mental connections.