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What are your personal and continued areas of growth as it relates to race, education and schooling?

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What are your personal and continued areas of growth as it relates to race, education and schooling?

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I have recently followed some new sources and specific people on my social media as to help me stay "woke". Before this semester i never really went out of my way to search for news. Something I hope to do even once i become a teacher is continue my education. I think its important to continue to learn new methods of teaching while also continuing to learn more about race.

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Peeves:
- One-sided lectures
- People that do not participate in break out groups
- Class materials are not posted on Canvas
- Vague guidelines for assignments
Traits:
Norms:

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Jessica, Alyssa, Abbey, Sara, PJ

Peeves:
-Classes that run too long without giving us a break
-Assignments not showing up on Canvas dashboard
-Group work where there's not class time built in to work on it
-Busy work/discussion posts
-Long readings

Traits:
-We're diverse -- some of us are musical, some math-oriented, some like history
-We enjoy communicating and getting to know each other in breakout rooms

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Group 5 - Gianna, Grace, Jackson, Debbie 

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Group 5 - Gianna, Grace, Jackson, Debbie 

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PEEVES
- Not having clear instructions on what to do after class or for assignments
- Assignments not appearing on Canvas Dashboard
- No one answering questions asked by professor and students
- Having discussions for HW and having to post comments
NORMS
- Have instructions emailed to us after class
- have assignments on Canvas Dashboard
- Participate!!!
- Having a few discussions as HW

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Peeves / Traits
- people not being on mute / background noise
- professors assuming we know what they mean / want for assignments
- Internet / connection / technology issues
- not being able to find the zoom links
- assignments being in different locations for every class
- so many tabs open at the same time
-  long readings / assignments
- awkward breakout rooms where nobody participates
- not knowing classmates while working together
- overall feelings of uncertainty / unconfidence of professors and students
- zoom as a whole
Norms
- lectures over group work for some aspects of the course
- being on mute when not talking
- clear organization of students / professors
- have assignments on dashboard calendar on canvas
- being respectful of each others time (coming to class prepared / not too much prep work)
- feedback on assignments in a reasonable period

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Brigie, Tommy, Tiffany & Jill

- Non-descriptive assignments
- Discussions
-  So much screen space/ screen time
- No breaks
- No empathy from teachers
- Music volume
- Lack of care for Phase 1 students
- Close cohort
- Organization

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-Music too loud when doing independent work. (music without lyrics is much better)
- Assignments due every single day of the week, seems like more work due because were online
- No breaks
- all assignments written in one area
- so much reading assignments- would be nice if professors showed areas to focus on and where to skip.
-when professor doesn't automatically mute students.
- Like being with the same group of people for online classes

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Finding ways to have a break in class or humanizing the learning experience

Clear information and expectations around assignments

Clear communication between both peers and professor

Finding time for group work in class – particularly larger projects

Participate in all discussions or conversations – as one’s current ability might allow

Mute yourself when not speaking

Being respectful of each other’s time

Providing feedback within a fair amount of time

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What are your personal and continued areas of growth as it relates to race, education and schooling?

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What are your personal and continued areas of growth as it relates to race, education and schooling?

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As a white women, I definitely still have a lot of areas of personal growth that I need to work on in regards to race, education, and schooling. I think that I need to especially work on my implicit biases and ensure that I am reacting the way I am reacting due to the behavior of the student and not the color of their skin. While I don't view myself as a racist individual, I know that I still unintentionally participate in racism or may make racist remarks - and that is something that I will need to work on especially as an educator. I think that I also will need to work on embracing my students use of language and culture in their work. While I know that I will encourage students to share their culture, I am worried that I will respond negatively if students write using AAVE (black English). I want to encourage all of my students to speak with me in the way they feel most comfortable, using whichever dialect they want and to have my students not feel as if they have to code switch. However, I think there are a lot of gaps in knowledge there about how to go about it effectively as a white teacher. Im hoping to finish reading my book this winter break, "The Guide for White Women Who Teach Black Boys" to hopefully get some insight on how to do this in the most beneficial way possible.

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As my first fall semester as at student at the GSE comes to an end, I feel as I am more confident in myself as a future educator. However, I still have much to learn and very open to educating myself and discussing topics such as racism in the classroom. My personal and continued areas of growth include identifying my cultural identity as a white female. I will continue to learn and practice intervention strategies for interrupting implicit bias-based beliefs.

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To me, Urban is a concept that is hard to define. It can be defined in the textbook way as a city with many people and tall buildings. Or, it can be defined differently for each person who experiences it. From what I have learned about the concept of Urban environments, I know that they are often underfunded due to the socioeconomic status of homeowners and renters- which then translates into the taxes that are paying for the schools. As students we can choose to look at urban education through many lenses, but we usually talk about negatives. There are so many positives, such as the often tight knit community, rich art, music and history, and students who are striving for success.

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I would define the concept of urban as the culmination of the cultural, geographic, historical, and social events that shape communities. While this is a definition that can apply to any community, I think in a urban context this helps to move people away from unproductive means of understanding (like generalizing or using stereotypes) and more towards an empathetic and constructive understanding.
We should begin to trouble or unpack the premise of urban education, as many are not adequately prepared to talk about it in a responsible way. We have a predisposed idea about what "urban" means, and it can gloss over the realities that members of these communities face. I feel that most of this time, this conversation revolves around a lack of resources or test scores, but that does not truly encompass the entire picture of urban education.
My personal areas of growth have been centered around how I can be an active participant in anti-racist education. I also allowed was able to consider more of my upbringing and privilege, as self-awareness is an important step to being an advocate and activist for my future students and their families. I think I need to work on broadening my ideas about how schools can better serve communities. I am interested to learn about what teachers can do outside of the classrooms to be supportive of their students.

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At this point I see Urban as a diverse community where culture is present in the community but still typically marginalized. Urban education need to provided with our access and educators to strive to work with these communities has to be able to advocate for what the students need and apply their knowledge of anti-racist practices, models and perspectives  to uplift historically marginalized  black and brown students. (I feel anti-racist practice should be applied in all school)

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What are you personal and continued areas of growth as it relates to race, education and schooling? 

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What are you personal and continued areas of growth as it relates to race, education and schooling? 

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I really feel that I do still have a lot to learn about this major issue, but this class has helped given me a strong foundation about race, education and schooling. I feel that the two big takeaways that stand out to me were the NY Times article about choosing the right school and the article about teaching white students about racism. As a white woman, I know that I possess a lot of privilege and hold a lot of power when it comes to working in a school and within my life in general. I feel that this class has helped me to learn how to use this power to make change and influence my future teaching practices. The word "equity" is consistently thrown around in our classes, but throughout our readings, I feel that I have gotten a better grasp on the true meaning of it.

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How do you define the concept of urban? - I find the term "urban education" to be more complicated than I did prior to this course. The Buendia reading really changed my perspective about over generalizations and the obsession with labels. If asked before this course, I would have defined urban education as catering to the needs of the underserved and overpopulated. Now, I am not quite sure if I have a strict definition since urban is not defined by race or SES, according to the reading.

How should we begin to trouble or unpack the premise of urban education? - My facilitation group (which will be presenting in a few minutes) focused on the topic of educational debt. Even if we continue to make progress and change in the systemic issues of our education system, there needs to be backtracking measures like reparations that handle the debt already caused.

What are your personal and continued areas of growth as it relates to race, education and schooling? - Something that stuck with me from this class is the saying "Don't act so woke; you are asleep". Actively fighting our own implicit biases and the biased actions/thoughts of others is what we need - not a bunch of people claiming to be "woke" and therefore being "woke". I think this was a bad tendency of mine to assume that I was doing fine as is when I was in high school because of my beliefs. Now I know it's more than just belief. It requires active engagement in large scale systemic issues and small scale interactions, even on the individual level.

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I don't think I have a set definition of urban anymore. I always thought that it was a school in the city but I have now realized how much it depends on the population of the area. I think that one important thing to remember about urban education is that we should not think of the students as students we need to "save". It is important as an urban educator to instead understand their students backgrounds. I know that I have bias, as a future educator I need to continually check myself and surround myself with people will check me as well (it is also important that I check the people around me). I know that it is important to be anti-racist so I want to make sure that I try by best to be anti-racist and to use moments that I'm not as a lesson for myself.

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As a white woman, this course has taught me so much and taught me in which ways I still need to grow. It has made me more aware of the privilege I have because I am white. Before coming to Rutgers,and tking this course, I hadn't thought much about what urban means or what an urban district might look like and truthfully this is because it never personally effected me. Yet, as a future teaching who can and will potentially teach in an urban setting, it now does personally effect me. I need to be more aware of the world around me, even if it isn't personally effecting me. I can do this by continuing to be an anti-racist, having difficult and uncomfortable conversations with myself and others, and simply just keeping myself educated on what is happening outside of my life.

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The concept of Urban is considered to do with cities, and places of extremely high population in general, it can be described as an amalgamation of cultures, ethnicities, people, places and things that can either choose to live together in relative harmony, or choose to clash and segregate themselves to seperate places in a city, where they remain disparate and divided until someone tries to unite them together. That is how I see the concept of Urban.

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Reflection - What are your personal and continued areas of growth as it relates to race, education and schooling?

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Reflection - What are your personal and continued areas of growth as it relates to race, education and schooling?

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As an immigrant myself, I feel that my eyes have been open and I am continuously learning about race, education, and schooling. I decided that I wanted to be a teacher when I was applying to college and back then, I never knew what this field really meant. I guess in a way, I took it lightly because I knew I liked working with children. However, reading the materials and engaging in discussions with my peers have really opened my eyes that it is not that simple. I have grown to learn not to hold prejudice or be bias when working with children of all races and that I need to be diligent and patient. I want to be a teacher that can encourage students and hopefully strive and engage in their schooling.

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What are your personal and continued areas of growth as it relates to race, education and schooling?

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What are your personal and continued areas of growth as it relates to race, education and schooling?

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As a person who doesn't follow the news or keep up with what's happening in the world as much as I should, reading some of the materials in this class has really opened my eyes to new ways of thinking. I've learned about how a person's race can affect their educational experience. I've also learned that each student's culture doesn't match completely with their parents' or their ethnic group's. For future growth, I'd want to know more about how to support students who are in that transitioning stage, trying to develop their own culture. I also want to have that courage and drive to question and challenge why things are the way they are.

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Reflection: What are your personal and continued areas of growth as it relates to race, education and schooling?

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Reflection: What are your personal and continued areas of growth as it relates to race, education and schooling?

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Going into the GSE, I had a vague idea on the concepts of race and racism as it relates to education and schooling. By the end of this semester, I definitely see areas of personal growth in terms of how systematic racism can affect student's education. I previously had no idea how disproportionate teaching can be due based on the location of a school district and how the structural barriers that were in place years ago continue to but have an influence today on students' education. I'm constantly learning how to be mindful of my cultural lens/biases and what I can do as an educator to teach my students how to become empowered by the various lenses they are (and should be) exposed to.

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Throughout this semester, both in this class and not, I feel as though I have learned a great deal of practices as a teacher that I should be mindful of when talking to my students. There are many examples from this semester of things that I had not known that are important to know for the future. For example, telling my students that Abraham Lincoln is an honest man when he was trying to kick all slaves out of the country is not a great figure to represent growth. I feel like through this semester in the GSE I was able to make growth in my knowledge of racism, education and schooling because before I had not seen the way these areas connect on such a deep level. Through the readings and work that has been conducted, I have navigated my way to decide ways of teaching/practices that I would like to have in my future classroom. I know I have a long way to go, but I will do my best to continue growing in the future.

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As I wrap up my final days in Phase 1 of the GSE, I have never felt more enlightened or educated. Before this semester, I was truly unaware of how much personal growth I had ahead of me before becoming a teacher.  Throughout this semester, I have learned about the many ways to keep my classroom culturally relevant and comfortable for every student. I learned it is important to acknowledge my own personal bias's and reflect on how to correct them.  Instead of being oblivious and silent to the idea of racism, I plan to continue to research and acknowledge the steps I still need to take. I am eager and excited to continue to grow and learn how I can continue to better myself and grow as a future educator.

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My personal and continued areas of growth are to consistently hold myself accountable and continue to educate myself. It is not enough to read a few articles or a couple books about becoming anti-racist, but it is important to continue to assess a variety of resources to learn new perspectives, critique authors (positively and negatively), and to learn about diverse experiences. I also plan to grow and hold myself accountable by consistently checking myself and assessing my personal bias'. I am very aware that based on my own experience overtime I have developed my own biases and that it is extremely important to reassess myself anytime I run into myself acting bias or even evaluating the bias that exists around me.

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The word "Urban" does not mean what most people believe it does. Urban does not necessarily mean city blocks ridden with crime, violence, and gangs. Unfortunately, this is the stereotypical "urban" that many think of. It is important to unpack the meaning of this word and to reevaluate our biases and assumptions about what it means to be an "urban school" or an urban student.

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What are your personal and continued areas of growth as it relates to race, education and schooling?

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What are your personal and continued areas of growth as it relates to race, education and schooling?

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Before this class, I had little knowledge on how much of a direct impact an individual's socioeconomic situation has on their education. It was difficult for me to understand because I come from an immigrant family and my parents came from very poor backgrounds in South Korea, but became financially successful in America through a series of decisions. I did not understand why some people have such a hard time. Although I always said that I believe that there is systemic racism in this country, I wasn't totally sure what it meant practically. It is now evident to me that to be academically and financially successful in America, you have to "beat the odds" against you including family situations, poor quality education, racism, etc. And it is important to continue to educate myself on just how deep these inequalities run, so that I can continue to hold a more accurate view.

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My personal and continued areas of growth as it relates to race, education, and schooling include the expansion of my knowledge regarding the inequalities faced by urban school districts. The readings that I did for this course taught me a lot about how schools in urban areas are underfunded which is detrimental to the life outcomes of students who attend these schools. Lack of funding creates a vicious cycle within these communities, meaning if children don't receive quality educations, then they'll be incapable of getting accepted into good colleges and therefore, unable to obtain careers that make them a good living. As a result, they'll be stuck in the working class, living in urban communities in which their future children will face the same problems. As future educators, we need to work to end this unjust cycle. We need to fight for equal funding in order to give these children the quality educations in which they deserve.

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To me, "urban" mostly means densely populated and I kind of expect to see buildings (high rise commercial and apartments). Urban would be on par with if someone explained they were from the shore area in conversation with someone else who was unfamiliar with where a particular city was. Previously I would say urban was closer in resemblance to "Gotham city" where they is crime and dark alleys everywhere, striking fear to outsiders looking in. I understand that this view is wrong and was predetermined for me during my youth, through watching movies and tv shows.

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My personal areas of growth from this entire semester, especially this Urban Education course, has been to become more self-aware. I did not even realize that I sort of lived in a bubble, where I assumed everything was sunshine and rainbows, and became shocked and confused when this was not the case. I now am able to move past this point based on the growth I have achieved thus far. I am able to actually understand and notice inequalities a lot better rather than being shocked and confused when they come up. I feel better prepared to face the unfair, unjust world that we live in that I have had the privilege to not have experienced. I am better suited to help my future students who are not as fortunate to see the world as a perfect and happy place with just a few small issues that could easily be fixed. Urban education in particular was a point that I never even thought about prior to this course. I assumed my suburban high school was bad, yet I now see how much more fortunate I am to have the experiences which I had. While my school never had napkins or forks in the lunchroom, other schools lack resources and supplies that are taken for granted.

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Throughout this semester I have learned a great deal from this course. I feel I am more cognizant of these issues and how to bring them up and discuss them. I feel I am more prepared for when I will be in the classroom and need to check my biases. The readings and resources we have read have made me really excited to teach which has been hard during this pandemic. I feel especially Stamped has made me recognize and learn about these race/class related topics. I have learned the beginning of some of these and I feel much more educated. But I realize just being educated is simply not enough. During our class discussions I have realized this that no matter how educated you are you need to use your knowledge and implement what you have learned especially in our practices.

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When I think of urban I think of a city or place that is highly populated. Urban can have many meanings, especially in education. After this semester I have learned so much more about our education system and how it has become corrupt in many ways. As a future teacher and a current student, I believe I have become a lot more aware of the way I view others and the way I view our world.

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The concept of the term urban is a tricky one. We need to be careful the using it because often times it may be used as a blanket statement. Urban education to me, means schooling that goes on in lower - income, densely populated communities. Often times, people may draw the line differently than others, and sometimes people use urban in situations that it really doesn't make sense (Urban music category at the Grammys). We, including myself, need to constantly monitor the words we use and what we mean by them.

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How should we begin to trouble or unpack the premise of urban education?

A way to begin to trouble or unpack the overall premise of urban is simply by education. This means not only educated ourselves, but the people around us. Educating ourselves also includes being mindful of our stereotypes and biases. It is extremely important that we as future educators, as well as members of society, need to understand that we may have underlying biases and stereotypes. That being said, a step in the right direction to “unpacking” the premise of “urban education” is to be mindful of the heavy biases that are carried with it. Along with this, we need to understand that there is a gap our society places on urban education.