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something incredible

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Understand their educational journeys: see school as an oppressive, restrictive, and over policed system. 

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Understand their educational journeys: see school as an oppressive, restrictive, and over policed system. 

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Speak against dominant narratives!
Allow students to tell their own story.
Support students in speaking their own truth.

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Pictures speak 1,000,000 words!
Some students can express themselves and their minds better in picture form.

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Understand the unique experiences they bring to learning: see themselves persevering in the face of this repressive system.

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Understand the unique experiences they bring to learning: see themselves persevering in the face of this repressive system.

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Quote on p 189, see themselves as special

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The students in this paper had positive perceptions of their abilities, so we as educators need to watch our biases and critically examine our preconceptions of student identities

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The students in this paper had positive perceptions of their abilities, so we as educators need to watch our biases and critically examine our preconceptions of student identities

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Angel sees herself as a superhero.
We want to help our students see themselves as superheroes.
Reconstruct yourself as being successful.

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The students greatly valued having relevant curriculum, multimodal texts, and exploration of political and social ideas

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The students greatly valued having relevant curriculum, multimodal texts, and exploration of political and social ideas

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How does this help us push our thinking: what are we enforcing in the classroom and why are we enforcing it?

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How does this help us push our thinking: what are we enforcing in the classroom and why are we enforcing it?

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School can be very emotionally draining (Daniel).
School can be isolating and difficult.
Schools are insensitive!
Schools are like prisons.

How can we support our students that may feel this way? How can we help reframe the school experience for our students?

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We liked how you can learn from students through their art or their assignment that allows you to get to know your students. While every student is on their own individual journey, it's interesting to find common themes

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Our identities as educators may also be marginalized; however, we are working for a system that can perpetuate inequalities for students 

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Our identities as educators may also be marginalized; however, we are working for a system that can perpetuate inequalities for students 

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-students already going through hardships, but then school is adding hardships on top of that
-school discipline ^ is a major factor
-segregation between disabled students and the general population is also a major factor

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Drawing is one example of an easier way to guide discussions and provide outlets.

What are other ways we can create outlets in our classroom?
- Activities
- Projects
- Ethnographies
- Creating classroom community
- Student choice (autonomy)
- Music!

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Artwork as a modality allowed students to bring their unique talents to the classroom in an attempt to express their educational journeys and the oppression they faced at the hands of authority.

Counter narratives centered marginalized voices.

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Students understand their educational journey through the experiences that they have in different contexts. For example, family and school; based up on their experiences in these contexts they find a sense of social position in the school and in society. Students also use these experiences to understand and interact with the world around them.

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We discussed how students having the ability to express themselves through art and multimedia projects is super empowering; however, we felt a little stumped on how to accomplish a similar thing in our content area classrooms when we have 30+ students to work with. Today we learned a lot about the importance of student/teacher relationships, but it does feel overwhelming at times to build equally strong relationships with every student and plan for every student’s unique needs. It would be helpful to get some more practical strategies on how to plan for many different needs without having to spend literally forever planning. Are there best practices, tips, or tricks?