Teaching Social Justice through Differentiated Instruction by Shariffa Chetty https://padlet.com/sherbc13/b5v02j27d49wuewz Teaching social justice through differentiated instruction empowers students to become informed and engaged citizens who understand the importance of equity, justice, and inclusivity in their communities and beyond. What is your take on this concept? en-us 2023-06-15 10:13:08 UTC 2023-06-15 22:12:15 UTC hello@padlet.com Shariffa sherbc13 https://padlet.com/sherbc13/b5v02j27d49wuewz/wish/2624483015 Teaching social justice through differentiated instruction involves an educational approach that recognizes the diverse needs, backgrounds, and experiences of students while promoting equitable opportunities for learning and understanding social justice issues. Differentiated instruction tailors teaching methods, content, and assessment strategies to meet the unique learning styles, abilities, and interests of each student. By incorporating social justice themes, we aim to foster critical thinking, empathy, and awareness of systemic inequalities, discrimination, and injustice. Through varied instructional strategies, such as collaborative projects, authentic discussions, and culturally responsive materials, students engage in meaningful learning experiences that promote equity, inclusivity, and a commitment to positive social change.]]> 2023-06-15 11:37:35 UTC https://padlet.com/sherbc13/b5v02j27d49wuewz/wish/2624483015 Jessica jessicagrose https://padlet.com/sherbc13/b5v02j27d49wuewz/wish/2624551425 To me, differentiated instruction is about differentiating the content, processes and product according to the needs, readiness, interests and learning profile of students. It is about modifying your classroom routines to meet all the different needs of students. Students are most engaged when they feel autonomous, that they belong and feel that they can make a difference in the classroom environment, if they are competent and if they are motivated to perform the work that is required of them. We can help them as teachers is if the content is relevant to the students. Social justice is an extremely relevant topic and so by teaching it through DI, students will naturally become autonomous (empowered) and essentially grasp the importance that children learn best when they can exercise justice and equity within all lessons. This way they are not only learning the content but also the practical side of inclusivity within the their classroom and communities.]]> 2023-06-15 13:09:27 UTC https://padlet.com/sherbc13/b5v02j27d49wuewz/wish/2624551425 LYNmiril lynmiril https://padlet.com/sherbc13/b5v02j27d49wuewz/wish/2624587905 Teaching social justice through differentiated instruction involves looking at each child as an individual and exploring what works for and the needs of each child through content that is made interesting, unique and motivates the learner to do their best. It creates children who are accepting and empathetic to their peers, an understanding of different prejudices, discrimination and inequalities. Essentially learning to allow love for one another to grow.]]> 2023-06-15 13:49:59 UTC https://padlet.com/sherbc13/b5v02j27d49wuewz/wish/2624587905 Kerisha kerishakistoo https://padlet.com/sherbc13/b5v02j27d49wuewz/wish/2624707095 When we use differentiated instruction in our classrooms, we start making learners feel seen and heard. This becomes a safe space for them and they start to figure out what makes them and others feel safe. When we show learners that there are various ways of learning because of their backgrounds, prior knowledge and ways of learning, we show them a small version of the world beyond their school, where people have differences and diverse experiences of the world. This prepares them for universities, social spaces and workspaces because they begin to learn how to acknowledge others and also to use their voices to be heard. Adults struggle to unsee the prejudices they learn and so if we teach learners from a young age about differences and how to embrace those differences we build a sense of community within our schools that we begin extending as we send our learners out into the world.]]> 2023-06-15 16:25:26 UTC https://padlet.com/sherbc13/b5v02j27d49wuewz/wish/2624707095 SaneleM sherbc13 https://padlet.com/sherbc13/b5v02j27d49wuewz/wish/2624882442 Differentiated instruction.
A crucial and intrinsic but often ignored aspect of social justice is the question of knowledge acquisition; that is how we come to learn, understand and perceive the world. Of course, learning is affected by our socio-political, socio-economic, physiological, and socio-historical background. For instance, a child from a middle-class, suburban and English-speaking may perceive the world differently from a working-class child as their common denominator may only be age. How then do we mitigate and meet these extreme differences education needs and produce a socially just and equal education at the same time?
Differentiated instruction is central in mitigating and meeting the children’s needs while producing a socially just world.
Differentiated instruction meets the students where they are and moves them toward a common learning objective. This methodology accepts different backgrounds and extremes but goes further to increase students’ abilities without using a blanket, one-size fit approach. Furthermore, pedagogy is not a top-down approach where a teacher is a center; learners and their abilities is acknowledge. The
Therefore, Differentiated instruction pays homage to the acceptance of differences which is central to producing a socially just world.
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