Ch. 4-6 of "For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood... and the Rest of Y'all Too" by April Ledbetter https://padlet.com/aprizalll/liapdkwqgfk0 chapters 4-6 with videos. en-us 2017-10-04 14:29:12 UTC 2017-10-05 22:50:25 UTC hello@padlet.com 1. "When teachers engage in dialogues with students that privilege their unique voices, the students feel validated for who they are rather than who the teacher expects or desires them to be" (Emdin, 2016, p. 67). aprizalll https://padlet.com/aprizalll/liapdkwqgfk0/wish/193900948 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1yZBU2-0Mw
I strongly believe that having individual and group discussions with students is key to creating a successful learning environment. Having intellectual conversations with students encourages them to speak their mind, and ask more questions. While having these discussions gives students confidence by valuing their thoughts and ideas, they also allow the teacher to learn more about the students and their knowledge. I chose the video above because, I believe it demonstrates meaningful, beneficial discussions held between the students with each other and the teacher. In the beginning the teacher is asking questions, and starting discussions with individuals in the class. At the end, she asks the students to give academic feedback to the group of students presenting. This shows that student's suggestions and ideas are valuable. ]]> 2017-10-04 14:56:38 UTC https://padlet.com/aprizalll/liapdkwqgfk0/wish/193900948 2. "The use of humor at this early phase is supported by research in education that shows humor in the classroom creates less threatening social scenarios and makes students more comfortable communicating with the teacher" (Emdin, 2016, p. 70). aprizalll https://padlet.com/aprizalll/liapdkwqgfk0/wish/193906293 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80hcQJuo6NE
While humor is not always necessary in the classroom,  I believe that a teacher should not be completely serious all of the time. I think that humor can be used to create a relaxed, comfortable learning atmosphere. I also believe that humor can be used to connect the teacher with the student. A teacher showing that they can be relaxed and even funny at times, shows that they are human. This shows the students that the teacher is understanding, and that school can be enjoyable. I picked this video because, it explains why laughing is vital. Laughing can help with memory, and relax someone which is really important in having a positive learning atmosphere. ]]> 2017-10-04 15:06:04 UTC https://padlet.com/aprizalll/liapdkwqgfk0/wish/193906293 3. "If a teacher has spent an entire career enacting practices that do not meet the needs of the neoindigenous, then time spent enacting these practices only serves to make the teachers experts at maintaining oppression through their teaching" (Emdin, 2016, p. 85). aprizalll https://padlet.com/aprizalll/liapdkwqgfk0/wish/193940844 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wh5xyFAlwq8
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In the process of co-teaching, many times there is a student teacher who is learning from a veteran teacher. Students teachers often learn from observing veteran teachers because, it is commonly thought that years of experience makes someone an expert. However, in some cases, a veteran teacher may not practice appropriate teaching styles for their classroom. In this case, a student teacher is learning these malpractices, and carrying them on throughout their career. If this is the case, then teachers are repeating the same methods, and not finding new ways to connect with their students. The first video is a funny enactment of a new teacher and a veteran teacher. I chose this video because, it demonstrated positive practices by a new teacher, and bad practices by an older teacher. In some cases, teachers who have taught for a long period of time at the same place might get burned out. They might often get too comfortable, and forget the importance of positive teaching practices that benefit the students. The second video I selected is full of bad examples of teaching and classroom management by teachers. I chose this video because, even though it was hard to watch, things like this really happen in school systems. In some of these clips, the teacher should have been terminated due to their behavior. If student-teachers are learning from veteran teachers like the ones in this video, then we are all in trouble. ]]> 2017-10-04 16:01:21 UTC https://padlet.com/aprizalll/liapdkwqgfk0/wish/193940844 4. "By taking responsibility for their distinctive roles and serving each other in the classroom, they are given the opportunity to reenvision their relationships to each other and to the world outside school" (Emdin, 2016, p. 106-107). aprizalll https://padlet.com/aprizalll/liapdkwqgfk0/wish/194488510 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpBrDEP2dVs
I believe that allowing students to have an important, specific role in the classroom can benefit them individually as well as the whole class in many ways. Giving students duties in the classroom, allows that student to practice and learn responsibility. In a way, I believe assigning jobs to students in the class is similar to them having a job in the real word. Like a job in the real world, the employee must be qualified, trained, on time and present, and responsible for carrying out his or her duties. This strategy teaches students how to multitask their school work and classroom duties. It also acts as a confidence booster, to ensure students that their position in the classroom is valued. I selected this video because it explains how giving responsibility to students can benefit them both socially and emotionally. According to the video, the teacher can assign roles, allow the students to lead, and encourage students to help one another, as ways of giving them responsibility. ]]> 2017-10-05 19:49:47 UTC https://padlet.com/aprizalll/liapdkwqgfk0/wish/194488510 5. "Somehow, over the course of that academic year, we had created a family in that classroom that she was more loyal to that the father she hadn't seen in a decade. She felt responsible for the learning of her peers, and in many ways over the course of that year her peers made it clear that they felt responsible for her learning as well" (Emdin, 2016, p. 105). aprizalll https://padlet.com/aprizalll/liapdkwqgfk0/wish/194519328 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfW_2tzusyI
This quote from the book was about a girl who cancelled her trip to see her father because, she had an important role to fulfill in her class. Although the professor would have been okay with the student being absent, she felt responsible as a student to show up for her peers. This is an example of how students are committed to their roles in school, and how they care about their classmates. Like the quote says, the class was more like a family. I think it is extremely important for students and teachers to feel like a family when they are at school. They should feel like they can count on and trust one another. I selected this video because, it demonstrates a perfect example of a teacher who cares about his students. It also shows how the students care about their professor and other classmates. The pedagogy this teacher uses allows him to be vulnerable in front of his students. He opens up with them, and they get to know him as a person. He allows the students to do the same with him. Once he has created this caring atmosphere in the classroom, the class starts to feel like family. ]]> 2017-10-05 22:08:53 UTC https://padlet.com/aprizalll/liapdkwqgfk0/wish/194519328