Education 4550 by Emma Wilkinson https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction This board will display my thoughts, analysis and ideas in regards to Curriculum and Instruction within a Secondary Classroom. There will be an emphasis on my political ideas and the methods of instruction. Each week more information will be added. The Yellow is the reflection, Green the quotes, Pink are the Take Aways, The Blue are the Impacts and the Purple is the discussion. en-us 2021-01-17 02:30:41 UTC 2026-01-30 19:27:20 UTC hello@padlet.com Week 1- Politics in Teaching Reflection emmawilkinson247 https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1094598491 This week we covered the politics of teaching. It focused on a podcast which focused on New York Teacher CCornelius Minor who recently published a book "We Got This: Cornelius Minor on Teachers as Agents of Change". 

]]> 2021-01-17 03:03:25 UTC https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1094598491 Week 1- Politics in Teaching- impacts- "Becoming" emmawilkinson247 https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1094771246 One of the aspects of the podcast which I adored was the idea of constantly "becoming".
Minor addresses the need for teachers to talk with one another about different challenges or ideas they are having. A lot of teachers have this idea that they are heros (as they are) but this comes with the idea of perfection.
Teachers feel that they cannot have a hard day because they are a hero or they cannot make a mistake because they are a hero. This is simply NOT true- teachers are human and need help as much as anyone else.
There needs to be a greater support system as well as a more open conversation between educators. ]]> 2021-01-17 06:23:45 UTC https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1094771246 Week 1- Politics in Teaching- Impacts- "Advocates" emmawilkinson247 https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1094771974 One of the most impactful ideas presented was the idea that everything within education is related to politics. Minor states that  "Anything that stands in our way to give opportunity is our enemy. If something is threatening the opportunities of my students I cannot stand idly by- we need to help them access opportunities."

A teachers responsibility is to FIGHT for their students. They don't have a voice in the meetings or at the voting booths. But WE do! 
It is up to us to be their ADVOCATES and offer as many opportunities we can. 
]]> 2021-01-17 06:24:23 UTC https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1094771974 Week 1- Politics in Teaching- Impacts- "Change in the System" emmawilkinson247 https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1094773920 Something important to remember is that intentionally or unintentionally teachers can at times uphold racist, sexist or ablist ideas.
99.9% of teachers NEVER intentionally do this, but when we sit and keep doing things that have been done for the last 100 years, we uphold these traditions.
It goes back to the idea of "becoming". Are we self aware enough to know when there is a problem? Are we mature enough to confront and then change it? This is not alway comfortable but change never is.

Minor states "systems don't change just because we identify them; they change because we disrupt them".

I LOVE this statement. Change comes from self-awareness and looking at statistics and outcomes and the students themselves and finding what is best FOR THEM! Not for anyone else- what is right and helpful to them?

Change your methodology to teach TO the students. Don't teach the subject- teach the STUDENTS.

]]> 2021-01-17 06:26:00 UTC https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1094773920 Week 1- Politics in Teaching- Discussion Points emmawilkinson247 https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1094780534 A lot of the students commented upon the need to be constantly changing. This is a change within the classroom but also a change within our society and how we VIEW education as well as WHAT we do.

Other people commented on the need to avoid "2-D" content. We should not just be reading or preaching at them but leading them to make their own conclusions- they need to be autonomous in their learning.

It is also mentioned how neither student nor teacher should be silenced. All should be able to share thier views and as a teacher we need to be able to demonstrate how to do this respectfully. We are the example- what are we showing them? Silence and acceptence? Or a williness to stand up and make noise and fight for others?

A lot of other students mentioned the ability to make changes within their own classrooms. 

Someone also shared this video which I liked. ]]> 2021-01-17 06:31:23 UTC https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1094780534 Week 1- Politics in Teaching- Take Aways emmawilkinson247 https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1094797100
  • This is something to look at. What are our everyday practices and are they helping or impending the kids? Are we teaching the kids? 
  • When someone is suspended we need to look at what caused it- not just the kids actions but ours as well. 
  • KNOW WHERE I STAND ON ALL ISSUES
    • Keep up to date
  • FIGHT FOR MY STUDENTS
  • Understand the politics and know WHO I need to contact and WHAT I need to do to help them. 
  • Have patience with myself as a teacher-I will not be perfect- but I can grow and "become".

    • ]]>     2021-01-17 06:43:40 UTC https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1094797100     Week 1- Politics in Teaching- Quotes: emmawilkinson247 https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1094803715 “If you’ve got a group of people who are just dedicated to delivering on access and freedom, which is our work as teachers, then it benefits some populations of folks to undermine that work. One of the ways that you undermine the work of a freedom fighter, one of the ways that you undermine the work of a teacher, is you silence those people.”]]> 2021-01-17 06:48:46 UTC https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1094803715 Week 1- Politics in Teaching- Quotes: emmawilkinson247 https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1094804319 "...to eventually teach them how to create opportunities for themselves."

    “We are not political acts to our detriment”

    “Questionsing what defines classroom culture and identifying any groups of students who, and this is a direct quotes from the book, “that consistently benefit less from the way that things are.”


    ]]>     2021-01-17 06:49:13 UTC https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1094804319     Week 1- Politics in Teaching- Quotes: emmawilkinson247 https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1094806080 "So, one of the things that I can do is I can labor intentionally to change those things so that the outcomes for the kids that I see every day are better. It’s really exciting work to do. Those systems can be anything from the way we do our seating arrangements, to the way that we expect kids to turn in work, to the way that I have kids work in their notebooks."

    ]]>     2021-01-17 06:50:01 UTC https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1094806080     Week 1- Politics in Teaching- Quotes: emmawilkinson247 https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1094806959 “We cannot be okay with the things how they are”]]> 2021-01-17 06:50:37 UTC https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1094806959 Week 1- Politics in Teaching- Quotes: emmawilkinson247 https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1094828038 "I am radically pro-kid. That definitely means that I am walking into every arena that attempts to abridge opportunity for kids and I’m attempting to disrupt those things."]]> 2021-01-17 07:06:24 UTC https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1094828038 Week 1- Politics in Teaching- Take Aways-2 emmawilkinson247 https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1098917111
  • Don't Make Excuses
  • Look at where the data is coming from and find solutions.
    • Where are the big things happening
    • What changes can we make
  • Have an open conversation. 
  • Really look into reading and writing
    Action research (?)
  • When I teach social studies I need to make sure my students are up and moving.
  • Teach to a student- not an idea!
    • ]]>     2021-01-18 19:28:24 UTC https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1098917111     Week 1- Politics in Teaching- Take Aways-3 emmawilkinson247 https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1098922621 Inquiry- action research. If something is bothering you (looking at data- make sure to look into this) then look into solutions or look into the causes. Try something for 5-10 days and look at the results. We must be proactive in our own actions and beliefs. 
    • Every quarter look at my results- who is passing, who is failing? Which students are attending regularly? Which are not?
    • Take these results and find the little things that can be changed- try it and then see what happens-adjust from there. 
    ]]>     2021-01-18 19:31:16 UTC https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1098922621     Week 2- Standards and Essential Question Reflection emmawilkinson247 https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1117957005 This week we addressed the use of standards within our school educational programs. There is a large debate about whether standards ehlp our student or if they impede them. Ar ethy heling students stay up to date and encouraging people to get to a certain standard? Or are they hurting students by pushing them aside? I am not 100% sure I have made up my mind at this moment in time but it is something worth podering. ]]> 2021-01-24 06:23:17 UTC https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1117957005 Week 2- Standards and Essential Questions Reflection emmawilkinson247 https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1117960895 The second thing we addressed this week was th use of essential questions within our classrooms and teachings. Why are essential questions importnat? HOW can they be used? What is the most impactful way to do so. 
    I personally LOVE essental questions. Specifically within the social studies content area. Using essential questions can really make or break a lesson and a students understanding of the impact of an event. ]]>     2021-01-24 06:25:41 UTC https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1117960895     Week 2- Standards Within Education- Impacts emmawilkinson247 https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1117965259 I am still somewhat unsure upon my views of standards. In some ways I support the idea of them but un others I think it is hurting the student, specifically the minority and low-income students. I attended a high school that did not follow the standards set by school boards or the US governemnt. My school was run by a parent school board. My History classes were formatted by my professor and she had the freedom to explore content in a different way. We spent a large amount of time on the industrial revolution and the annexation of Hawaii. She had the freedom to explore subjects and people. The students adored her class and students were passionate about the subject. In this form I appreciate the non-standards approach. ]]> 2021-01-24 06:28:16 UTC https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1117965259 Week 2- Standards Within Education- Impacts (part 2) emmawilkinson247 https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1117975146 BUT I think there is something to be said about having standards. I think if we could find a balance much like Marzano was suggesting- standards would be efficient. Lessen the amount of standards that we have at this current time and but back on content. This would mean that we have several set standards BUT teachers would still have freedom to move without fearing standarized tests. ]]> 2021-01-24 06:34:11 UTC https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1117975146 Week 2- Essential Questions- Impacts emmawilkinson247 https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1117976924 Essential questions are vital within the educational world today. They are a way in which students can begin to inquire and look at the world through a different lense. Essential Questions are meant to spark more questions and provide multiple answers instead of just one. Their purpose is to uncover the depth and richness of a topic. Essential Questions should be used to frame the learning goals within the classroom. 
    The best essential questions should be questions that are ALIVE!
    Essential Questions differ in their scope. ]]>     2021-01-24 06:35:12 UTC https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1117976924     Week 2- Essential Questions- Impacts (part 2) emmawilkinson247 https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1117987621 Essential Questions include 7 Characteristics:
    1. Is open-ended; that is, it typically will not have a single, final, and correct answer. 
    2. Is thought-provoking and intellectually engaging, often sparking discussion and debate
    3. Calls for higher-order thinking, such as analysis, inference, evaluation, prediction. It cannot be effectively answered by recall alone. 
    4. Points toward important, transferable ideas within (and sometimes across) disciplines. 
    5. Raises additional questions and sparks further inquiry. 
    6. Requires support and justification, not just an answer. 
    7. Recurs over time; that is, the question can and should be revisited again and again. 
    ]]>     2021-01-24 06:40:56 UTC https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1117987621     Essential Questions- Impacts (part 3) emmawilkinson247 https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1117990721 Topical Essential Questions are specific essential questions. They are based on one subject or idea and are surrounding that. 
    ex: 
    - Why did the Soviet Union collapse? 
    - Why drove the American colonies to revolution?

    Overarching Essential Questions are questions that are more general and covers more of a general audience and not a specific event or time frame. 
    Ex: 
    - In what way does art reflect, as well as shape, culture?
    - How does geography affect the culture and stability of a region?


    ]]>     2021-01-24 06:42:38 UTC https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1117990721     Essential Questions-Take Aways emmawilkinson247 https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1118001636 Examples of Essential Questions: 
    - How do historians and archeologists construct interpretations from artifacts, oral histories, legends, primary sources, and other evidence?
    - What were the motives behind European exploration?
    - How does geography affect cultures historically?
    - Should the American colonists have rebelled against England?
    - What leads to revolution?
    - Is any war just?
    - What is democracy? 
    - Why would people desire the freedom of speech? ]]>     2021-01-24 06:49:10 UTC https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1118001636     Essential Questions- Take Aways (part 2) emmawilkinson247 https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1118014691 As seen in the listed examples Essential Questions can cause students to begin to think and form conclusions. 
    Within my classroom I want to make sure that Essential Questions are consistently being applied to our lessons. Specifically within Social Studies we need students to see patterns in not just history but within their own lives. 
    Essential questions will help students understand the Big Goal or purpose of the unit. It will help the students see the Central Focus (enduring understanding). 

    ]]>     2021-01-24 06:55:49 UTC https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1118014691     Essential Questions- Take Aways (Part 3) emmawilkinson247 https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1118019893 Within my classroom essential questions will be used to find deeper meaning and deeper questions. 
    Essential Questions should help me help my students find the larger meaning. Thus I should have my main goal or concept and then I should form essential questions around it and continually use them throughout the unit.
    Essential questions are not just for one or two days. They should cover a unit if not several. This will help students draw conclusions and see the continued importance and connections within Social Studies. 
    I need to make sure to go back to my questions at the beginning and ending of the day. 
    In journals, bell ringers, quizzes, etc have students ponder this question and well as make connecting questions. 
    THERE IS NO CORRECT ANSWER WITHIN AN ESSENTIAL QUESTION- just a way to guide thoughts. ]]>     2021-01-24 06:58:37 UTC https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1118019893     Purpose of Social Studies emmawilkinson247 https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1118029417 The purpose of Social Studies is the enable students to make connections and reinforce what they believe in, what they stand for and what they will stand up for. 
    Social Studies help students critically think and helps them to have globally diverse ideas and mindsets. It prepares them to be global citizens as well as good national citizens. ]]>     2021-01-24 07:03:32 UTC https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1118029417     Week 2- Quotes emmawilkinson247 https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1118036464 “Policy discussion is also driven, and increasingly so, by various systems of standards and assessments that have consequences for how schools are rated, run and even financed. “ Rose Why School (25-26)]]> 2021-01-24 07:07:24 UTC https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1118036464 Week 2- Quotes emmawilkinson247 https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1118039424 “Poverty does not necessarily diminish the power of one’s mind, but it certainly draws attention to the competing demands of safety and survival:….” Rose Why School? (28)]]> 2021-01-24 07:09:07 UTC https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1118039424 Week 2- Quotes emmawilkinson247 https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1118041066 "Education is reduced to a cognitive horse race" Rose, Why School? (29)]]> 2021-01-24 07:10:01 UTC https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1118041066 Week 2- Quotes emmawilkinson247 https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1118041363 “We need discourse that inspires young people to think gracefully and moves young adults to become teachers and foster such development" Rose Why School? (29)]]> 2021-01-24 07:10:12 UTC https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1118041363 Week 2- Quotes emmawilkinson247 https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1118043481 "Not answerable with finality in a single lesson or a brief sentence. Their aim is to stimulate through, to provoke inquiry, and to spark more questions, including thoughtful student questions, not just pat answers." - Essential Questions (3)]]> 2021-01-24 07:11:29 UTC https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1118043481 Week 2- Quotes emmawilkinson247 https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1118045430 “Education should strive to develop and deepen students understanding of important ideas and processes so that they can transfer their learning within and outside school."- Essential Question (4)]]> 2021-01-24 07:12:28 UTC https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1118045430 Week 2 - Quotes emmawilkinson247 https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1118047896 “A good education is grounded in such lifelong questions, even if we sometimes lose sight of them while focusing on content mastery”. - Essential Questions (6)

    ]]>     2021-01-24 07:13:44 UTC https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1118047896     Week 2- Quotes emmawilkinson247 https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1118050180 “The essentialness of the question depends upon why we posed it, how we intent student to tackle it, and what we expect for associated learning activities and assessments.”- Essential Questions (7)]]> 2021-01-24 07:14:38 UTC https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1118050180 Week 2- Quotes emmawilkinson247 https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1118051607 “In a more practical sense, a question is alive in a subject if we really engage with it, if it seems genuine and relevant to us, and if it helps us gain a more systematic and deep understanding of what we are learning”- Essential Questions (8)]]> 2021-01-24 07:15:27 UTC https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1118051607 Week 2- Quotes emmawilkinson247 https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1118063103
  • “Why history? Because it shows us how to behave. History teaches and reinforces what we believe in, what we stand for, stand up for”
  • “History shows us what choices there are…. The lessons of history are lessons of appreciation” (McCullough)
  • “Indifference to history isn’t just ignorant; its a form of ingratitude”
    • - David McCullough- Why History?
    ]]>     2021-01-24 07:21:32 UTC https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1118063103     WEEK 2 emmawilkinson247 https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1118066684 2021-01-24 07:23:32 UTC https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1118066684 Week 3 emmawilkinson247 https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1144595237 2021-01-31 05:50:55 UTC https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1144595237 Week 3- Course Alignment- Reflection emmawilkinson247 https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1144611692 This week was very informative but also very frustrating! 
    I have learned a lot about the amount of time and panning that comes into planning the lesson. The Backwards Design is very useful and makes a lot of sense when put into practice. 
    Having the objective goal and central focus helps keep the units on point and focused. In Social Studies it would be so easy to get distracted and teach just interesting information- but it is important to also take the time to adjust lessons towards a goal and intent. ]]>     2021-01-31 06:02:35 UTC https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1144611692     Week 3- Course Alignment- Reflection emmawilkinson247 https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1144628442 I like the Backward Design and believe it will be useful in preparing a lesson. Having a central focus keeps the lessons organized and with purpose. 
    It was frustrating this week because while I understand the idea of it in theory putting it into practice is difficult. I also struggled with creating essential questions that fed into the central focus.
    Overall, the Scope and Sequence did not turn out how I wanted it to but it has been a learning experience and I am grateful for it. 
    The performance assessment was a great reminder to make all the assessments into something that can be adapted into something that can be applied into the students lives. Also- the performance assessments can help the teacher know how much the student really understood. ]]>     2021-01-31 06:12:44 UTC https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1144628442     Week 3- Course Alignment- Take Aways emmawilkinson247 https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1144641829 I will continually use the Backwards Design in the classroom. start with what I want students to take away from the course and the. put it into practice.
    - Using essential questions can help refocus students on the central focus. 
    - Essential questions can be an overarching idea or a topical one. 
    - Every unit will have essential questions that feed into what the scope of the lesson will be throughout the day. ]]>     2021-01-31 06:20:48 UTC https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1144641829     Week 3- Course Alignment- Take Aways emmawilkinson247 https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1144654826 The assessments within the class need to be interesting and relatable to the student. Potentially something that could be used again later on (resume). 
    Performance assessments are good times to bring in the other literary and mathematical standards. Have them include other content areas (or even areas of interest) in these assessments- it should not just assess the content of this specific unit but should tie together large amounts of learning. ]]>     2021-01-31 06:27:59 UTC https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1144654826     Week 3- Course Alignment- Impacts emmawilkinson247 https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1144661597 A lot goes into planning a lesson. 
    Make sure to know EXACTLY what you want to accomplish in mind throughout the formatting of a unit- use this to create essential questions. 

    Performance assessments are a good non-traditional route to test a students understanding. The assessments can include other content areas and force them to think outside of the box. It can also help students develop the ability to "deep think" and look at something as more than right or wrong. 
    Performance assessments are a great way to see a students comprehension. 
    USE THEM

    ]]>     2021-01-31 06:32:00 UTC https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1144661597     Week 3- Course Alignment- Discussion emmawilkinson247 https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1144675978 See recording on Teams again in order to see other's ideas in depth. 
    Take Aways
    - Make sure to be aware of student needs and abilities within the scope of the assignment. 
    - Create assignments that include other areas (potentially work with other teachers to get their input). 
    - Give students freedom in their assignments- let them decide how to present it. 
    - Use ideas such as TedTALKS, podcasts, etc. ]]>     2021-01-31 06:39:34 UTC https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1144675978     Week 4 emmawilkinson247 https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1200286069 2021-02-14 05:42:47 UTC https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1200286069 Week 5 emmawilkinson247 https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1200286373 The Yellow is the reflection, Green the quotes, Pink are the Take Aways, The Blue are the Impacts and the Purple is the discussion.]]> 2021-02-14 05:43:00 UTC https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1200286373 Week 5-Course Reflection emmawilkinson247 https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1200287619 This week addressed Cause and Effects within School Inequality. The readings were VERY intense! Specifically the reading Savage Inequalities. The reading addressed a lot of really intense issues that can occur within lower income (and unfortunately predominately people of color). These students did not even have access to adequate facilities (bathrooms, equipment, lighting, etc). They had to close down the school on various occasions because of sewage and garbage back up. ]]> 2021-02-14 05:43:56 UTC https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1200287619 Week 5- Take Aways emmawilkinson247 https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1200309616 Wow- the Savage Inequalities, broke my heart a little. These kids had so little going for them. Their government worked against. At one point the bridge between East St. Louis and across the highway was shut down. I was blown away by how unfair it was and almost symbolic. 
    Unfortunately I cannot solve these problems for these students BUT I CAN understand the cause and effects of these inequalities and then use my voice as a teacher to try and advocate for these students. This can include advocating for fairer school/district boundaries. 
    As teachers we MUST be advocates and try to bring awareness to our students! Try to bring in representations within out classrooms as well. ]]>     2021-02-14 05:59:12 UTC https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1200309616     Week 5- Impacts emmawilkinson247 https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1200322864 Be an advocate! These students need to have someone who cares enough to show compassion but also to try and fight for them. 
    One of the teachers talks about how they could be making a lot more money if they taught somewhere else YET they stay for these students. They are fighting and advocating for them. 
    This means advocating for better materials, representation, pay, security, etc. 
    ADVOCATE FOR THESE STUDENTS! 
    This reminded me a lot the first week's podcast with Cornelius Minor.]]>     2021-02-14 06:08:12 UTC https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1200322864     Week 5- Discussion emmawilkinson247 https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1200331904 This week we met over teams on Thursday. We had a video call where we went over the graphic organizer and discussed the readings. These were some of the things we discussed;
    - Prior Causes:
    • Access to Health Care (this includes dental care-how are students supposed to learn when they don't feel well or have a toothache)
    • Race
    • Money
    • Jobs-there are little to no access to them- the factor that pollutes their air is also the place that gives no jobs.
    • Prejudice literature- making sure they are reading FROM the writers IN these scenarios (The Help while great was written by a white writer).

    ]]>     2021-02-14 06:13:44 UTC https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1200331904     Week 5-Discussion Continued emmawilkinson247 https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1200344411 Causes;
    • Bad facilities
    • No representation (within the community as well as politically)
    • District lines/school lines- no access to higher funded schools due to these drawn lines. 
    • Money

    Effects; 
    • No representation/no role models
    • no access to adequate facilities
    • kids are staying one location with little training or hope for higher education

    Later Effects; 
    • Very few availability to leave the city
    • Few chances at attending higher education
    • lower chance of changing the culture/future of their community. 
    • No newer teachers coming in due to lack of pay

    ]]>     2021-02-14 06:21:15 UTC https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1200344411     Week 5- Discussion Continued emmawilkinson247 https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1200358419 We also discussed how we need to avoid the "White Savior" Complex within our classroom. 
    It was also addressed the importance that people have a teacher that represents them. 
    Overall it is important that we can be kind and understanding to all of our students. We need to be aware of our prejudices and beliefs and make sure to check those before we are with out students. 
    LOVE THEM!]]>     2021-02-14 06:30:01 UTC https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1200358419     Week 5- Quotes emmawilkinson247 https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1200368342 We can draw school zones to make classrooms less segregated]]> 2021-02-14 06:36:08 UTC https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1200368342 Week 5- Quotes emmawilkinson247 https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1200370260 "The ultimate terror for white people," Ahmed says, "is to leave the highway by mistake and find themselves in East
    St. Louis. People speak of getting lost in East St. Louis is a nightmare. The nightmare to me is that they never leave that
    highway so they never know what life is like for all the children here. They ought to get off that highway. The nightmare isn't in their heads. It's a real place. There are children living here."]]>     2021-02-14 06:37:21 UTC https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1200370260     Week 5- Quotes emmawilkinson247 https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1200378097 "Our children have become wise by necessity"

    "Children reach the heart of these hypocrisies much quicker than the grown-ups and the experts do"

    "You see a lot about the crimes committed here in East St. Louis when you turn on the TV. Do they show the crimes committed by the government that puts black people here?..." ]]>     2021-02-14 06:41:31 UTC https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1200378097     Week 5- Quotes emmawilkinson247 https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1200391398 "What such critics also
    fail to note, as Solomon and principal Sam Morgan have observed, is that the crumbling infrastructure uses up a great
    deal more of the per-pupil budget than would be the case in districts with updated buildings that cost less to operate.
    Critics also willfully ignore the health conditions and the psychological disarray of children growing up in burnt-out housing, playing on contaminated land, and walking past acres of smoldering garbage on their way to school."]]>     2021-02-14 06:49:40 UTC https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1200391398     Week 6 emmawilkinson247 https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1222547921 2021-02-21 06:09:11 UTC https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1222547921 Week 6- Course Reflections emmawilkinson247 https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1222548595 2021-02-21 06:09:39 UTC https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1222548595 Week 6- Take Aways emmawilkinson247 https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1222548931 2021-02-21 06:09:52 UTC https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1222548931 Week 6- Impacts emmawilkinson247 https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1222549322 2021-02-21 06:10:06 UTC https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1222549322 Week 6- Discussion emmawilkinson247 https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1222549514 2021-02-21 06:10:13 UTC https://padlet.com/emmawilkinson247/curriculumandinstruction/wish/1222549514