Cultivating Genius by https://padlet.com/tramire3/wgbn3aarx8kzolum After reading these selections, share something that resonated with you. Concerns? Questions? Reactions? Connections? en-us 2022-04-08 11:30:55 UTC 2025-11-21 15:43:34 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/tramire3/wgbn3aarx8kzolum/wish/2176275470 This relates to ELA, as we commence our literary analysis unit with a questioning lesson and encourage students to question the texts they read.]]> 2022-05-09 18:47:48 UTC https://padlet.com/tramire3/wgbn3aarx8kzolum/wish/2176275470 https://padlet.com/tramire3/wgbn3aarx8kzolum/wish/2176275820 I would like to learn more about how we can incorporate Criticality into my lessons and assignments. ]]> 2022-05-09 18:48:02 UTC https://padlet.com/tramire3/wgbn3aarx8kzolum/wish/2176275820 she is hoping teachers integrate culturally responsive "woke" connections to their teaching practices. offering a voice to marginalized topics, content etc jbrissett2 https://padlet.com/tramire3/wgbn3aarx8kzolum/wish/2176276084 2022-05-09 18:48:12 UTC https://padlet.com/tramire3/wgbn3aarx8kzolum/wish/2176276084 Criticality Take-Away: https://padlet.com/tramire3/wgbn3aarx8kzolum/wish/2176276312 What are the limits when teaching students about criticality? There is a fine line we cannot cross as educators before material being presented is considered "offensive". For example, if students (or their parents) disagree with political cartoons...How do we decide which ones are appropriate and which tread the line? We want students to be critical...but only to a degree?]]> 2022-05-09 18:48:17 UTC https://padlet.com/tramire3/wgbn3aarx8kzolum/wish/2176276312 https://padlet.com/tramire3/wgbn3aarx8kzolum/wish/2176276321 "Criticality calls for teachers to connect their teaching to the human condition and frame their teaching practices in response to the social and uneven times we live in. This means helping students understand content from marginalized perspectives."]]> 2022-05-09 18:48:17 UTC https://padlet.com/tramire3/wgbn3aarx8kzolum/wish/2176276321 "It is helping youths to be "woke"... jserao34 https://padlet.com/tramire3/wgbn3aarx8kzolum/wish/2176276476 2022-05-09 18:48:21 UTC https://padlet.com/tramire3/wgbn3aarx8kzolum/wish/2176276476 Positive and Negative depending on the situation... https://padlet.com/tramire3/wgbn3aarx8kzolum/wish/2176277068 Sometimes "avoiding being passive consumers" makes students challenge TOO much and causes conflict.]]> 2022-05-09 18:48:46 UTC https://padlet.com/tramire3/wgbn3aarx8kzolum/wish/2176277068 Difference between lowercase c and uppercase C https://padlet.com/tramire3/wgbn3aarx8kzolum/wish/2176277092 Lowercase c is critical-deep and analytical thinking and uppercase C is related to power, equity, and anti-oppression. The word itself has many different meanings...

]]> 2022-05-09 18:48:47 UTC https://padlet.com/tramire3/wgbn3aarx8kzolum/wish/2176277092 The phrase "helping students understand content from marginalized perspectives" stands out to me. It implies that we need to take into consideration the variety of texts/authors we select to read in class. https://padlet.com/tramire3/wgbn3aarx8kzolum/wish/2176277104 2022-05-09 18:48:47 UTC https://padlet.com/tramire3/wgbn3aarx8kzolum/wish/2176277104 Criticality brings responsibility. Students need to be come responsible thinkers in their own learning. smclean34 https://padlet.com/tramire3/wgbn3aarx8kzolum/wish/2176277535 2022-05-09 18:49:02 UTC https://padlet.com/tramire3/wgbn3aarx8kzolum/wish/2176277535 A line that stood out to me is "teaching criticality helps students assume responsibility for the ways in which they process information..." https://padlet.com/tramire3/wgbn3aarx8kzolum/wish/2176277717 2022-05-09 18:49:09 UTC https://padlet.com/tramire3/wgbn3aarx8kzolum/wish/2176277717 Oppression https://padlet.com/tramire3/wgbn3aarx8kzolum/wish/2176277808 ANY wrongdoing, hurt, or harm]]> 2022-05-09 18:49:13 UTC https://padlet.com/tramire3/wgbn3aarx8kzolum/wish/2176277808 https://padlet.com/tramire3/wgbn3aarx8kzolum/wish/2176278427 What I took away from this text is that students should have the ability to question everything which may include the texts that we read.]]> 2022-05-09 18:49:38 UTC https://padlet.com/tramire3/wgbn3aarx8kzolum/wish/2176278427 Helping students assume responsibility... https://padlet.com/tramire3/wgbn3aarx8kzolum/wish/2176279032 I like what she wrote about having students assume responsibility for the way they process information- to me, this means helping them understand that not everybody processes information in the same way or from the same perspective. ]]> 2022-05-09 18:50:04 UTC https://padlet.com/tramire3/wgbn3aarx8kzolum/wish/2176279032 https://padlet.com/tramire3/wgbn3aarx8kzolum/wish/2176279718 "Criticality allows for discernment to make positive decisions that are healthy for them and their communities."]]> 2022-05-09 18:50:30 UTC https://padlet.com/tramire3/wgbn3aarx8kzolum/wish/2176279718 It is necessary for students to learn these skills but as teachers we need to be careful with the implementation of this type of curriculum due to all of the "sensitivity" of these topics. https://padlet.com/tramire3/wgbn3aarx8kzolum/wish/2176280250 2022-05-09 18:50:48 UTC https://padlet.com/tramire3/wgbn3aarx8kzolum/wish/2176280250 https://padlet.com/tramire3/wgbn3aarx8kzolum/wish/2176280323 "To frame their teaching practices in response to the social and uneven times in which we live"]]> 2022-05-09 18:50:52 UTC https://padlet.com/tramire3/wgbn3aarx8kzolum/wish/2176280323 https://padlet.com/tramire3/wgbn3aarx8kzolum/wish/2176280557 "Criticality helps students read the world with a critical eye, refusing to accept unexamined information as factual or true. "]]> 2022-05-09 18:51:02 UTC https://padlet.com/tramire3/wgbn3aarx8kzolum/wish/2176280557 with criticality, the knowledge and perspective a student bring is honored and valued so the classroom becomes a community of teachers and learners. https://padlet.com/tramire3/wgbn3aarx8kzolum/wish/2176280900 2022-05-09 18:51:13 UTC https://padlet.com/tramire3/wgbn3aarx8kzolum/wish/2176280900 If we accept the proposed definition of criticality then we must not cower to outside pressures exerted from non-members of the classroom. The need to discern fact from opinion, challenge assumptions, research background information that is integral to the topic must not be something we as tea Chers and students as "life-long learners" must be persuaded "threatened" away from doing. (Ex. Trump political cartoon). https://padlet.com/tramire3/wgbn3aarx8kzolum/wish/2176281373 2022-05-09 18:51:33 UTC https://padlet.com/tramire3/wgbn3aarx8kzolum/wish/2176281373 ..to frame teaching practices in response to the social and uneven times in which we live. https://padlet.com/tramire3/wgbn3aarx8kzolum/wish/2176281553 2022-05-09 18:51:40 UTC https://padlet.com/tramire3/wgbn3aarx8kzolum/wish/2176281553 Her ideas naturally lend themselves to a Social Studies curriculum rciraco https://padlet.com/tramire3/wgbn3aarx8kzolum/wish/2176281629 2022-05-09 18:51:44 UTC https://padlet.com/tramire3/wgbn3aarx8kzolum/wish/2176281629 It allows children to be responsible for processing information and be more active learners. https://padlet.com/tramire3/wgbn3aarx8kzolum/wish/2176281858 2022-05-09 18:51:53 UTC https://padlet.com/tramire3/wgbn3aarx8kzolum/wish/2176281858 Students and teachers are "equals." jserao34 https://padlet.com/tramire3/wgbn3aarx8kzolum/wish/2176283109 2022-05-09 18:52:46 UTC https://padlet.com/tramire3/wgbn3aarx8kzolum/wish/2176283109 lmitchell106 https://padlet.com/tramire3/wgbn3aarx8kzolum/wish/2176283710 I like the phrase "... to avoid being passive consumers of knowledge and information" because as teachers, we should be helping our students ask question about the world and what they are learning. Questioning and being a critical thinker is essential to learning. ]]> 2022-05-09 18:53:10 UTC https://padlet.com/tramire3/wgbn3aarx8kzolum/wish/2176283710 https://padlet.com/tramire3/wgbn3aarx8kzolum/wish/2176283758 "Therefore, criticality does not believe in hierarchy in teaching and learning. Instead, the knowledge and perspectives students bring is honored and valued, and the classroom becomes a community of teachers and learners." Just wondering - when are the students' knowledge and perspectives not valued? Furthermore, isn't there a natural hierarchy between teacher and student and why is that a problem?]]> 2022-05-09 18:53:12 UTC https://padlet.com/tramire3/wgbn3aarx8kzolum/wish/2176283758 https://padlet.com/tramire3/wgbn3aarx8kzolum/wish/2176285243 The word "ableism" stands out. 
This means that helping students understand content from marginalized perspectives. What are marginalized perspectives? ]]> 2022-05-09 18:54:10 UTC https://padlet.com/tramire3/wgbn3aarx8kzolum/wish/2176285243 This framework had some hooes in it https://padlet.com/tramire3/wgbn3aarx8kzolum/wish/2176285349 2022-05-09 18:54:16 UTC https://padlet.com/tramire3/wgbn3aarx8kzolum/wish/2176285349 https://padlet.com/tramire3/wgbn3aarx8kzolum/wish/2176285950  "I define oppression simply as any wrongdoing, hurt, or harm. This can be racism, sexism, homophobia, ableism, or any other oppression."]]> 2022-05-09 18:54:38 UTC https://padlet.com/tramire3/wgbn3aarx8kzolum/wish/2176285950 https://padlet.com/tramire3/wgbn3aarx8kzolum/wish/2176287394 Criticality helps students read the world with a critical eye, refusing to accept unexamined information as factual or true. ]]> 2022-05-09 18:55:39 UTC https://padlet.com/tramire3/wgbn3aarx8kzolum/wish/2176287394 "We all can make more informed decisions when we have criticality. Our students will grow older and vote, have relationships with others and decide where they spend their money." https://padlet.com/tramire3/wgbn3aarx8kzolum/wish/2176288320 2022-05-09 18:56:20 UTC https://padlet.com/tramire3/wgbn3aarx8kzolum/wish/2176288320 Bringing an awareness to the issues within criticality is relevant to music because of the different messages that are expressed in music. https://padlet.com/tramire3/wgbn3aarx8kzolum/wish/2176288569 2022-05-09 18:56:28 UTC https://padlet.com/tramire3/wgbn3aarx8kzolum/wish/2176288569 https://padlet.com/tramire3/wgbn3aarx8kzolum/wish/2176289441 Students should to be able to think and speak critically of what their being taught in classrooms in their own understanding based on their own perspectives and experiences in life. ]]> 2022-05-09 18:57:00 UTC https://padlet.com/tramire3/wgbn3aarx8kzolum/wish/2176289441 I hope this helps build better humanity for all. I absolutely appreciate the attempt , but seems very difficult to incorporate with math lessons all the time. https://padlet.com/tramire3/wgbn3aarx8kzolum/wish/2176290819 2022-05-09 18:57:54 UTC https://padlet.com/tramire3/wgbn3aarx8kzolum/wish/2176290819