{"id":6570,"date":"2024-04-17T22:57:22","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T02:57:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/?p=6570"},"modified":"2024-04-17T22:57:24","modified_gmt":"2024-04-18T02:57:24","slug":"welcoming-diversity-in-the-classroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/2024\/04\/welcoming-diversity-in-the-classroom\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcoming Diversity in the Classroom"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood\u2026 and the Rest of Y’all Too<\/em> by Christopher Emdin provides an inside glance on how teachers can create and welcome diversity through a plethora of pedagogical strategies. He examines and dissects urban classrooms that are incorporated of many different students from many different backgrounds. His novels creates an emphasis on the importance of welcoming and recognizing the backgrounds that these students. Here are some key insights that can be gathered from the novel:<\/p>\n\n\n

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Empowering students<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Edmin explains how advocating for students can not only help build a better relationship between a student and their teacher, but help build build student confidence. He gives the example of having student led discussions that can be centered around their community, making it relevant to students’ lives. In my own teaching, I want to create student-centered lessons that allow them to address problems in their own community, increasing engagement with the activity. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Building Relationships<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through the book, Edmin explains the importance of building relationships with students. These relationships are build with trust and respect, and can help take the classroom into a welcoming environment. This includes getting to know students and their backgrounds. One day when I am a teacher, I plan on having meaningful conversations to get to know my students better in order to foster a sense of belonging in my classroom. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Incorporation of Student Background<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When teaching students from a culturally diverse background, it might be necessary to incorporate student experiences and background into lessons. On example can be tying community examples into lessons, such as real life examples. This will increase student engagement and interest in topics. In my own classroom, I plan on using community examples and tying in my students’ backgrounds in order to make their learning more meaningful. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reduction of Power Dynamics<\/p>\n\n\n

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In the novel, Edmin mentions how power dynamics between students and their instructor can hinder learning experiences all around. Race and privilege power dynamics are touched on in this novel. As an educator, understanding how these dynamics can be dealt with in the classroom may make students feel more comfortable in the learning environment that you choose to create. As a future educator, I plan on reducing this power dynamic as much as possible in order for my students’ voices to be heard and recognized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reality Pedagogy<\/p>\n\n\n

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Connecting content to students’ lives will help students become more engaged with the topics. Relating scientific topics, such as environmental, to the community may help students relate to the content more than if it was a random scenario. I plan on using real life scenarios in order for my students to be able to relate it to their life experiences. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

How my Thinking has Changed<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Power dynamics between students and their teacher can hinder the learning experience for both parties<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Teachers have the ability to make their students feel empowered and bring light to social justice issues<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Bringing student experiences into a lesson will make the learning more meaningful and relevant <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Lesson: Incorporating the ideas from this book, I could have students do an environmental justice and air quality project. For this project, students will focus on urban areas specifically, addressing environmental concerns that can arise in areas they are familiar with. This will be a research based project, in which they will provide a presentation on how they will address current issues in their own community dealing with air quality issues. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    @chrisemdin #HipHopED #ScienceGenius #scienceed #scienceteacher<\/p>\n\n\n

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