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EDU330 Social Justice For Educators

Week 1 Discussion

DQ1 Which attitudes, beliefs, and values from your own faith, heritage, and cultural learning support behaviors that demonstrate respect and value of differences? Which attitudes, beliefs, and values from your own heritage and cultural learning impede or hinder respect and value of differences?  How will this affect your interactions with students and families?

DQ2 What does “teaching for social justice” mean to you?

 

EDU330 Social Justice For Educators

Week 2 Discussion

DQ1 Which cultural identifiers do you feel experience the most injustices in school? Defend your selection.

DQ2 Evaluate yourself in relation to any three cultural identifiers you found in your research or in the topic materials and share that evaluation. Does this personal evaluation change how you define yourself? After this reflection, what could you add to the collage you developed in Topic 1?

 

EDU330 Social Justice For Educators

Week 3 Discussion

DQ1 What can you do as a teacher to manage the dynamics of difference in your classroom?

DQ2 What are things you can do as a teacher to help your students grow and move across the cultural competence continuum? Provide three examples.

 

EDU330 Social Justice For Educators

Week 4 Discussion

DQ1 When teaching in public schools, do teachers have to “check their faith at the door” before they step onto their school campus? Why or why not? Provide specific examples to support your answer.

DQ2 How would service learning spark social justice in K-12 students?

 

EDU330 Social Justice For Educators

Week 5 Discussion

DQ1 How does the assimilation dilemma affect classrooms?  Provide a specific example.

DQ2 What are appropriate resources to access to deepen your own understanding of cultural, ethnic, gender, and learning differences to broaden your cultural competence?

 

EDU330 Social Justice For Educators

Week 6 Discussion

DQ1 How does assigning a name to physical attributes perpetuate discrimination in society?

DQ2 What are the differences between unearned privileges and earned privileges? Explain.

 

EDU330 Social Justice For Educators

Week 7 Discussion

 DQ1 “Ten Quick Ways to Analyze Children’s Books for Sexism and Racism” states: “[Y]oung children are exposed to racist and sexist attitudes . . . expressed over and over  . . . [which] gradually distort their perceptions until stereotypes and myths about minorities and women are accepted as reality.”  Do you agree with this quote?  Why or why not?  Explain.

DQ2 Imagine that you have been asked to teach using a text or curriculum material that you believe is culturally biased. What might you do in response to this? What would you expect the outcome to be?

 

EDU330 Social Justice For Educators

Week 8 Discussion

DQ1 How does teaching for social justice emphasize the application of biblical values and ethics within the workplace?

DQ2 In what ways have your views about yourself and people changed as a result of this course?  In what ways have they remained the same?