White Privilege

What makes each of these three articles different from one another? What is the most interesting idea from each? How can you think about your own privilege without feeling too guilty?

lesson planning for diversity

All the readings this week have to do with how teachers have created lessons that deal with diversity issues. What ideas are these articles giving you for how you might do the same? Which article or articles particularly impressed you?

I ain't doin that

What we have here is a case study. Does Apryl remind you in some ways of students you know? To me the most interesting part of a cases study are the hypotheses. When you really look closely at a student's words and actions, it is tempting to explain them in simplistic ways - "she's lazy" or "he doesn't care about school." But it is rarely that simple. How does this teacher develop a deeper and more complex hypothesis? Have you found yourself conducting case studies of a sort in your head? What did you learn from this case study that might help you improve your own case studies?