EDUC 124 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Educational Equity, Self-Awareness, Berkley High School

• School: UC-Irvine
• Department: Education
• Course: EDUC 124
• Professor: E L G A N Z O U R Y, H.

Document Summary

Low graduation rates for minority and low ses. How to promotes educational equity in public education. Awareness of the structure that created the inequalities. Empathy and respect the difference- walk in their shows, don"t jump into conclusions. Teachers cultural expectations and assumptions could cause learning difficulties. Teachers know and understand cultural difference can help students. Awareness of our ethnocentric explanation of student behavior. Expose and questioning the power relations in our society. Promote democratic initavtices in curriculum, pedagogy, and social relations. There is a difference between providing equal opportunities for all and treating everyone equally. Business as usual - school running the same and new students are here okay whatever. Assimilationist- make sure the new students are acting like the rest of the students students. Pluralistic co-existence- being able to be ones self and not have to dissolve but in this level they are separated- (berkley high school is an example)