EDEC 248 Chapter Notes -White Privilege, Intercultural Competence

• School: McGill University
• Department: Curriculum and Instruction
• Course: EDEC 248
• Professor: Lerona Dana Lewis

Document Summary

Teel: a white educator"s ongoing journey toward competence. Awareness of white privilege & of racial inequities shifted dramatically. Influences on my thinking teachers with racial & cultural competence = teachers who embraces students from all backgrounds as equals & who work to understand, support, guide & encourage them. Mindset of rigid, ignorant views grows out of lack of familiarity & knowledge of other cultures. A childhood without diversity not exposed to people of colour. Early years of teaching principal warned her about integration of african americans. Doctoral studies realized did harm to students she had low expectations of. My research low achievement of african american students was to a large extent result of kinds of teaching materials & strategies used by their teachers. Alternative teaching strategies extremely effective in raising students" confidence & motivating them resistance regular, discipline was quite a problem. Had very little in common with african american students/families.