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In the classroom, Kirby’s students talk about their parents poor financial situations. In order to promote social justice, should Mrs. Kirby teach them about financial situations? Or should this idea be omitted because this subject matter is irrelevant to her teaching subject?
In order to teach for social justice, she should include lessons on financial planning to interrupt the cycles of oppression for her students.
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Which teacher used rap music hidden in her lessons to relate to students and keep them focussed?
Liz Kirby
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In Liz Kirby’s classroom, she uses her experiences as a black female, and her spiritual awareness in the classroom to build strong relationships with her students. What educational tradition does this example seem to follow?
The Spiritual Tradition
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Liz Kirby uses her curriculum (assigned reading of Malcolm X) as an avenue of making connections and building bridges of common understanding between the course and her students real lives. Is this a good way of implementing the idea of social justice in the classroom? Why?
Yes, because it allows students to look at the subject material, take lessons they learned from Malcolm X, and apply it to their real lives, while in some circumstances, ending a cycle of oppression.
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Which team won the National Football League's first super bowl?
The Green Bay Packers
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Cynthia Nambo, a Mexican female teacher, taught what subject to 6th grade girls, while promoting social justice?
Science
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Which teacher emphasizes the importance for a lack of boredom regarding the students and the teacher in the classroom?
Toni Billingsley
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Cynthia Nambo has her students practice critical thinking, problem solving, and collaboration in the classroom. Which tradition is most parallel with her teaching style?
Progressive Tradition
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Toni Billingsley admits to having frustration due to her students being bored, which leads to sub-par teaching on her part. To counteract this problem, she lightens the mood by cracking jokes or veering away from the subject. Could this be seen as practicing social justice in the classroom?
Yes because she is building relationships with her students by undermining the hierarchical structure of the preconceived teacher/student relationship.
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(True or False) Animals that lay eggs don’t have belly buttons…
True
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In the classroom, should Serrano encourage her students to challenge her or should she discipline them for questioning what she says?
Encourage them to challenge her Even though it puts her on the spot, Serrano felt glad that her student’s felt comfortable enough to question her and “hold her words and actions up to scrutiny”
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Author Gregory Michie taught at the same school, Quincy Elementary, as which teacher- Nancy Serrano or Liz Kirby?
Nancy Serrano
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In Nancy Serrano’s classroom, she set up the student tables in a rectangle to facilitate discussion and let her student’s concerns and questions drive her curriculum. What educational tradition that we’ve learned about does this follow?
Progressive Tradition
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“Some kids are conditioned to expect less of themselves, and they get mad when somebody asks them to expect more” -Nancy Serrano Should teachers set high standards for students that require them to be pushed or should they ask less so as to work with a student within their comfort zone and then let the student challenge themselves?
Set the bar higher ( But finding ways to do so for students whose ability levels vary widely)
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How many paintings did Vincent Van Gogh sell during his lifetime?
Only 1, to his brother
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In the classroom, should Serrano encourage her students to challenge her or should she discipline them for questioning what she says?
Even though it puts her on the spot, Serrano felt glad that her student’s felt comfortable enough to question her and “hold her words and actions up to scrutiny”
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Which of the teachers that you have learned about has doubts that her lessons are sinking in with her students?
Freda Lin
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Freda Lin believes that her progressive style of teaching can occasionally lead to a lack of control of the classroom. What is another issue the progressive style could perhaps cause?
Students may perhaps lack time spent on learning facts and testing their knowledge through memorization as they are spending a majority of their time discussion matters rather than directly being taught.
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Freda Lin often allows for her students to to answer each other's questions as she promotes self-learning and helps students develop critical thinking skills and retain knowledge that leads to self-actualization.What is the term used to describe this kind of teacher?
A facilitator
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It's illegal in Texas to put what on your neighbor's Cow?
Grafiti