For Our White Friends Desiring to Be Allies
Author's Note: I'm writing this in hopes that it can be used to lighten the load of marginalized folks, keeping in mind that not all marginalized people want to engage in the ally conversation, and that is perfect as well. For those who do, my prayer is that when someone asks you the question, “how can I be a stronger ally?” you might choose to save your breath/energy and send this in its place. I have been asked by two dear friends, “how can I be a stronger ally?”
What Are Examples of Sociocultural Factors?
Sociocultural factors include people’s ways of living, values and customs. As a society, it is important to understand these factors for many reasons. Businesses use them to market their products, teachers use these factors to instruct and researchers examine these factors to study public policies. Sociocultural factors can have positive and negative effects on people.
Equality Is Not Enough: What the Classroom Has Taught Me About Justice
Imagine this situation: A classroom of students is settling down to work on a writing task. All of a sudden, one student exclaims, “That’s not fair! Why do they get to listen to the instructions on the headphones! I want to listen, too!”
Key Aspects of Critical Literacy: An Excerpt - NCTE
This is an excerpt from “Critical Literacy as a Way of Being and Doing,” a Research and Policy column written by Vivian Maria Vasquez, Hilary Janks, and Barbara Comber, from the May 2019 Language Arts. This article focuses on critical literacy as a way of being and doing around the globe. Orientations to critical literacy, models for instruction, key aspects, and new directions are shared. Read the full Language Arts article. Not a subscriber?
Making Connections: Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain
In reality, cultural responsiveness is more of a process than a strategy. It begins when a teacher recognizes the cultural capital and tools students of color bring to the classroom. She is then able to respond to students' use of these cultural learning tools positively by noticing, naming, and affirming when students use them in the service of learning. The most common cultural tools for processing information utilize the brain's memory systems -- music, repetition, metaphor, recitation, physical manipulation of content, and ritual. The teacher is "responsive" when she is able to mirror these ways of learning in her instruction, using similar strategies to scaffold learning. For example, a science teacher I mention in the book wasn't having much success with her sixth-grade students learning the science vocabulary.
Adolescent Identity Development - Adolescence - ACT for Youth
The development of a strong and stable sense of self is widely considered to be one of the central tasks of adolescence [1]. Despite the fact that identity development occurs throughout one's lifetime, adolescence is the first time that individuals begin to think about how our identity may affect our lives [2]. During adolescence, we are much more self-conscious about our changing identities than at any other stage in our lives [3]. Visit Toolkit: Identity Development for resources. Learn more about Adolescent Development. What is Identity?
Lesson Plan: Identity: Defining Self, Choosing Friends
Download the Lesson Plan Jump to: In this lesson, students explore the factors that influence self-identity, which frequently evolves as adolescents negotiate life's circumstances to find and secure their places in the world. The video clips provided with this lesson are from Only the Young, a film that follows three unconventional Christian teenagers coming of age in a small Southern California town.
Top 13 Reasons Why Quotes to Increase Awareness About Mental Health
13 Reasons Why is the story of Hannah Baker, a young girl who slowly begins drowning in the pain caused by bullying and betrayal, and tragically decides to take her own life, leaving a collection of tapes behind. Although at first sight it might seem like the whole plot is focused on the tragic event, the story is also filled with positive messages and tries to increase awareness about the devastating impact of not taking action. As an executive producer, Selena Gomez is a driving force behind the series, and she called it a “passion project.” It is based on the #1 New York Times and international bestseller Thirteen Reasons Why young adult novel written by Jay Asher. In 2017, the book was adapted into a screenplay and became a successful Netflix original series.
Cultural and Societal Influences on Adolescent Development
The relationships adolescents have with their peers, family, and members of their social sphere play a vital role in their development. Adolescence is a crucial period in social development, as adolescents can be easily swayed by their close relationships. Research shows there are four main types of relationships that influence an adolescent: parents, peers, community, and society. When children go through puberty in the United States, there is often a significant increase in parent-child conflict and a decrease in cohesive familial bonding. Arguments often concern new issues of control, such as curfew, acceptable clothing, and the right to privacy. Parent-adolescent disagreement also increases as friends demonstrate a greater impact on the child; this is especially true when parents do not approve of new friends' values or behavior.
Zora Neale Hurston - Books & Audio
"One of the greatest writers of our time" — Toni Morrison The epic tale of Janie Crawford, whose quest for identity takes her on a journey during which she learns what love is, experiences life's joys and sorrows, and come home to herself in peace. Her passionate story prompted Alice Walker to say, "There is no book more important to me than this one."
